Astronomers have discovered a colossal cosmic structure that’s so big it threatens to undermine our entire understanding of the universe. The Big Ring spans about 3% of the radius of the entire observable universe – and it itself might be part of an ever bigger structure.Continue … | Continue reading
Researchers have discovered why cognitive performance improves after exercise: the ‘feel good’ hormone and neurotransmitter dopamine. They found that exercise released dopamine, which produced a corresponding reduction in reaction time, and say that exercise could be an effective … | Continue reading
Elon Musk has Xeeted out a video of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot folding a t-shirt – which would be great, but then followed up with a second Xeet clarifying that the video is far less impressive than it looks – after being called out by observers.Continue ReadingCategory: Robo … | Continue reading
If a new rocket developed by University of Glasgow engineers seems to get smaller as it burns, your eyes aren't playing tricks. It is. The new Ouroborous-3 (sic) rocket engine conserves fuel by eating itself as it burns.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Rocket, Univer … | Continue reading
If you're conducting covert military reconnaissance, you probably don't want the enemy seeing what's obviously a drone flying overhead. That's where the Evolution Eagle is intended to come in, as it's a drone that just looks like a big ol' bird.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, T … | Continue reading
While it's always important to accommodate bicycle commuters, bike parking spots on trains can't seat non-cyclists when not in use. An experimental setup currently being trialled in Switzerland, however, may soon change that.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTag … | Continue reading
For many wheelchair users, one of the biggest problems with using a chair is not being able to stand as tall as other people. The Kim-e wheelchair was designed with that fact in mind, as it raises its user into an upright stance in just a few seconds.Continue ReadingCategory: Goo … | Continue reading
China's Fiio – which recently announced a mechanical keyboard with a built-in DAC – has launched a new flagship desktop media streamer and headphone amp/DAC combo that's dominated by a slick smartphone-like user interface.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, TechnologyTa … | Continue reading
If you're looking for an ebike that's good for the commute and for weekend exploration of dirt tracks and mountain trails, then a gravel bike could provide the versatility you need. Spain's Crow Bicycles has launched new lightweight Gravital models with SRAM wireless shifting.Con … | Continue reading
MVRDV has revealed plans for a new tower in Chengdu, China. Rising to 150 m (492 ft) tall, the office high-rise will be arranged around a large full-height atrium filled with greenery that will help the interior maintain a comfortable temperature naturally.Continue ReadingCategor … | Continue reading
Brit musical instrument maker Dubreq has released a number of key upgrades to its iconic pocket synth over the years, but the Stylophone CPM DS-2 is something of a departure from the usual playbook.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, TechnologyTags: Synthesizer, Analog, Portable, In … | Continue reading
It’s official: 2023 was the hottest year on record. Independent analyses by NASA, NOAA, WMO, Copernicus and the UK Met Office all reached the same conclusion, with the year also breaking a slew of other records and experiencing a string of severe weather events across the globe.C … | Continue reading
Power demand spikes in the early morning and later evening, when solar arrays can't help. But researchers in Scotland say orbital launch costs are getting so cheap that giant space-based reflectors could soon be a viable way to power these timeslots.Continue ReadingCategory: Ener … | Continue reading
An international team of neuroscientists has for the first time identified five distinct subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease, in what could be a breakthrough for treatment approaches and efficacy. They call for researchers and medical professionals to look at the disease not as a sin … | Continue reading
In two separate studies, German researchers have identified the single-gene mutation that can lead to the incurable autoimmune disease lupus. The discovery opens the door to developing new therapeutic approaches and testing for the mutation, which would ensure early diagnosis of … | Continue reading
If Tyrannosaurus rex is too mainstream, discerning 10-year-olds may now have a new name to spout when asked their favorite dinosaur – Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis. The newly identified species appears to be more primitive than its famous cousin, but just as big and scary.Continue Rea … | Continue reading
Using a popular culinary technique, researchers have created a foam infused with carbon monoxide to boost the effectiveness of autophagy inhibitors, an experimental cancer therapy that until now has produced mixed results in clinical trials. The novel foam offers a promising appr … | Continue reading
The crippled Peregrine Moon Lander is heading back toward Earth, and is expected to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere on January 18, 2024. This is the conclusion of the latest tracking data from Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: NAS … | Continue reading
With the usual ballyhoo, NASA and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the X-59 supersonic aircraft today. In a ceremony at the famous Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the experimental plane was introduced to the public before a party of dignitaries.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircr … | Continue reading
Back in 2020, Winnebago grew its all-terrain RV footprint with the original Ekko, a larger, roomier Ford Transit AWD alternative to the company's Mercedes Sprinter-based Revel camper van. Now the company is bringing those two camper products closer together than ever with a Sprin … | Continue reading
While it's important for your dog or cat to have a form of ID in case they get lost, tags can fall off, and microchips can migrate out of place. Japanese scientists are developing an alternative, in the form of quick and painless tattoos.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Uni … | Continue reading
Portable photovoltaic systems are great for generating electricity while off the grid, but constantly moving them to keep them in the sunlight can be a hassle. Jackery's Solar Generator Mars Bot offers a solution to that problem, as it moves itself.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdo … | Continue reading
That Lenovo launched a bunch of new laptops at CES 2024 is hardly surprising, but one of those new models has been transformed into a proof-of-concept that rocks an animated color E Ink outer lid.Continue ReadingCategory: Laptops, TechnologyTags: CES 2024, Lenovo, E-Ink | Continue reading
Home audio brand Victrola snuggled up with Sonos back in 2022 with a streaming turntable designed to feed groovy tunes direct to Sonos speakers over a wireless connection. Now the company has expanded to Roon and beyond with the Stream Sapphire.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Ente … | Continue reading
In an effort to mitigate human-caused climate warming, scientists are focused on ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. One of the more novel ways to do this has just been announced by scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Columbia University (CU) … | Continue reading
Back in 2020, Swiss high-end bike maker Stromer unveiled a version of its ST5 ebike with integrated anti-lock braking. Now the company has launched a variant in North America featuring Pinion electronic shifting.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, Pedal-ass … | Continue reading
MIT's Electric Vehicle Team has taken to the racetrack with a Ducati 900SS that's been gutted and converted into a hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle, hoping to start collecting a few fossil-fuelled scalps. It's also open-sourcing the design for others.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorc … | Continue reading
Using advanced imaging technology, researchers have ascertained the number of nanoplastics – bits of plastic smaller than a micrometer – in bottled water, finding that, on average, a liter contains 240,000 detectable fragments. The study provides invaluable information to address … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a product that reduces hair’s moisture-absorbing tendencies, maintaining frizz-free curls for at least six hours in high-humidity environments and even allowing them to bounce back thanks to its shape-memory properties.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceT … | Continue reading
A Dutch startup says everyone's hugely underestimating the potential of battery-electric aircraft – that it's possible to build large battery-electric airliners covering distances most assume we'll need hydrogen for. Elysian plans to prove it.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, T … | Continue reading
RedSands made some news earlier this year when it introduced an electrified Toyota Hilux camper truck, one of our favorite truck camping innovations of 2023. That rig wasn't to be the only innovative Hilux creation the RV rental company added to its fleet this year. Still in deve … | Continue reading
For two million years, a 10-feet-tall (305-cm), 660-pound (330-kg) ape towered over other fauna and thrived in its lush forest habitat, until it mysteriously vanished during the late middle Pleistocene. And until now, the extinction of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest primate … | Continue reading
A new NASA study has discovered a new exoplanet that is almost the size of Earth and orbits a star that's the same type as the Sun. Unfortunately, this promising candidate is also tidally locked and has one side so hot that it's one giant sea of lava.Continue ReadingCategory: Spa … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a peptide that targets a previously ‘undruggable’ protein implicated in more than 75% of human cancers and found that it slowed the proliferation of brain cancer cells in the lab. It’s the first step towards developing an effective treatment for a range … | Continue reading
Hyundai Motor Group automotive supply division Hyundai Mobis has been working on its rotational e-corner wheel system for several years now. At this year's CES, it's showing off the fruits of that labor. The Ioniq 5-bodied Mobion prototype uses the versatile high-tech wheels to s … | Continue reading
One of the most consistently reported symptoms of long COVID is the tendency for strenuous exercise to make the condition worse. Not only does long COVID reduce a person’s capacity for exercise but often broader symptoms will flare up in the days following a session. This has bee … | Continue reading
Imagine how much faster and easier it would be to produce electric cars if you didn't have to design or build the chassis and drivetrain. That's the idea behind so-called "skateboard chassis," such as the soon-to-hit-the-roads UP Super Board.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, … | Continue reading
When we last heard from LimX Dynamics, the Chinese robotics firm was showing off a quadruped robot that could walk on legs or roll on wheels. The company has now released a video of its new humanoid robot, which can autonomously climb stairs.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Te … | Continue reading
Yes, your eyes don't deceive you, there is yet another titanium multitool on Kickstarter. This one, from Hong Kong company Urbanix, crams six(ish) functions into a particularly compact carabiner keychain format.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: Multitools, Keycha … | Continue reading
Segway-Ninebot has announced a pair of off-road ebikes for late 2024. The low-step Xafari urban explorer comes with full squish and "SUV-like comfort" while the torquey Xyber "silent beast" can roll with dual batteries for 95 miles in the rough.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, … | Continue reading
Electric scooters have become a global phenomenon over the past decade, and now, British company Riley Scooters is gearing up to launch its award-winning RS3 e-scooter across the American market this April. Billed as the world's first high-quality, easily foldable, compact scoote … | Continue reading
Researchers have created a thin transparent neural implant that can monitor activity on the brain's surface but also account for functions at a deeper level. The hope is that it will lead to an accurate but less invasive brain-computer interface.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceT … | Continue reading
You can paw through books or search online to try an identify the strange bird visiting your garden feeder, or tap into the power of the Merlin Bird ID app. Now sports optics manufacturer Swarovski Optik has cooked Merlin smarts into a pair of high-end binoculars to name birds an … | Continue reading
There's a growing trend for designing greenery filled airports, providing passengers with a more pleasant traveling experience. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's new Terminal 2 at Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru follows other examples like the Jewel Changi and features a lu … | Continue reading
This humble-looking, street-certified electric truck represents a huge milestone in a radical effort to transform the automotive industry. It's the first vehicle ever certified with no mechanical connection between the controls and the chassis.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine that enhances the immune system’s response to the virus, providing longer-lasting, greater protection than vaccine injections, even against new and emerging variants. The novel vaccine candidate could mean fewer boosters i … | Continue reading
A climbing vine known as the “Seven Steps of Death” holds within its toxic growth something scientists believe to be a powerful anti-obesity compound, celastrol. For the first time, this hotly touted compound has been produced simply and safely, using normal yeast as an ideal ‘su … | Continue reading
Inspired by a creature from Greek mythology, researchers have created a ‘two-headed’ drug that prevents the production of the toxic protein linked to Parkinson’s disease before destroying the RNA machinery that makes it. The novel drug may be a way of slowing or even stopping the … | Continue reading