Europe's lofty plan to phase out the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars by 2035 – which was laid out back in 2022 after tense negotiations – now seems all but dead. The European Commission (EC) announced this week that it's dropping the ban on new gas-powered cars and vans a decade from now, owing to pressure from the continent's automotive industry.
Category: Transport
Tags: Car, Europe, Pollution, Emissions Control, Emissions
It's ironic … in order for farmers to know if their fruit is ripe, they regularly have to pick and analyze pieces of that fruit, reducing their yields. Utilizing a new technique, however, they could soon leave all the fruit intact, analyzing the leaves beside it instead.
Category: Science
Tags: Agriculture, Crops, Plants, Fruit, Food technology
Hepatitis C is a tiny virus with a significant impact. It's a small RNA virus that spreads through the blood and infects the liver. Even though today's medicines can cure it, hepatitis C remains a major global health challenge. Around 50 million people worldwide live with this infection, and every year, about 242,000 people die, mostly because long‑term infection can scar the liver or lead to liver cancer.
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Diagnostic tools, Diagnostic devices, Hepatitis C, Virus
Bringing a taste of Japanese camping flair and fashion to the United States, the Grayhus tent from Tokyo Crafts is a fantastically geometric wilderness abode that elevates the outdoor experience, whether you're inside or viewing from afar its juxtaposition against the organic flow of its natural surrounds. The tent smartly adapts to the situation at hand, serving as spacious open-air canopy, insect-free screen room, and guyed-out, battened-down four-person glamping shelter tested to 55 mph (85 km/h).
Nobody likes potholes, nor do they like the environmental damage associated with the petroleum utilized in traditional asphalt bitumen. That's why scientists are now looking at replacing the latter with a binder derived from everyone's green friend, algae.
Tags: Arizona State University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Algae, Road, Environmentally-friendly
When you're hiking or camping in the woods, a carabiner's great to have on hand for making your gear more accessible and securing items together. This rugged new one from Hong Kong-based brand Pivot X goes several steps further by cramming in a bunch of useful tools into its sturdy frame – including a knife, a hex wrench, and even a little flashlight.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Outdoors and Camping, Knife, EDC, Camping, Kickstarter
When one eye is deprived of vision early in life, it can lead to amblyopia, a condition more commonly known as lazy eye. This happens because a lack of input disrupts synapse formation in the brain's primary visual cortex, weakening vision in that eye.
Category: Body and Mind
If you're after a free, simple boost for pushing through challenges, try swearing your way to your goals. A new study has uncovered the surprising psychological effect that cursing in the heat of the moment has – for the swearer, at least.
Category: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Keele University, Swearing, Psychology, University of Alabama, mental health
According to a NASA study, Saturn's moon Titan may be the most fantastically large slushie of all time. Based on a reexamination of data from the Cassini probe collected in 2012, the moon's long-suspected global ocean may actually be a slurry of ice and rock.
A sharp, new twist on the classic moka pot, the Turbo Moka packs a unique design that deletes the line between function and flair. The series of gnarled ridges and channels that encircle its base are designed to increase surface area and better focus flames on efficiency-boosted heating. Long story short, your morning coffee will make it to your mug in half the time.
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
Tags: Coffee, Product alternatives, Cookware, Kitchen, Cooking
The tons of discarded mussel shells generated by the seafood industry may be organic, but they're still very slow to biodegrade in landfills. They may soon find new life, however, sandblasting jeans in the textile industry.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: University of the Basque Country, MIT, Textile, Recycling, Waste
Wind turbines are essential to the global shift away from fossil fuels, but what happens when their blades reach the end of their service lifespan? Often, they end up in landfills, which obviously isn't ideal. With that problem in mind, an architect has come up with a clever idea: using the retired rotor blades as a building material.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Building and Construction, Recycled, Wind turbine, Parking
Researchers have homed in on a single gut microbe that acts to prevent fat gain, even with a high-fat diet. The discovery adds to the booming science of finding ways to enlist the microbes that already live in our bodies to help us improve our health.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Microbes, Gut Bacteria, Gut health, Microbiome, Obesity, Weight Loss, University of Utah
For anyone who ever wanted to own an insane track bike producing a whopping 220 horses courtesy of a dual-rotary 690cc engine, you're in luck. An exclusive Crighton CR700W – one of only 25 that were ever made – is on sale … and it could be yours!
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
El Segundo, California-headquartered startup Radiant Nuclear is making big moves in its mission to bring its 1-MW microreactors to market.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: microreactor, Reactors, Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear, Nuclear Fission
The use of blood-flow restriction (BFR) cuffs that "hack" your physiology to speed up strength and muscle gains when you do light workouts has been growing in popularity in recent years. However, researchers have now discovered that they come with a significant downside – especially the older you get.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Exercise, Blood Pressure, Murdoch University, Fitness, Walk, Balanced, Age-Related, Aging
If you’re a custom motorcycle builder and there’s one event where you fantasize about showcasing your build, it has to be Japan’s Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show. It’s the crème de la crème of custom shows, being the place you want to be if you want to spot some of the most insane bike builds.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Royal Enfield, Custom Bikes, Choppers, Japan, Twin-engine
RV designs like the retract-a-chassis Touchdown trailer from Dutch innovator Expandable are awe-inspiring in and of themselves. But they're even more so when built to task. One of Expandable's latest builds was created for the Shiver Offroad rally raid team, which will be competing for the Dakar crown in just a few weeks. The Shiver x Expandable 6x6 motorhome is an intensely rare combination of rally-supporting grit, off-grid autonomy and spacious luxury living.
Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Transformable, RV, Modular, Motorhomes, Motorhome, Off-road, Off-grid, Travel, Dakar Rally
Snowmobiles are an effective means of moving across the snow and ice, but for many tasks they're … well, they're more of a vehicle than you need. The Snowdog is a simpler alternative, and it's now available in an electric model known as the SnowdogX.
Category: Snowmobiles, Toys, Outdoors
Tags: Snowmobiles, Winter, Electric Vehicles
Sending a rover into space to explore other celestial bodies comes with a dizzying array of challenges, and one of the most complex is ensuring the vehicle doesn't break down out there.
Tags: Space exploration, Moon, Rover, Wheel, KAIST
