In a world-first breakthrough, scientists have discovered how a sugary “cloak” helps bowel cancer hide from the immune system, and how stripping it away could turn the body’s anti-cancer defenses back on.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Cancer, Colorectal cancer, Immunotherapy, The Immune System, University of Galway
For 6 hours and 31 minutes, Oscar Delaite pedaled his Rose Bikes Sneak without the front wheel touching the ground, obliterating the previous longest-bicycle-wheelie record of 50.7 miles (81.59 km), held by USA's Richard Flanagan.
Tags: World Records, Stunts, Bicycle, Cycling
Toby Roberts is a Portland-based restauranteur who previously invented a special type of Thai-style charcoal and a grill that uses it, both of which are now utilized in Michelin-starred restaurants. Well, he's now created a mini version of the grill for home use, and it comes with the charcoal.
Tags: Kickstarter, Cooking, Barbecue, Grilling
For 50 years, Australian overland pioneer ARB has offered essentials that help make unnavigable terrain not only navigable but temporarily habitable - from air-locking differentials and suspension kits to tents and fridges. Despite the company's long, rich history in the industry, it didn't get into the RV side of things until just two years ago. It made up for lost time in a hurry, however, when it launched the Earth Camper – a small, expandable pod that brings together elements of ultra-rugged squaredrop camping, expandable hard-floor trailering and fortified exo-frame constructing. Now that hardwearing hybrid-walled base camp is on its way to the US market.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Off-road, ARB, Off-grid, RV, Caravan, Trailer, trailers, Camping, Outdoors and Camping
Ysmart, which specializes in compact, durable EDC gear, has launched a tiny flashlight that's perfect for people who want to have one within arm's reach at all times. The new thumb-drive-sized MQ5X turns on as soon as you snap it off its magnetic keychain base, and charges wirelessly on a custom dock.
Category: Outdoors
Tags: EDC, Flashlights, Kickstarter
While many ebikes will provide assist for your outward commute, and possibly back home too, options decrease significantly for weekend trekkers. Following the long-range Titan fat-tire ride, Fiido has now launched a triple-battery tourer called the Nomads.
Tags: Reviews, ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Touring
When choosing a protein powder, we generally want it to be low in sugar and carbohydrates, and to not taste terrible. We don't even consider that it might also be packed with dangerously high levels of lead. But this is what a new report has found, analyzing 23 popular protein supplements on US shelves.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Consumers, Protein, Diet, Ketogenic diet, Macro, Nutrition, Muscle, Weight, Home Gym
Training a service dog doesn’t just change the life of another veteran; it may help heal the trainer, too. A new study finds that volunteering with dogs could slow biological aging in female veterans with PTSD while easing stress and anxiety.
Category: Body and Mind
Tags: PTSD, Combat veterans, Service animals, Women, mental health, Florida Atlantic University
From June 2024 to June 2025, Triumph enjoyed its most successful financial year, where it sold more than 141,683 motorcycles. That’s a 136% sales growth since 2019. So does Triumph sit back and relax a while? Of course not, it plans to announce a huge number of bike releases over the next 6 months.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Triumph, Launch, Motorcycle, Bikes
China has finished construction of what’s being billed as the world’s first wind-powered underwater data center (UDC), located off the coast of the Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. The project, which cost around ¥1.6 billion (US$226 million), marks a bold step in sustainable, high-performance computing infrastructure.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Shanghai, China, Data Center, Cloud Computing, Wind Power, Underwater, Energy Efficient, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing
Who’d want a Ducati Diavel when you can get the Benda LFC700, an equally stunning, low, and chunky supersport-like inline-four cruiser? And don't just take it as a cheap imitation of the Italian legend; rather, a worthy alternative that is now available Stateside!
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Benda, Cruisers, Ducati, Triumph, Rocket III
Back before Blade Runner captured our imaginations, sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury envisioned small personal helicopters that people would use to commute around the cities of the future. Well, the Janus-1 is just such a beast, and it may someday be yours … emphasis on "may be."
Tags: Helicopters, urban transport, Folding
Toyota's just expanded its iconic Land Cruiser SUV lineup with the Land Cruiser FJ, a boxy little thing that's meant to get more people off-roading in an accessible form factor. It's coming mid-2026, and it might have a fun little surprise to boot.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Smart projection outfit XGIMI has launched a new sub-brand aimed at making the first-time experience a positive one. The appropriately named first product – the One – is an inexpensive lantern projector "that transforms any space into a cinema, social hub, or creative zone."
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
A novel treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is on the horizon, with the discovery that two specific gut microbes produce serotonin that protects against inflammation and damage.
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: University of Gothenburg, Microbiome, Gut Bacteria, Irritable bowel syndrome, Gastrointestinal, Bacteria, Microbes, Gut-brain axis, Gut health
Scientists that won an infamous 2024 IgNobel Prize for "discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their anus" may indeed have the last laugh. They've now completed a successful human trial testing the safety and tolerability of enteral ventilation, a technique that gets oxygen into the body via an unconventional route.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Kyoto University, Lung, Oxygen, Respiratory health, Treatment, clinical trials, Ig Nobel Prize
In the shadow of a service outage that affected millions of users, outside of Richland, Washington, internet commerce giant Amazon is building the first of a series of modular nuclear power stations to protect its data services from outages.
Category: Energy, Technology
Harsh, eco-unfriendly synthetic herbicides are definitely one of those things that you shouldn't be using if you don't have to. Japanese researchers are thus now developing a green alternative, derived from the leaves of a humble walnut tree.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Kyushu University, Agriculture, Crops, Plants
In the heart of Mandalay, Burma, a small cluster of bamboo houses has become a symbol of resilience. When a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar earlier this year, the ground around them split and buildings nearby collapsed. Yet 26 of these homes, designed and built by architectural studio Blue Temple, remained completely intact.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Earthquake, Emergency Housing, Bamboo, DIY
No matter how much gear you stuff into your pocket or backpack for recording on the go, chances are high that you'll forget something. The AirStudio S1 is designed to ease the burden, serving as an EDC multi-tool musicians, podcasters or sonic creatives.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Microphone, Earphones, Studio, recording, Portable
