A blend of natural compounds that blocks sugar damage extended lifespan in mice by curbing hunger and improving metabolism in a new study. It hints at a new way to fight obesity, diabetes, and aging without cutting calories.
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Obesity, Hunger, Diabetes, Aging, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
It’s been quite a journey for Stark Future. The Varg has done for the company, and for electric mobility, what few would have thought possible. It cemented Stark’s place as one of the few profitable EV manufacturers, and it looks like the company is only getting started.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: stark, Electric Motorcycles, Supermoto, World's Fastest
Believe it or not, the 112-mph (180-km/h) wind capability of the all-new Heimplanet Mavericks Blue Ice inflatable exo-frame tent isn't what separates it from all tents that came before it. The Mavericks tent has been handling that kind of wind for over a decade. But the ultra-rugged expedition-grade inflatable has gotten some burlier fabric, improved drainage, better ventilation and other upgrades to become Heimplanet's self-declared strongest tent ever. And even with that tougher-than-ever design, the revamped big tent also comes ready to set up in half the time of the original.
Category: Tents, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Tent, Inflatable, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Heimplanet
Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense is upgrading its lauded Palletized Load System (PLS) vehicles for transporting cargo across battlefields with the ability to drive themselves – providing a critical advantage to troops moving supplies to where they're needed most during conflicts.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: US Army, Oshkosh, Autonomous Vehicles
In 2022, scientists examined the brains of 22 stranded marine mammals and found something astonishing: Alzheimer's-like pathology in dolphins. And not just vague signs, actual amyloid plaques and tau tangles, the same hallmarks seen in human patients.
Tags: Dolphin, Alzheimer's disease, Brain, Dementia, Pollution, Water
What could be better than strapping yourself into your own personal electric flyer? Racing with some buddies of course, and that's coming closer with the unveiling of the Jetson Air Games concept recently. Strap in, and join us for a demo vid.
Tags: Personal Flight, Electric Aircraft, Personal eVTOLs, eVTOL, Air Racing
Faced with a deluge of Chinese competitors, debt issues and the collapse of a sale to Amazon, American home robotics company iRobot is in some trouble at the moment at the corporate level, and all the import tariffs of the rainbow may not be able to help, since iRobot manufactures in Asia.
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
It's estimated that nearly 30% of people who try cannabis will go on to develop a substance use disorder associated with it. Strong predictors include how often a person uses it, and whether they have a family history of drug use.
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: Cannabis, Marijuana, Drug dependence, Drugs, Substance use disorder, UCSD, Genome, university-of-california-san-diego
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has taken the next logical step in making a Black Hawk helicopter autonomous by not only installing the gear needed for self-flying, but by yanking out the entire cockpit and replacing it with cargo doors.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin, Helicopter, Autonomous flight
For the first time, scientists have used innovative tech to demonstrate that a healthy microbiome needs a consistent flow of the right foods, finally proving that the "hunch" advice of 5 A Day is spot on, as far as your gut bugs are concerned.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: EPFL, Diet, Gut health, Gut Bacteria, Microbiome, Healthy aging, Nutrition, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
For the first time, researchers have shown that tackling obstructive sleep apnea’s two root causes at once, using both oxygen and a jaw-forwarding device, can dramatically cut breathing interruptions during sleep.
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Sleep, Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Oxygen, Monash University, Harvard
A new study suggests that a father’s COVID-19 infection could do more than make him sick – it may leave marks on his sperm that pass anxiety to his offspring, revealing how viral infections can echo across generations.
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Infections, Epigenetics, Anxiety, Brain, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
For us motorcycle nerds, the best time of the year is here. Long-awaited launches, exciting concepts, and ambitious two-wheelers adorn events like EICMA, the Tokyo Motor Show, and CIMA Motor, among others. This Honda comes from the lattermost as one of the most interesting scooters I’ve seen in a while.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Honda Motorcycles, Honda, Scooter, Adventure Bikes, Off-road, urban transport
Aerospace and defense company Inversion is showing off its solution to getting emergency supplies anywhere on Earth in under an hour. It's a constellation of the company's Arc orbital supply craft, fully stocked and ready to drop at a moment's notice.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Spaceplane, Emergency, Spacecraft
People with severe chronic pain were far more likely to have elevated levels of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, a new study found, hinting at an immune link to pain – but the rise in these inflammatory cells didn’t make treatments any less effective.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Chronic pain, The Immune System, White blood cells, Allergies, University of Arizona, Florida Atlantic University
Star Wars becomes more than a film franchise title as the British government moves to protect the country's satellites from laser attacks. The £500,000 (US$670,000) investment for new sensor systems is part of a broader strategic realignment.
Category: Military, Technology
Big Freedom Tiny Homes recently completed a new model that showcases how smart space-saving design can maximize limited available floorspace. Measuring a relatively compact length of 30 ft (9.14 m), the tiny house provides a home on wheels suitable for a small family.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
Guangzhou, China-based aerial vehicle outfit eHang is throwing down the gauntlet in the air taxi space with the unveiling of its autonomous VT35 eVTOL. This long-range lift- and cruise-capable aircraft was shown off taking to the skies ahead of an official launch event today in Hefei, China, where the company has established a new R&D, testing, and manufacturing hub. You can see it in action below.
Tags: eVTOL, Air Taxis, Flying taxi, Ehang
The Robotin R2 is billed as the world’s first fully autonomous carpet-cleaning robot, combining deep vacuuming, automated washing and intelligent drying in one compact, low-maintenance modular system. And right now, you can get the unit for just US$799 – nearly half its expected retail price.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Smart Home, Cleaning, Consumer Electronics, Artificial Intelligence, Vacuum cleaner
What naked mole-rats lack in the looks department they make up for it in longevity, living healthily for nearly four decades. Now scientists have uncovered just how they repair their DNA – and it has the potential to be harnessed for humans to do the same.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: molecular biology, DNA, Cells, anti-aging, Age-Related, Aging, Animal science
