A fermented food that has been a staple on plates in Korea for thousands of years has gone global in the past decade, with new research revealing that kimchi can lower triglycerides and blood pressure and regulate fasting glucose levels.

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Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: University of Connecticut, korea, Fermentation, Probiotic, Gut Bacteria, Microbiome, Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Diabetes, blood-glucose

Hoka has long been cradling feet with some of the beefiest, cushiest running and hiking shoes in the game, and now it's protecting wearers in a new way. Its all-new Mafate X Hike hybrid boot aims to help adventurers fulfill some of their loftiest goals, pushing them deeper and harder into wild spaces inaccessible to ordinary mortals. And if something goes wrong, the innovative new boot helps prevent those brave souls from being relegated to wolf feed, streamlining search-and-rescue ops with integrated Recco tech.

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Category: Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Hiking, Shoes, Footwear, Outdoors and Camping

Everybody knows that dogs can learn to associate specific spoken words with objects that look a certain way. A groundbreaking new study, however, shows that some gifted dogs can also match given spoken words to dissimilar-looking objects that perform certain functions.

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Category: Science

Tags: Animals, Dogs, Learning

Giving a whole new meaning to underground power, startup Deep Fission Nuclear has secured US$30 million in funding to install a micro-reactor in a mile-deep borehole by July 4, 2026 as part of the US Department of Energy's Reactor Pilot Program.

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Category: Energy, Technology

Tags: Nuclear, US Department of Energy

The extraordinary Ark Nova concert hall recently left its home in Japan for the first time. Designed by British sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor and late Pritzker Prize-winning architect Arata Isozaki, the purple structure resembles a giant donut, or a bean from some angles – or even something quite risqué, depending on how your mind works – and can accommodate up to 500 visitors.

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Category: Architecture, Technology

Tags: Building and Construction, Inflatable, Switzerland

On the remote Yamal and Gydan peninsulas of western Siberia, the landscape is marked by massive craters that look as though the Earth has blown holes in itself. While the origin story of these gas-emission craters (GECs) has remained somewhat of a mystery since the first one was discovered back in 2014, scientists now believe they know what's causing them.

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Category: Environment, Science

Tags: University of Oslo, Russia, Explosion, Earth, Climate Crisis, Methane, Geology

The largest-ever study of dog behavior, tracking more than 47,000 pets, reveals how breed, size, sex, and age shape canine traits. It provides insights that could help identify early signs of illness and improve training and welfare.

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Category: Pets, Lifestyle

Tags: Pet-owners, Pets, Training, Virginia Tech, University of Washington

The US Air Force's second B-21 Raider nuclear bomber has taken to the skies for the first time. The second of a planned fleet of 100, the sixth-gen aircraft took off from Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, California facility on September 11 at 8:00 am.

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Category: Military, Technology

Tags: US Air Force, B-21 Raider, Aircraft, Northrop Grumman

A new clinical trial suggests magnesium supplements may boost gut bacteria that help block the development of colon cancer – but only for some people, depending on their genes and sex.

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Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Colorectal cancer, Cancer, Magnesium, Gut Bacteria, Vitamins and minerals, Vanderbilt University

A groundbreaking discovery reveals how HIV integrates its genetic material into human DNA, exposing a key viral vulnerability that could lead to new therapies and bring the world closer to a functional HIV cure.

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Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

Tags: HIV, Virus, Genome, DNA, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)

Soy has been a kitchen hero in Asia for centuries. It's packed with nutrition and health perks and contains all the essential amino acids, like those found in meat. But when it crossed over to Western plates, it hit a flavor roadblock. Despite its nutritional benefits, many Western eaters shy away from soy foods due to their "beany" taste, perceiving them as grassy, green, and a bit too earthy.

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Category: Science

Tags: Food technology, University of Missouri

Retirement can boost mental health, but not for everyone. A new study shows that income, gender, and job type influence whose well-being flourishes and who struggles once the 9-to-5 workdays are ended.

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Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: jobs, mental health, Well-being, Income, University of Edinburgh

Folks in the US looking for a smart projector are pretty much dependent on Google running the show, or have to plug in a streaming stick. Roku has now partnered with Aurzen for a wallet-friendly entertainment hub with Roku TV baked in.

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Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Projectors, roku, HD, LED, Streaming

We typically associate Dragon Tiny Homes with very small and affordable models, but with its Webster, the firm has produced its largest tiny house to date. Featuring a spacious and airy interior, the towable dwelling is well-suited to full-time living on wheels and can sleep up to six people.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

And now for a spot of good news: the protective layer of ozone continues to heal, with the hole in our stratospheric shield having shrunk to a smaller size in 2024 than in the period between 2020-2023.

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Category: Environment, Science

Tags: Ozone, Greenhouse, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ultraviolet

New research shows lymph nodes aren’t just cancer bystanders, they’re the command centers fueling immune attacks. Surgically removing them along with tumors may weaken treatment, while preserving them could supercharge it.

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Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

Tags: Cancer, Lymphatic system, Immunotherapy, T-cells, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

For the first time, scientists have discovered that smell and taste are inseparable much earlier in the brain than we thought. New research shows that odors can actually be coded as tastes in the brain’s primary taste cortex, overturning decades of assumptions about how flavor is built.

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Category: Science

Tags: Karolinska Institutet, Neuroscience, Taste, Smell, Odor, Sensor

Stick vacs are taking over the world, riding high on the back of the humble lithium battery. By 2023, according to Market Reports World, more than 62% of vacuum buyers were going cordless – and it's easy to see why. They're just so handy to have about – no need to drag some hose-sprouting clunker out of the closet and root around trying to find a power outlet.

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Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle

Tags: Vacuum cleaner, Cleaning, Self-cleaning, Reviews

A chance discovery in a Vermont cheese cave has given scientists a rare glimpse of evolution unfolding in real time – and the unexpected findings have broad implications for protecting human health, enhancing food security and even delivering new flavors to turophiles.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Tufts University, Evolution, Food security, Food technology, Fungus, nature

Back in May we covered the China-only release of a lifestyle projector merged with a mood lamp. Now that idea has morphed into the brightest member of Epson's new Lifestudio mini projector family for US release, which also includes a 4K Pop model.

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Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Epson, Projectors, Google TV, LED, Bose