The ovaries are the earliest aging organ. Their supply of egg-containing follicles slowly runs out over a woman's lifetime, so that by the time menopause arrives, follicle numbers have dwindled to approximately one thousand.
Category: Biology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Menopause, ovary, Women, The Immune System
Emma Fenske, Oregon Health & Science University/The Conversation
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Oregon Health and Science University, Alcohol, Disease, Liver disease, Breast cancer, Oesophageal cancer, Colorectal cancer
Lifelogging has exploded from an obscure technoboffin hobby into a mainstream phenomenon in just a few short years, and this VibeLens Headset appears to be one of the key tools required for widespread mass adoption.
Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Headphones, Bone Conduction, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Actioncam
Compact cameras are currently experiencing something of a revival, buoyed by a Gen Z crowd chasing the look and feel of early-2000s digicams. We’ve watched that nostalgia wave wash over plenty of crowdfunding campaigns lately, from the film-mimicking Rewindpix to the gloriously retro Alfie BOXX.
Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Compact, Cameras, 4k
With space being so limited in tiny houses, one of the major challenges is entertaining guests. The owners of the N2 should have no such issues, as the home has a large screened porch that dramatically expands its usable living space.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
It’s small, blurry, and shaped like a Corn Flake, but the image taken of Earth’s tiny “quasi” moon, Kamo'oalewa, is one for the family album.
Category: Astronomy, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
A supplement best known for helping some people get a better night's sleep may also have a surprising painkilling effect on individuals with chronic conditions. This could help reduce the use of pain medications that come with more risks.
Category: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: University of Sydney, Chronic pain, Melatonin, Dietary supplements, Signal, Painkillers, Opioids
Serious car enthusiasts whose knowledge of automotive history spans decades will know the name Giotto Bizzarrini.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Sports Cars, Convertible, Classic Motor Cars
Bentley is at last expanding its lineup of luxury vehicles with its first EV – the Torcal. We only have the name and a glimpse of its rear end for now, and we'll get a proper look at it this September.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Bentley
Longtime telescopic pickup truck camper specialist Alaskan Campers has officially opened a new chapter by launching its HS 640 hardshell camper. With a fiberglass-sandwich construction and hybrid frame, the new truck-riding mobile habitat is the company's lightest hard-sided camper, despite its tall, fixed-roof form. It's also a premium tiny abode smartly optimized with components from some of the most respected suppliers in the industry – so you live comfortably, no matter where your truck journey takes you.
Category: Pickup Campers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: RV, Pickup, Truck, Lightweight, Camping, Off-road, Outdoors and Camping
City Labs has launched the world's first commercial satellite carrying a nuclear-powered payload into orbit. Lofted atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability (BOHR) CubeSat is designed to demonstrate using tritium as an energy source.
Category: Space Systems, Engineering
Most of us don’t have grandma for dinner. Not even when there’s nothing else in the pantry.
Category: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: University of Wrocław, Red meat, Society, Diet
When I think of Sound Blaster, I go way back to the early '90s. The Sound Blaster 1.0 was the gold standard if you had a PC. In 1998, Creative released the Sound Blaster Live!. It featured EAX (Environmental Audio Extensions), and on the games that supported it, sound would change depending on your environment: caves and long hallways would echo, footsteps sounded different on concrete versus dirt, you name it. It was pretty cutting-edge back then, and Creative was the pioneer behind it.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Sound, Speakers, Bluetooth Speakers, Creative, Reviews
The idea that blood type might influence human health has long been more folklore than science. Evidence that type O resists malaria and type A increases the risk of heart disease was limited and spread across numerous studies.
Category: Imaging & Diagnostics, Medical Innovations, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Blood, Red blood cells, blood-type, Type 2 diabetes, Health
America's 250th anniversary not only celebrated the country's independence over the weekend, but also saw the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (TRPL) in western North Dakota. The project is both a fitting tribute to the nation's 26th president and a masterclass in sustainable architecture.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Snøhetta, Library, sustainable design, Sustainability, Building and Construction, Green Roofs
Mark Woolhouse, University of Edinburgh/The Conversation
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Virus, HIV and AIDS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), SARS, pandemic, University of Edinburgh
If you're looking for a knife that's more than just a kitchen tool, the Tsuki is worth a look. Crafted in Japan with unique design elements, this one will have you admiring its beauty even when it isn't slicing smoothly through ingredients.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Knife, Cooking, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Kitchen
The much larger battery in the L10 takes up almost 1/3rd of the body's volume, so it's no surprise that the camera is larger than the LX100 models.
Photo: Mitchell Clark
The Panasonic L10 is appreciably larger than the LX100 models that came before it. This has caused some people to dismiss it as no longer making sense, once it's comparable to the size of the smallest ILCs and their retractable lenses.
It's also brought into question our use of the term "compact camera" which we've historically used for cameras with built-in lenses, but that's an issue for another day.
Handling the L10, it quickly becomes apparent why it's so much larger, with the new, much larger battery taking up approximately 1/3rd of the body space. This is because the L10 uses a battery with over twice the capacity of the one used in the LX100s: 15.8Wh, rather than 7.4.
The camera has also become a little deeper, because the screen is now articulated, rather than fixed (something we found frustrating on cameras with such a wide-angle lens). The L10 also has a separate door for its SD card, rather than it slotting in behind the battery, though sadly the door is so close to the tripod socket that this separation doesn't bring any particular benefit.
Having traveled with the camera for a while, I found myself appreciating those two changes more than I was put off by the loss of pocketability. With a wrist-strap, it's small enough to comfortably carry all day, but now with the battery life to sustain it over prolonged periods, and the ability to turn the rear screen in for protection, when stuffing it into a camera bag or carry-on luggage.
Does it have as much flexibility as an ILC? No, but its lens is brighter (in both absolute and equivalent terms) than ILC + kit lens pairings that come close to its size. And, like the Fujifilm X100 cameras, that are the same height and width as the L10, there's a certain appeal to a self-contained device that does one particular thing, rather than a camera that could, theoretically, do anything. If you don't see that appeal, then it's not the L10, or its size, you dislike, it's compact/fixed-lens cameras.
Though it only has a length of 8 m (26 ft), the White Pine uses an increased width and open design to provide an interior that's more spacious than you'd expect. The tiny house contains a large living area and kitchen, plus a pair of easily accessed loft bedrooms.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
Whether you're living solo and constantly battling food spoiling in the fridge, or have a household of humans to organize on a daily basis, this smart fridge calendar and planner might be able to make life that bit easier.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Smart Home, Calendar, Family, Reviews, Artificial Intelligence, Smart technology, Tablet
