Who needs windows when you can have superefficient transonic passenger flight? That seems to be the reasoning behind Otto Aviation's Phantom 3500 jet aircraft that dumps the portholes in favor of super-laminar flow to lose weight and burn less fuel.
Tags: Otto Aviation, Aircraft, Transonic
When picturing a flock of flamingos, we often imagine long pink legs planted in a shallow lake and heads submerged as they filter feed. Though it looks peaceful, there’s a lot going on beneath the surface. These birds are manifesting storms of swirling tornadoes, using their webbed feet and angled L-shaped beak to help them capture prey.
Tags: Animals, Feeding, Water of Life
Doctors who dismiss or trivialize patients’ symptoms can cause long-lasting harm, according to a new study. This “medical gaslighting” can not only cause feelings of shame and anger but can also lead people to stop seeking medical help altogether.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Medical conditions, Signs and symptoms, Health care, Medical professionals, Rutgers University
If you need an excuse to turn off the laptop over the weekend or rein in overtime, scientists have found that working extended hours actually changes parts of the brain linked to emotional regulation, working memory and solving problems. While we know the toll that "overwork" takes physically and mentally, the precise neurological impact has not been well understood.
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Brain, mental health, Cognitive functioning, Workplace, Memory, Health
UK company CompoCloset is already known for portable toilets with particularly clean, boxy, white designs. Its latest promises to be the cleanest operator yet. A mashup of separating and auto-sealing toilet designs, the new S1 seeks to provide the best individual processing options for both urine and feces. The company calls it the world's first separating/sealing toilet, and it looks like it could be just the ticket to the ultimate off-grid toileting experience.
If you should see an extremely cool little car rolling down the streets of Oslo, Berlin, Vienna or Brussels sometime soon, check to see if it's being pedaled. If it is, there's a good chance that it's a Frikar e-quadcycle, which is now available in four countries.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Quadricycle, ebikes, Velomobile
Researchers in the Netherlands have created mechanical structures that strangely shrink – or more precisely, snap inward – instead of stretching outward when pulled.
A couple of months ago, New Jersey ebike maker Velotric unleashed a multi-terrain fat-tire adventure model with impressive cargo hauling and towing chops. Now there's an even more capable Nomad.
Tags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, cargo bike, Adventure Bikes
You already know when you are feeling highly stressed, but low-grade background stress is harder to detect. A new dental flosser from researchers at Tufts University aims to make it easier by monitoring the chemistry of your saliva.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Dental, Flossing, Tufts University, Cortisol, Stress
Sleeping long has a negative effect on brain performance, especially in people who are depressed, according to the findings of a new study. It suggests that sleep might be a modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline in people with depression.
Category: Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Sleep, Cognitive functioning, Depression, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
In a new study, researchers identified a molecule produced by a particular type of brain cell that reversed the cognitive decline seen in both healthy aging and dementia. It provides a deeper understanding of the aging process and a potential target for future treatments.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Brain, Healthy aging, Alzheimer's disease, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, University of Sao Paulo
The Hailie Smartinhaler, from med-tech company Adherium, improves asthma control by ensuring inhalers are used effectively and at the right time. It has been assisting American asthmatics since 2017; now its makers want it to be available to Aussie asthmatics, too.
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Asthma, Asthma inhaler, Smartinhaler, Treatment
Life-sized papier-mâché birds are popping up in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) this spring, and they're quite a sight. By this we mean something you certainly wouldn't want to encounter while hiking at night. But there's more to these fake greater sage-grouse models than meets the eye.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: National Parks, Animal science, Craft, Conservation, Wildlife, Birds, Dance, Polaris Ranger
Get ready to bend knee to a new king: the all-new Project H2 from Kawasaki, soon to debut as the world's most powerful side-by-side (SxS). After years of letting Polaris and Can-Am wrestle each other off the throne, Kawasaki is punching its way into the high-powered UTV battle with a beastly new supercharged machine. It'll be something of a four-wheeled Ninja H2 meant to hard-right off-pavement onto dirt, rock and dust, with at least one horrified passenger on board.
Tags: Kawasaki, Side-by-side, utv, Polaris, Can-Am, Off-road, ATV
As agriculture tries to clean up its act, the roar of the diesel engine is likely to become a thing of the past in the countryside. But electric farmers don't want to their battery-powered machinery idling for hours charging. The ONOX tractor's modular hotswap approach could help.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Prototype, Farming, Electric Vehicles, Agriculture, Modular
Following his work on the world's smallest tiny house, YouTuber Levi Kelly is back with another exercise in extreme downsizing. This time, he’s created what he calls the world's smallest mobile tiny house – a remarkably functional micro-camper that somehow manages to squeeze in a bed, toilet, and even a shower.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, Honda, Pickup, Campervan
Apple is getting into the brain-computer interface (BCI) business, reveals a press release from New York-based startup Synchron. The idea is to enable people with limited mobility to use iPhones, iPads, and the Vision Pro headset by transmitting commands through their minds.
Category: Technology
Tags: Brain-computer interface, Synchron, Paralysis, Brain, Assistive Technologies, Apple, iPhone
Neighborhoods near golf courses are often considered desirable locations, blending nature, leisure and nice views. However, a new study suggests that houses within a few miles of manicured fairways and greens may not be such hot property after all. There's more research that the upkeep of these green spaces poses a significant neurological health risk.
Category: Society & Community, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Mayo Clinic, Golf, Parkinson's Disease, Neurological, Pollution, Water, Chemicals, Brain
When the Silverado EV was first announced, it felt like a hurried push to play catchup with Ford’s Lightning. I thus assumed that it’d be a bedazzled version of the gas truck. Surprisingly, though, the Silverado EV has very little in common with the Silverado combustion models.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Chevrolet, Pickup, Truck, Electric truck, Electric Vehicles, Reviews
Nobody likes hearing a mosquito somewhere in their bedroom, without being able to see where it is. Well, the Bzigo Iris tracks and highlights mozzies, so you can swat them. It's now 50% cheaper, and doesn't require a Wi-Fi connection.
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
Tags: Mosquito, Laser, Tracking, Pests, Insect, 2025 Updates
