Every day in the US, an average of 6,000 women enter menopause.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: University of Vermont, Menopause, Cognitive functioning, ADHD, Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, Women, Age-Related, Brain, neurons, Hormones, estrogen
The latest camper from Mammoth Overland takes two of the brand's most creative launches of the recent past and fuses them together into a prepper-grade wilderness and apocalypse survival safe room built for immediate escape. Whether you're trying to keep away apex predators on regular camping or hunting expeditions, or getting out of dodge during a rapidly evolving "extinction level event," the Mammoth XLE might be the best civilian vessel in the world to have hitched up to your 4x4.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Caravan, trailers, Trailer, Survival, Emergency, Shelter, RV, Overland Expo, Off-grid, Off-road, Camping, Outdoors and Camping
Astronomers have uncovered a surprising twist in the Milky Way's story.
Tags: milky way, Stars, Astrophysics
In a historic first, two US Army crew members from an AH-64 Apache helicopter forced down near the coast of Oman were rescued within two hours by a US Navy Saronic Corsair drone boat operated by the 5th Fleet's Task Force 59.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: US Army, US Navy, Autonomous Vehicles
Eef Hogervorst, Loughborough University/ The Conversation
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: Dementia, Allergies, Medication, antihistamines
Most of nature – including humans – is symmetrical, and as creations reflect their creators, many robots we create today feature this symmetry, with the general assumption that symmetry is best. Researchers at Duke University have challenged that assumption with Argus, a sea-urchin-like robot that ditches conventional symmetry altogether.
Category: Robotics, Engineering
Nature has long served as a source of inspiration for scientific innovations. Many animals have evolved defensive features such as skins, shells, and scales to protect themselves from predators. Because protective mechanisms are essential in both biological organisms and engineered systems, a lot of these features have already been adopted in modern technologies. Recently, researchers from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University drew inspiration from the armadillo and its unique self-defense mechanism.
Category: Robotics, Engineering
Tags: North Carolina State University, Armor, Biomimicry, Self-defense
Retrofitting a port berth with shore power can take anywhere from three to seven years of permitting, construction, and grid upgrades. Now, a UK company has developed a floating hydrogen-powered platform and can make that wait disappear without having to move a single brick.
Each year in the US, around 90,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Dementia, Brain, Genetics
The Miami tiny house doesn't try to squeeze too much into its extra-wide 400-sq-ft (37.16-sq-m) single-floor interior. Instead, it spreads out for a spacious and apartment-like layout that's designed to sleep two in comfort.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Tiny Footprint, Building and Construction, Micro-House, House, Home
In 2028 Los Angeles will become the first city to hold the (modern) Olympic Games for a third time, following previous runs in 1932 and 1984.
Category: Sports, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Olympics, Infrastructure, Sports, public transportation, Transport, Logistics
The Sagrada Familia has been under construction for more than 140 years, but Lego's new replica should hopefully prove a little quicker to assemble. Featuring just over 12,000 pieces, it's Lego's largest set to date by piece count.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Lego, Education, Toys, Sagrada Familia
Nuclear energy in the West took another step forward as the first privately developed, non-light-water reactor to go critical in the United States in more than 40 years reached a major milestone when the Antares Nuclear Mark-0 test reactor came online at Idaho National Laboratory.
Category: Energy, Engineering
Tags: Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear, Power Stations
There’s no doubt about it – burning stuff is what makes us human. Aside from the fact that fire makes food safer, tastier, and more digestible, burning a few sticks pushes back the darkness, keeps predators at bay, and keeps us toasty warm.
Category: Archaeology, Science
As deforestation accelerates across the Amazon, scientists are uncovering a disturbing new consequence: humans are transmitting diseases to wildlife.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Amazon, Monkeys, hepatitis-b, Deforestation, Infections
Does the way information "sticks" to our brains differ depending on the medium? New research suggests it might, with readers engaging more with a story in a traditional book than one read on a digital device.
Category: Learning & Memory, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: University of Tokyo, Reading, eBook, E-reader, Books, Japan
Honeybees routinely travel up to 2 miles (3 km) from their hive in search of food before returning home, with remarkable accuracy. Relative to body size, this is comparable to a human traveling hundreds of miles and finding their way back without a map, compass, GPS, or smartphone. Despite possessing brains smaller than a sesame seed, bees accomplish this feat with astonishing efficiency. Now, researchers have adapted those same biological principles into a drone navigation system that can guide lightweight flying robots home using just 42 KB of memory.
Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Delft University of Technology, Navigation, Bees, Biomimicry
Picture a surgical robot that can move, cut tissue, release drugs, grip and store samples, and wirelessly generate heat. You most likely didn't imagine a robot that can fit in your hands. Yet, scientists have created a 5-in-1 robot that fits right on your fingertip!
Category: Robotics, Engineering
Tags: Nanyang Technological University, Drug delivery, Surgical robot
A research team at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has come up with a new bio-derived material made from yeast. It can be used with 3D-printing technology to produce a construction material which can be modified specifically for the architectural and interior design field.
Category: Materials, Engineering
Tags: Chalmers University, Yeast, Biodegradable, Building and Construction, 3D Printing
Think speakers are a simple paper cone that vibrates to translate electrical signals into sound? Like much of the tech we feature, there’s rather more to it these days – as the European debut of a new high-end wireless speaker system from Scotland has just demonstrated.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Hi-fi, High-resolution, Bluetooth Speakers, Audiophile, Digital music
