Large sinkholes in nature have traditionally been viewed as a win for biodiversity, protecting plants that would be exposed to environmental stress above ground. However, a new genetic study indicates they are an evolutionary death trap.
Category: Environment, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Biodiversity, Tree, Light, Photosynthesis, Carbon capture, adaptive
We're so used to seeing folding knives (and folding blade-loaded multitools) during our daily travels around world and web, we're not quite ready for an entirely different tool inside a folding package, especially not one with very knife-like G10 scales and thumbhole. But the all-new Norse Foldable from Willumsen conceals a different fold-out blade inside its handle. It does look just a bit too chunky when closed to be a knife, and that hints at the real capability that flips open in milliseconds at the flick of a wrist.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Axes, Kickstarter, Foldable, Camping, Backpacking, Bikepacking, Outdoors and Camping, Tools
The Farnborough International Airshow in the UK is one of the world's premier aerospace events, where major industry announcements and billion-dollar deals are as common as muffins. New Atlas is on the ground at this year's record-breaking event.
Tags: Aircraft, Show, Farnborough Airshow
Adam Stanaland, University of Richmond/The Conversation
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Testosterone, Hormones, Behavior, Physical functioning, Army, Warfare, Battlefield
As F-35 fighters roared overhead in display, Lockheed Martin unveiled its MORFIUS counter-drone at this year's Farnborough International Airshow. It uses a directed energy weapon to take out over 50 hostile drones per flight.
Category: Military, Engineering
In cloned populations of a newly described single-celled protist, a few cells undergo a voracious transformation. They metamorphose into much larger “supergiants” that shift their shape, alter their movement, and begin hunting and eating their own genetically identical relatives.
Category: Biology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Micro-organisms, Hunting, Cells, protist, Transformable
I love a multitool as much as the next person, but some of them really aim to do too much for my liking – especially when I'm within city limits.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Knife, EDC, Tools, Kickstarter
While daylight saving may give us a little extra sunshine at the end of our workdays, the transition may be costing us our health.
Category: Sleep, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Sleep, Eye diseases, Retina, daylight-saving-time, Macular Degeneration
Lockheed Martin used this year's Farnborough International Airshow to introduce a low-cost alternative to its Patriot surface-to-air interceptor missile called the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Adapted Capability Effector (PAC-3 ACE).
Category: Military, Engineering
While cost-of-living pressures continue to impact consumer behavior, one business appears to be booming: the vasectomy industry.
Category: Biology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Male Contraceptives, Contraception, Society, Reproduction, Birth Control, Aging population, Surgery
For at least three years now, Silicon Valley and its global tech-futurist counterparts have been crafting a new vision for the future of RVing: long, sleek, luxurious glamping trailers that deliver their own motive power, sensor-based assistance and smart home conveniences. That vision invariably includes one other characteristic: a six-figure price tag. But the new T4 trailer from Southern California startup Aboard Mobility looks to squeeze all the high-tech convenience and glamping comfort into a much smaller base price. Whether Aboard is successful at doing so remains to be seen.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Caravan, electric-camper, smart RV, trailers, Trailer, RV, Self-Driving, Outdoors and Camping, Glamping, Camping, PHEV
Yustina Yustina, King's College London/The Conversation
Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Skin, Microbiome, Probiotic, Inflammation, The Immune System, T-cells, Aging, Age-Related, anti-aging
TerraMow's new X AWD rethinks how a robot mower moves, swapping the usual end-of-row pivot for a back-and-forth "Shuttle Drive" designed to handle big, steep, and messy lawns without chewing up the turf.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Mower, Lawnmowers, Robotics, Automation
Though it has a compact footprint, this tiny house expands its living area significantly with a useful rooftop terrace. Inside, it features a space-saving layout that's packed with storage and can sleep up to five people at a squeeze.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Micro-House, Home, Tiny Footprint, House, Building and Construction
Light has been making anti-distraction phones for about a decade now, starting with a custom operating system and layering minimalist design on top.
Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Smartphones, Light Phone, Minimalist
Some brains seem to defy Alzheimer's. Even when the disease's telltale plaques and tangles are present, certain individuals remain mentally sharp well into old age. This phenomenon, known as cognitive resilience, is one of the most intriguing puzzles in neuroscience today.
Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, hippocampus, neurons, Tau protein, Amyloid-beta protein, Neurodegenerative conditions
Even aircraft carriers are joining the drone age. Elbit Systems has unveiled a concept to convert standard commercial merchant ships into modular carriers capable of launching and retrieving its Hermes 650 Spark fixed-wing unmanned aircraft.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: drones, Aircraft Carrier
A theorized limit to our planet’s response to geomagnetic storms may be the product of a statistical illusion, researchers claim, revealing that the extent of damage from the most extreme solar events could be greater than we ever imagined.
Category: Astronomy, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Sun, Magnetic field, geomagnetic, NASA, coronal mass ejection, solar-storm
There’s something endearing about one of the world’s most prestigious motorcycle makers almost disappearing into oblivion and making a full-fledged resurgence with a fresh approach. One that’s not only strategic but equally forceful, and might I say, incredibly ballsy.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Norton Motorcycle, Adventure Bikes, Touring, Twin-engine, Reviews, Triumph, Suzuki, Iceland
TL;DR: Less than 100 units left — A refurbished 13-inch MacBook Air is $199.97 (MSRP $1,199) in grade-A condition with an Intel Core i5 and a 12-hour battery.
Category: Deals
