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
Sarah Diepstraten & John (Eddie) La Marca, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)/The Conversation
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Brain cancer, Cell+Phone, Hidden Technology, Smartphones, Chronic illness, Disease
Rather than encompass the "toolbox in your pocket" nature of the typical multitool, the all-new Leatherman Adapter is designed to serve as a secondary companion, the perfect partner-in-crime for a more fully loaded pocket EDC like the Arc. The Adapter folds just a little larger than Bic lighter size and expands by way of a single joint to deliver serious DIY leverage and torque. While it lacks the flippable implements of other multitools, it hides additional functions away in an onboard cache.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Multitools, Leatherman, EDC, Tools, Everyday Carry
Contact lens technology has come a long way. Early lenses were made from glass, and were uncomfortable to wear for an entire day. Today, lenses are made from soft materials such as silicone hydrogel and they are barely noticeable on the eye.
Category: 3D Printing, Manufacturing, Engineering
We've seen a couple of nifty screwdrivers that have room to hold their own driver bits. Thanks to clever design, this new one packs a whopping 24 bits in a lightweight body that's way more compact than you'd expect.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: EDC, Tools, xxKickbooster, Kickstarter
In the first study of its kind, scientists have found that swimming can provide relief from chronic low back pain. The trial suggests this exercise is clinically effective for treating this hard-to-target condition.
Category: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Macquarie University, Swimming, Physical therapy, Physical activity, Exercise, Back Pain, Pain, Chronic pain
This year's Farnborough International Air Show was the venue for a major announcement by Anduril. The company has developed Thunder, a group 5 autonomous tilt-rotor attack helicopter designed as a Loyal Wingman for combat choppers.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: Anduril, drones, Helicopters, Farnborough Airshow
Life as a daughter of royalty in Ancient Egypt may not have been all rose petals and feather fans.
Category: Archaeology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
A Swedish device that mimics the human heart to turn ocean swells into electricity has just cleared a hurdle that's kept wave power sidelined for decades. CorPower Ocean's C4 buoy has now passed the strictest safety test in the marine energy industry. The company behind it is now moving toward what could become the world's first commercial wave power plant.
Category: Energy, Engineering
Tags: Wave Power, Ocean, Engineering, Renewable Energy
Ten months on from the huge news that a chlamydia vaccine had been approved for Australia's koala population, an 18-month-old female known as Bamse has become the first to receive the groundbreaking medicine in a new double-dose format that makes large-scale treatment possible.
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Queensland University of Technology, Vaccines, Koala, Animal science, Australia, Biodiversity, Endangered, Disease
Scientists have identified a faulty cellular pathway that may help explain why people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) experience such profound exhaustion, immune dysfunction, and crashes after exertion.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: chronic-fatigue-syndrome, White blood cells, Diagnostic tools, Griffith University, mitochondria
Scientists have discovered a neural mechanism that shapes our aversion to select individuals, opening the door to understanding how the brain drives our dislike of others.
Category: Learning & Memory, Brain Health, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: University of Tokyo, Brain, Neuroscience, Memory, Fear, Social Experiment, Behavior, Avoid, Depression, Anxiety
