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
China's eastern coastal region is associated with lower obesity, cardiovascular risk, and higher life expectancy. It's also where, for generations, market stalls selling fresh leafy greens, lotus seed pods, vegetables, tofu, and freshwater fish have shaped the diet of those living there.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Zhejiang University, China, Diet, Vegetables, Obesity, Cardiovascular, Heart, Metabolic syndrome, Gut health
For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) committee has significantly revised the protocols governing how scientists “evaluate, verify, and announce evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence.”
Category: Astronomy, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: SETI, aliens, 3I/ATLAS, Extraterrestrial
A South Korea-based upstart wants to build you a folding bicycle like you've never seen before. Your eye will naturally be drawn to its stunning frame, but there's a lot more to this work of art on wheels.
Tags: Foldable bike, Foldable, Bikes, urban transport, Kickstarter, Crowdfunding
All terrestrial animals with four limbs and a backbone – whether a frog, a bird, a lizard, or even a mammal such as ourselves – can trace their evolution back to a fish-like ancestor that made its way from the ocean onto land.
Category: Biology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Vilnius University, Evolution, Animal science, Amphibious, Marine Biology, Fish
The US Space Force has proven it has battlefield teeth like the other armed forces by adding "Meadowlands" to its arsenal – a ground-based space weapon designed to blind, bamboozle, and blast orbital threats with electromagnetic beams.
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: US Space Force, Satellite
A comprehensive global review has found that mRNA vaccines aren't just highly effective at fighting infectious diseases – they are also very safe.
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: University of British Columbia, mRNA vaccines, RNA, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Biotechnology, Vaccines, clinical trials
An authority in square-cornered chest fridges for overlanders, campers and other adventurers, Iceco has innovated an interesting twist. Its all-new VL45 Plus combines the advantages of top-loading and door fridges with a triple-access system that all but eliminates the need for a separate slide costing hundreds of dollars. It also boasts vacuum insulation and a slap-on magnetic battery that lets you unplug from the vehicle without losing chilling power.
Tags: Refrigerator, Camping, Off-road, Outdoors and Camping, Kickstarter
Galian Cycles recently presented its Le Formidable cargo bike at Eurobike 2026, giving us a fresh reason to take a look at a novel design that has already been circulating around France and nearby markets for a little while.
Tags: cargo bike, ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Eurobike
One of the main issues with multitools is that while they sport a host of tools, many of them are often too small to do their job effectively. As a result, the long list of features remains an impressive selling point but doesn’t prove useful in real-world situations.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Tools, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Titanium, Wrench, EDC
Kate Sprogis, Fredrik Christiansen & Renae van Noort, The University of Western Australia/Aarhus University/The Conversation
Category: Biology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: University of Western Australia, Aarhus University, Whale, Reproduction, Marine Biology, Ocean
This mid-sized tiny house cleverly balances portability and practicality. Its space-saving layout fits both upstairs and downstairs bedrooms, plus a surprisingly spacious living area, into a towable frame.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
A new class of survival capsule wants to turn disaster-proofing into something you can order rather than build. French startup Momentum Technologies showed off its LifePods at VivaTech and Eurosatory 2026 recently, deployable shelters designed to keep people alive when the usual safety nets – power, shelter, emergency services – stop working.
Category: Outdoors
Tags: Shelter, Emergencies, Flooding, Tsunami, Bulletproof, Portable
I can't say I've ever seen auto care equipment quite like this before. It's a huge step up from a traditional pressure washer to wash your car, with everything you need for a full clean in one portable box.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Car Care, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Cleaning, Vacuum cleaner
"You know what? I think we've been doing motorcycles all wrong." That's the thought that crossed my mind the moment I looked at the new LiveWire S4 Honcho motorcycles.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Harley Davidson, livewire, Electric Motorcycles, Off-road, urban transport
Glucose levels have been linked with the accelerated aging of the human brain in a new study by researchers in China, highlighting the benefits of healthy eating and exercise early in life to keep your brain fighting fit in old age.
Category: Brain Health, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: Glucose, Brain, Biological age, Neurological, Dementia, Diet
Why does the "poop emoji" look the way it does? Physics has the answer: as most animals defecate downward, each new coil falls a shorter distance, naturally forming the familiar tapered swirl.
Category: Physics, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are metallurgy’s version of having your cake and eating it too, combining multiple elements to create unusual mixes of desirable properties. The problem is that they can be difficult to create, requiring proper mixing of the constituent elements at the atomic level.
Category: Materials, Engineering
Tags: 3D Printing, NIST, Metals, Alloy
Daddy longlegs, also called harvestmen, have been documented catching and consuming living frogs larger than themselves in South American rainforests. All without the use of venom.
Category: Biology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are already known for treating type 2 diabetes and helping with weight loss. Now, a new study suggests they may also improve some of the most difficult complications to treat in type 2 diabetes.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & Health
Tags: GLP-1 receptor agonists, Diabetes, Weight Loss, Type 2 diabetes, metformin
