Dragon Tiny Homes previously impressed us with its Kemi model back in 2024. Now, the firm has gone back to the drawing board with a redesign that makes some careful tweaks and improvements to the compact tiny house, allowing it to sleep up to four people in comfort.
Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
A US startup is looking to our closest satellite to fill a resources gap here on Earth. Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon. Interlune has now revealed a full-scale excavator prototype that forms a key component of its lunar Harvester.
A paradigm shift in the way we treat spinal injuries is now in sight, with the world's first regenerative cell therapy being granted approval for a registrational Phase I clinical trial. It's a historical milestone that could successfully treat what has, until now, been an incurable condition.
Category: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: FDA, Sports injury, Spinal cord injury, Stem Cells, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS), gene therapy, progenitor-cells, Regenerative Medicine
Apparently, salmon sperm injections are the new big thing in anti-aging or rejuvenating facial treatments. Once the immediate visceral reaction to the treatment’s ingredients subsides, the obvious next question is: Is there any science behind the celebrity-backed treatment?
Category: Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: anti-aging, Healthy aging, Aging, Facial
Welcome to Science Class 101. I’m your teacher for the next few minutes, to break down what it is about D3O’s non-Newtonian material that makes its upcoming range of helmet protection potentially revolutionary.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: d3o, Helmets, Protection, Armor, Impact
As any wellness expert will tell you, if you want to avoid becoming dangerously dehydrated, you have to drink before you start feeling thirsty. So, how do you know when to do so? According to a new study, a simple tap of your smartphone screen may soon provide the answer.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: KAUST, Capacative Sensing Technology, Smartphone diagnostics, Hydration
Positive results from clinical trials of an immune therapy in dogs with bone cancer have been used to fast-track the development of the drug to treat children with the same cancer. It highlights how leveraging our genetic similarity can benefit both species.
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Bone cancer, Osteosarcoma, Immunotherapy, clinical trials, Comparative oncology
If you're hoping that reef-restoring coral larvae will settle down in damaged reefs, you can't just sit around and wait for it to happen. You have to get out there and entice the larvae, which is exactly what a new algae-based gel is designed to do.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: UC San Diego, Scripps Research Institute, Coral, Algae, Hydrogels
MAD Architects has completed its long-anticipated Fenix project in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The prestigious Chinese studio has transformed a historic warehouse into a museum exploring global migration, which is crowned by an eye-catching twisting "Tornado" viewing point on its roof.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: MAD Architects, Building and Construction, Museum, Renovation
In a study of newlywed couples, researchers found that depression and anxiety can be passed from one spouse to the other via the oral microbiome, which is transferred during close contact, such as kissing.
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Microbiome, Oral bacteria
On May 31, Voyager 1 will be the guest of honor at what may be the most exclusive concert in history. To mark the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, ESA will beam a live performance of "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" to NASA's deep space probe.
Tags: NASA, Voyager, ESA, Music Streaming
BMW Motorrad has dropped jaws at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d’Este with a spectacular new concept motorcycle – a glimpse at the future of the barnstorming M1000RR superbike on which Toprak Razgatlıoğlu stoppied his way to the 2024 WSBK championship title.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: BMW Motorrad, Superbike, Yamaha
In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such engines could help propel future hypersonic vehicles.
For nearly 10 years I have written about science and technology and I’ve been an early adopter of new tech for much longer. As a teenager in the mid-1990s I annoyed the hell out of my family by jamming up the phone line for hours with a dial-up modem; connecting to bulletin board communities all over the country.
Category: AI & Humanoids, Technology
Tags: LLM (Large Language Model), GPT, Open AI, Creative, Writing
Epson's latest home projector kind of looks like a boxy bedside light. In fact it can bounce multi-colored mood lighting off the gimbal stand to create just the right ambience. This smart entertainment hub also features a triple-core engine that "redefines 4K image quality and "ultra-dynamic" contrast.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Epson, 4K UHD, Projectors, Lighting
The US Air Force is investing in a transport system that could one day deliver 100 tonnes for cargo or personnel by rocket to any spot on Earth in under 90 minutes. Unimaginatively called Rocket Cargo, it may begin preliminary tests next year.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Rocket Lab, US Air Force
An elusive nocturnal beast of a rodent that lives high in the mountains has been filmed and photographed for the first time, in a remarkable discovery for animal science and something akin to winning the zoology lottery.The animal has only been seen once in 30 years, and all descriptions of it stem from a handful of museum specimens.
Tags: Animal science, Discovered, nature, Expedition, Species, Evolution
I bet that headline wasn't on your bingo card this week. Researchers at the University of Osaka have equipped cyborg insects with teeny tiny helmets to steer them around various environments, without the need for invasive surgery or internal wiring.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: biohybrid, Insect, Cyborg, Osaka University
It's been a few months since Denmark's Awake Boards launched a beginner-level jetboard, so water babies could be now looking to test their e-surfing mettle. The Danish company has heard the battle cry, and has unleashed the RÄVIK Ultimate.
Tags: electric surfboards, Surfboard, Watersport, Performance
A folding saw that looks and feels as premium and exclusive as a collector's edition folding knife? It's a category that didn't really exist until Sweden's Woxna hit the ground running this year. The brand's newest saw pairs mesmerizing Damascus steel and rich walnut wood into a one-of-a-kind forestry tool so gorgeous you might never want to expose a single tooth to raw wood.
Tags: Tools, Fire, Survival, Camping, Backpacking, Foldable, Garden
