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Over the past few years, chocolate fans may have noticed a concerning change in the taste and texture of their favorite brands, due to confectioners adjusting their recipes in response to global cocoa shortages and sky-high prices.
Category: Science
Analog cameras are nowhere near as efficient as biological eyes. If you’ve ever handled a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, especially if it had a zoom lens attached, you know how heavy they are, and how tricky and time-consuming adjusting their focus can be.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Georgia Tech, Soft Robotics, Eye, Biomimicry, Hydrogels, Optics
Want to call someone a quick-thinker? The easiest cliché for doing so is calling her a computer – in fact, “computers” was the literal job title of the “Hidden Figures” mathematicians who drove the success of early NASA.
Category: Computers, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Aalto University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Optical Computing
There's a well-established link between depression and chronic low-grade inflammation. Now, a new meta-study shows that treating the inflammation can reduce depression in two ways, offering a potential alternative to antidepressants and their side effects.
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: Depression, Anti-inflammatory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, antidepressant
With its modest footprint and low ceilings, you're not going to be throwing any wild parties in the Nozawa. However, provided you don't want to host a rager, this compact tiny house sleeps two people in a practical interior that blends traditional Japanese design with modern space-saving ideas.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
I'm always excited to learn what Pebble is up to, because this gadget brand – which made a name for itself with its lo-fi smartwatch – decidedly does things differently. Its latest product is an AI-enabled device that seeks to avoid the pitfalls of recent fiascos in this category, with thoughtful features and an approach to packaging you don't often come across.
Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Gadgets, Voice Recorder, Voice, Speech, Artificial Intelligence, Pebble
A massive global study has turned up some grim news: that nearly 87% of us are not routinely getting quality sleep and meeting physical activity levels needed for our long-term health. Now, scientists have discovered that one is more influential than the other.
Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Flinders University, Sleep, Exercise, Physical activity, Obesity, Metabolic syndrome
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has shown how combat drones can think on the fly with a demonstration of its AI-Driven Mission Contingency Management (AI/MCM) system that can adjust missions in the face of unforeseen events.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Lockheed Martin, Skunk Works, drones, Artificial Intelligence
What do the likes of the BMW R 1300 GS, Triumph Tiger 1200, KTM 1290 Super Adventure, and Ducati Multistrada V4 all have in common? They’re all top-shelf adventure motorcycles from Europe’s premier manufacturers, packed with every bell and whistle you could imagine.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: CFMoto, Adventure Bikes, Off-road, KTM, BMW Motorrad, Ducati, Triumph, Honda Motorcycles
The all-new Float tent from startup FLFQ-Aloner looks to make camping faster, easier and tailored to the conditions on the ground. Thanks to an inflatable exo-frame construction, it pitches in under a minute with minimal effort. And when the ground gets too rocky, soggy or scratchy, the tent leaps up into the trees on a stable spreader hammock, creating a compact, free-hanging camping pod that won't tilt or twist. The design is even built to hold up to light hurricane-level wind.
Category: Tents, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Tent, Tree tent, Hammocks, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Backpacking, Kickstarter, Inflatable
Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A new study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that almost two-thirds of dog breeds have a small amount of wolf genes, which may have provided them with unique advantages to survive in diverse human environments.
DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among the most dangerous forms of DNA damage and immediately trigger the cell's damage response. Because DNA damage constantly threatens the stability of our genome, the ability to repair it is vital. When repair systems weaken, diseases can arise. That's why scientists study the molecular pathways of DNA repair: they could lead to new therapies.
Category: Imaging & Diagnostics, Medical Innovations, Body and Mind
Needles for sewing together seemingly disparate RV categories continue to be threaded. The new Atlas Cabin Box from Hotomobil is similar to a few concepts and products we've looked over during the course of 2025, but it ultimately pulls together a full-bodied pickup camper and a rooftop tent in a way we haven't quite seen before. It's an affordable truck camping option that keeps the truck extremely lightweight and relatively compact ... until it's time to unfurl a full truck-back base camp.
Category: Pickup Campers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Pickup, Truck, Camping, Off-road, roof-top tent, RV, Outdoors and Camping
If you’re going to kill animals for food, don’t waste their parts – that’s just rude. Use everything, snout-to-tail, and not just bones for glue or stomachs for drink-bags, either. Get creative!
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: EPFL, Biomimicry, Recycling
Adding to the growing body of research that proves our microbiome is a powerful ally in fighting disease, scientists have found that an easy-to-get nutrient in our food causes our guts to produce powerful insulin-regulating compounds.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Type 2 diabetes, Diabetes, Imperial College London, Diet, Insulin, Microbiome, Gut health
It'll likely be a while before we have humanoid robots taking over our household chores, but what you can count on sooner is seeing more robots in industrial settings, like factories and warehouses.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Robots, MIT
Kale has long been crowned a “superfood,” praised for its rich antioxidant and nutrient content – but new research suggests many of those perks go untapped unless you pair the leaves with a simple addition that boosts your body's ability to absorb the health benefits.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: University of Missouri, Vegetables, Oil, Antioxidant, Nutrition, Bioavailability
What’s the most common perception about Chinese-origin motorcycles? Poor build quality, clones of famous European bikes, questionable durability, and, of course, being dirt cheap. While affordability has always been a selling point, the rest of those assumptions are rapidly becoming outdated.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: qjmotor, Superbike, MV Agusta, BMW Motorrad, Lightning Motorcycles, China, Affordable
If you're going to Mars you'd best take along a jar of anti-aging cream because while you're there you're going to age faster than on Earth thanks to the Theory of Relativity. It's only 477 millionths of a second per day, but that tends to add up.
Tags: relativity, Time, NIST, GPS
In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – something previously believed to be the result of several mutations working together. What's more, these conditions often present in childhood instead of more commonly during adulthood.
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: University of Leipzig, Schizophrenia, Anxiety, mental health, Chronic illness, psychiatry, neurons, Brain, Genetic testing