Try as they might with add-ons like pneumatic tires and vacuum insulation, the competition hasn't been able to knock Yeti off its pedestal as the go-to for rugged adventure coolers. Dometic might have a chance by delivering something that's both elusive and invaluable to campers: space. Its all-new Recon series of modular coolers stack nearly as neatly as Legos, squeezing the most out of any pickup bed or car trunk so you can pack everything you need and maybe even a few things you don't.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Coolers, dometic, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Modular

It was not too long ago when a certain Stig was racing cars around the Dunsfold Aerodrome in the Bohema on Top Gear. The masked maskot certainly knew how to race cars, and it seems like he’s put his powers to use again … only to break his own record.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Supercars, Hypercar, Record, track racer

While 3D printing is indeed a burgeoning technology, it's limited by the fact that items can typically only be printed from a single material. A new system still uses just one print resin, but that substance can form into two different solid materials as needed.

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Category: 3D Printing, Manufacturing, Technology

Tags: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Light, Ultraviolet, UC Santa Barbara

Influential Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has revealed plans for a striking new residential tower in Taiwan. Appropriately named Out of the Box, the project is defined by a bold blocky design and cantilevered facade that creates outdoor areas and increases indoor living space.

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Category: Architecture, Lifestyle

Tags: Building and Construction, MVRDV, Residential towers

In an impressive feat of rapid urban adaptation, sulphur-crested cockatoos have worked out how to use their feet and their large bodies to twist the tap handles of drinking fountains in order to access water from the faucet. It's the first observation of this behavior spread throughout a large population of birds.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Western Sydney University, Australian National University, Max Planck Institute, University of Vienna, Birds, Animal science, Behavior, Urban, nature

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse that damage and restore lung function.

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Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

Tags: Respiratory health, Lung, Air pollution, Fine particulate matter (PM2.5), University of Osaka

A new study has found that gaining weight as a result of poor diet is linked to impaired cognitive functioning and developing symptoms of anxiety, adding to the growing body of evidence that there's an intrinsic biological link between our gut health and mental health.

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Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

Tags: Obesity, Anxiety, mental health, Georgia State University, Cognitive functioning, Microbiome, Gut health, Gut Bacteria, Nutrition, Diet, Fat cells

It was just last year that we heard about the Atmos inflatable hammock, which was claimed to keep users warm at night without adding to the bulk and weight they have to carry. Well, as promised it would be at the time, the Atmos is now the subject of a Kickstarter campaign.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Hammocks, Inflatable, Camping, Kickstarter, 2025 Updates

Scientists have long recognized human skin as a vibrant ecosystem that's home to millions of microorganisms. Our skin microbiome includes bacteria, fungi, and viruses; all playing a key role in shaping our health by promoting skin immunity and guarding against diseases. These friendly microbes feed on our skin's nutrients, and as a byproduct, they produce various active molecules that influence and interact with our skin cells.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Bacteria, Skin, Skin Cancer, Ultra-violet, Sunscreen, Sun

Weary of everyday life and need an escape? No matter how you spec it, the all-new Hawk+ camper from pop-up truck camping pioneer Four Wheel Campers will help you disappear.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Camping, Truck, Pickup, Off-road, Off-grid, RV

Animals that produce their own light source, through an internal chemical reaction, are one of the many wonders of nature – and something biotechnology scientists have been working hard to replicate and adapt for human use for some time.

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Category: Imaging & Diagnostics, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind

Tags: Mass General Brigham, HIV, SARS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Virus, Disease, Diagnostic tools, Diagnostic devices

Archer has released video footage of the first flight of its Midnight eVTOL with a pilot at the controls, though the aircraft rolled down a runway to take off rather than using its rotors to lift it vertically.

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Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Archer Aviation, Flight Tests, eVTOL

Researchers have developed a new method for preventing bacteria from adhering to surfaces, such as medical devices. It relies on the unique properties of resilin, a natural insect protein that enables fleas to jump hundreds of times their body length.

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Category: Medical Innovations, Body & Mind

Tags: Antibacterial, Antimicrobial, Insect, Coating, RMIT University

A landmark 17-year study has found that a workable exercise plan significantly improves survival and enduring health of people who have experienced colorectal cancer. So much so that, as one of the researchers noted, "Our findings will change the way we treat colon cancer."

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Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

Tags: University of Sydney, Queens University, University of Alberta, Exercise, Colorectal cancer, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Age-Related, life-expectancy, Life extension

Diabetic foot ulcers can be slow to heal and prone to recurring. A new study employed an existing method, used on burns patients, to assess the degree of water loss from the skin and found that it was a good diagnostic tool for predicting a foot ulcer’s comeback chances.

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Category: Diabetes, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

Tags: Diabetes, Diabetic foot ulcer, Skin, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Scientists have developed a fuel cell system which they say could ultimately have enough energy capacity to power regional electric aircraft. They state that the technology is capable of carrying over three times as much energy per unit of weight as a lithium-ion battery.

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Category: Energy, Technology

Tags: MIT, Fuel Cell, Electric Aircraft

Perhaps the best part of spending a night outdoors in a tent is lying on your back and watching an explosive astronomical performance play out on the stage of dark wilderness sky. The average tent, however, isn't optimized for the experience. What good is a gorgeous star-filled sky if you're lying below an opaque rain fly? Colorado startup Sky View Tents looks to create a better solution, combining a high-visibility mesh with an interior rainfly into what it believes is the best stargazing tent ever. And the tent comes in both car camping and backpacking weight classes.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Tent, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Backpacking

Back in 2023, plans were revealed for a high-rise project in New York City that consisted of two connected towers. Named the Avenir, it has now undergone a dramatic redesign and will instead consist of one taller skyscraper, which will rise out of an unusual sculpted podium.

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Category: Architecture, Lifestyle

Tags: New York, Skyscrapers, Building and Construction

Makers, tinkerers, modelers and crafters looking for an edge that smoothly cuts through a range of materials like they're all butter might find the NeoBlade of interest – which is claimed to be the world's most compact wireless ultrasonic cutter.

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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Kickstarter, Gadgets, Tools, DIY, Craft, Repair, Wireless, Blades, Ultrasonic

A new study has found that, for most of us, the fiber we eat can protect our heart health, lowering the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke by up to 20%. It’s more evidence showing that a healthy gut leads to a healthy heart.

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Category: Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

Tags: Fiber, Cardiovascular, Heart Disease, Blood Pressure, Strokes, Monash University