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When it comes to making one-off exotic cars, the Giugiaro family takes the proverbial cake. In 1972, legendary car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro unveiled the Maserati Boomerang – a one-of-a-kind wedge-shaped spaceship on wheels destined for the Geneva Motor Show.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Lancia, Concept Cars
If you're looking for a big-screen TV alternative that doesn't dominate the room when not in use, ultra-short-throw projectors are a good shout. The PT1 from Hisense brings Dolby Vision and IMAX to 4K viewing at up to 150 inches.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Projectors, Hisense, Laser TV, Cinema, 4K UHD
A new tower is set to make a major impact on the skyline in Toronto, Canada. Named One Bloor West, the building is nearing completion and has officially surpassed 300 m (984 ft), making it the country's first supertall skyscraper.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Foster and Partners, Residential towers, Canada
Alternating between a standard calorie-restricted diet plan and one high in fat and sugar, which can result in regaining lost weight and then some, is not just down to psychology and behavior. This kind of weight-loss sabotage – or yo-yo dieting – has a surprising biological driver: The gut.
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Obesity, Diet, Weight Loss, Microbiome, Gut Bacteria, Brain
Massachusetts-based energy startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has struck a deal to deliver 200 MW of electricity to Google from its upcoming ARC power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Nuclear Fusion, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
The findings of a new study suggest that the age-old belief that eating cheese before bed can give you nightmares might actually be true. But it’s not just cheese; other foods, and when you eat them, can make a difference to sleep and dream quality.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Sleep, Dreams, Diet, Université de Montréal
The Chevrolet Blazer has been through more reboots than Peter Parker. This time around, though, it may have stuck the three-point landing. Which is good news for GM’s future.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Chevrolet, General Motors, Electric Vehicles, Reviews
A couple years ago, startup Anymaka launched a travel-ready hammock system that flips open in seconds so you can hang anywhere, including in other completely treeless environments. One potential problem: The hammock can technically fit two people, and you might not want to share. For those situations, there's the new Portable Swing Chair, an equally fast-pitching piece of kit that slims the hammock down to solo chair size. Bring it on all your outdoor adventures or simply use it as a more comfortable lounge experience at home.
Tags: Hammocks, Chair, Foldable, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Picnic, Kickstarter
Baluchon's latest tiny house, the Eden, packs a home office and full-time residence into a length of just 20 ft (6 m). The compact dwelling maximizes its limited footprint with space-saving design, though still had to make some compromises.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, Home, House
For years, we’ve admired plants for their ability to cleanse the air and help fight air pollution. However, our green ally might be contributing to air pollution in an unexpected way. While they may be just trying to fend off pests, this particular self-defense mechanism is also harming the environment.
Tags: Plants, Air pollution, Pests, Crops, Tree
Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have now confirmed that humans roamed North America 23,000 years ago. The finding solves a years-long debate questioning the age of these footprints.
Category: Science
Tags: Human, History, Archeology, Evolution
Researchers have discovered that newborns have high levels of the tau protein, which is elevated in older people with Alzheimer’s disease, but that it causes them no harm. The discovery opens the door to developing new ways of treating or preventing the neurodegenerative condition.
Category: Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Tau protein, Alzheimer's disease, Tauopathy, University of Gothenburg
An exceptionally odd clean energy project backed by Bill Gates has broken ground near Rock River, Wyoming, where a wind turbine that turns convention on its head will get a chance to prove its remarkable claim: wind power at 1/3rd of the cost.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Wind Power, Wind turbine, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Bill Gates
We're currently a lot better at producing clean energy than storing it to use later. That poses a challenge in regions that have long stretches with low wind and sunlight, stressing power grids fed by renewable sources. Augwind Energy believes it might have a found a solution thousands of feet below the ground.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Battery, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Cave
Many persistent sinus infections involve biofilms – colonies of bacteria that group together to resist efforts to kill them. Now, researchers have developed biofilm-blasting bots that could handily deal with these, and other, bacterial infections.
Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind
Tags: Biofilm, Infections, Microbots, Robots, Magnetic field, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Antibacterial
Remarkable new findings about the sugar stores in neurons have unlocked an entire new method of treating Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive decline, and it goes a long way to explaining why there's a growing body of evidence linking GLP-1 weight loss drugs to protection from dementia.
Category: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Buck Institute, Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Brain, Neuroscience, GLP-1 receptor agonists, Glucose, neurons
A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a serious image makeover, thanks to scientists discovering that it holds powerful cancer-fighting properties. It now opens the door to new and effective treatments for leukemia.
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Leukemia, Fungus, Drug development, Cancer, Disease
One of the most livable, high-functioning Australian hybrid caravans we've seen in years, the new Iconn E4 XK from Lifestyle Campers offers enough space for a family of five combined with a deluxe feature set. Its entire side wall is a massive gourmet kitchen that'll support a small army of overland chefs, and its floor plan is a spacious, flexible space that adapts to each individual buyer. Best of all, the 22.6-foot (6.9-m) hypercamper is already touring the Australian Outback and is on its way to the US.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Caravan, trailers, Trailer, Off-road, Off-grid, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, RV
How do you relocate an entire 8,270-ton, 43,380-sq-ft (4,030 sq m), 100-year-old Shikumen brick building complex so you can build a multi-level subterranean shopping center, parking lot and subway connections under it? With robots, of course.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Robotic construction, China, Artificial Intelligence, Construction
Honey produced by some species of Australian stingless bees possesses impressive bacteria- and fungi-killing properties, according to new research. With problems of antimicrobial resistance, the golden syrup has the potential to be used alongside or in place of existing antibiotics.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Honey, Bees, Antimicrobial, University of Sydney