Tucked into the forested landscape of Valea lui Enache, Romania, the CL02 Cabin by Vinklu is a modern tiny rural retreat that blends sustainable design with quiet architectural restraint. Built on the remnants of an earlier failed project, this 55-sq-m (592-sq-ft) home emerges as a thoughtful reimagining of a traditional annex, now transformed into a seasonal dwelling with contemporary purpose.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Cabins, Airbnb, Tiny Footprint

You don’t know what you have until it’s gone, so goes the old saying. But what if you never even had it? That’s exactly the case with the Suzuki Jimny (formerly dubbed the Samurai), a car with a rich history spanning over five decades. I’m talking about the current version, a retro-boxy, five-door model that first debuted in 2023, that sadly never made its way Stateside.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Suzuki, SUV, Off-road, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, Travel, Reviews

Watching a video of a therapy dog for just five minutes can meaningfully lower stress levels, a new study shows, offering a simple, stigma-free option for those reluctant to seek traditional mental health support.

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Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

Tags: Stress, mental health, Well-being, Dogs, University of British Columbia

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Category: Gear, Outdoors

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.

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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.

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Category: Biology, Science

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Leukemia, Fungus, Drug development, Cancer, Disease