A headline-grabbing study that helped fuel the apple cider vinegar (ACV) boom has now been pulled from the scientific record, striking a blow to the authors, the wellness community and journal publisher BMJ Group. The research, which claimed that a daily teaspoon or two of ACV could drive striking weight loss and metabolic improvements, was found to have "multiple errors" and results that couldn't be proven.

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

Tags: University of New South Wales, University of Queensland, Weight Loss, Obesity, Diet, clinical trials, Dietary supplements

Animal studies say rapamycin can slow aging – but does it work in humans? A new review finds the evidence for the off-label, low-dose use of the drug in healthy adults is thin, inconsistent, and far from conclusive.

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Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Aging, Healthy aging, anti-aging, Longevity

What has zero moving parts, yet can blast an aerial vehicle to velocities beyond Mach 5? The answer is the recently flight-tested Atmospheric Test of Launched Airbreathing System (ATLAS) powered by a new solid-fueled ramjet built by GE Aerospace.

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Category: Military, Technology

Tags: GE Aerospace, Aircraft, Hypersonic

Our gut microbes and genes are in constant conversation, shaping each other in ways that affect everything from immunity and inflammation to disease risk, according to new review of scientific evidence. It’s a partnership that could transform how we prevent and treat illness.

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Category: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Gut Bacteria, Microbiome, Epigenetics, Communications, University of Hawaii

Scientists have just taken the most detailed look yet at the biology of a record-breaking human life, profiling a woman who lived to 117 years and 168 days free of cancer, cardiovascular disease and dementia. What they found could help us all with our own longevity.

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Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Age-Related, anti-aging, Cells, molecular biology, Health, Longevity

We've long known Specialized to be among the brands charging crazy-high prices for top-spec ebikes, but the new S-Works Turbo Levo 4 LTD e-MTB takes the trend to alarming heights, pricing in a few thousand dollars higher than a brand-new Nissan Versa. It's as if the company charged $1,000 for every character in that run-on product name. With its marbly blue-swirl paint and "cyborg"-level power delivery system, the LTD is definitely a wondrous piece of machinery, but is it really worth the price of a brand-new entry level sedan?

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: Specialized Bikes, ebikes, Most-Expensive, Mountain Bikes

Behold, the rise of the tennis-coaching robots. First there was the PongBot, followed by the Tenniix and the Acemate. Now, there's the possibly even more capable ball-shooting, performance-assessing, AI-packin' Aceii One.

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Category: Sports, Lifestyle

Tags: Tennis, Robots, Coach, Artificial Intelligence, Kickstarter

Lava Music caused a glitch in the Matrix a few years back with an oddball carbon-fiber acoustic guitar rocking built-in digital effects. Now the company is looking to reshape the amplification landscape with "the world's most advanced amp."

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Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Kickstarter, Amplifiers, Guitar Effects, Learning, recording, Bluetooth Speakers

A report based on data compiled between 1990 to 2023 across 204 countries found that cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the most common cause of death among humans. Heart conditions are behind one in every three deaths on the planet.

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Category: Body and Mind

Tags: Heart, Cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular, University of Washington

With projects like the Halley VI Antarctic research station under its belt, Hugh Broughton Architects is no stranger to working in extreme environments. The UK firm will need this experience as it has now been commissioned to deliver a series of upgrades for Australia's Davis Station in Antarctica.

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Category: Architecture, Technology

Tags: Hugh Broughton Architects, Antarctic, Shelter, Building and Construction, Australia

It's been six years since GoPro refreshed its Max 360-degree action cam, and the new model brings plenty of new features and thoughtfully updated hardware.

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Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Consumer Electronics, GoPro, Actioncam, 360-degree, Insta360, DJI Innovations

Scientists have developed a new eyedrop that can ferry protective compounds all the way to the retina, paving the way for a less-invasive injection-free method of managing sight-stealing diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: RMIT University, RMIT, Retina, Eye diseases, Nanomedicine, Age-Related, Sight

The earliest evidence of the invention of the wheel pops up around 5,500 years ago in Uruk, ancient Mesopotamia, which has to go down as the most innovative society in human history. These guys, best we can tell, invented everything from cities, to maps, to sails, proverbs, aquariums, moral ideals and messiahs.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Wheel, In-wheel, Motor, Crowdfunding

Switching off a single enzyme in immune cells protected mice from obesity, type 2 diabetes, and fatty liver disease in a new study, offering a potential new treatment target for metabolic disorders.

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Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

Tags: Obesity, Enzyme, The Immune System, Type 2 diabetes, Inflammation, Monash University, Baylor College of Medicine

A layer of foam may be good at protecting you from simple whacks on the head, but it's not necessarily sufficient when you're cycling at speed. That's where RLS bike helmet tech comes in. It's claimed to offer four times the concussion protection of a regular helmet, via ball bearings and panels that pop off under pressure.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: Helmets, Cycling, Road Safety, Traumatic Brain Injury

World-leading American RV manufacturing group Thor Industries and its EV chassis partner Harbinger presented one of the most impressive motorhomes of 2024, an electrified Class A camper bus offering an estimated 500 miles (800 km) of hybrid range. It was just a concept a year ago, but it ultimately paved the way for the all-new Embark EV, the market's first range-extended Class A electric motorhome, debuted under Thor brand Entegra Coach. More than just a breakthrough powertrain, the new large motorhome is an impressive build from nose to tail, incorporating European-inspired spaces and design elements that let travelers live cleanly and comfortably.

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Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: Motorhomes, electric-camper, RV, Thor Industries, Camping, Travel, Off-grid, Outdoors and Camping

Drone manufacturer DJI continues its foray into the world of actioncams in a big way – or actually, in a small way – with its tiniest camera yet, the Osmo Nano. The 4K-shooting tyke can be magnetically mounted on shirts, hats or other clothing, and is waterproof down to 10 m (33 ft).

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Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: DJI Innovations, Actioncam, Video Cameras

Nissan has given a full remodel to the Sentra for the 2026 model year. Changes include new styling, tech, and the return of the top end SL trim.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Nissan

Imagine an oversized claw machine at an arcade, but instead of trying to grab cheap toys, your prize is the assortment of waste that sinks to the bottom of the sea. That's essentially what an autonomous robot has been doing at Marseille recently.

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Category: Robotics, Technology

Tags: Technical University Munich, Waste, Marine Innovations, Robots, Autonomous, Underwater

Indian electric motorcycle upstart Ultraviolette has just unveiled the X-47, a versatile tourer and commuter with a raft of tech features, comfy ergonomics, seriously impressive range, and an ungodly 450 lb.ft (610 Nm) of torque for a spirited ride.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Electric Motorcycles, Ultraviolette, India, Radar