What does gut fermentation and stroke-induced brain inflammation have in common? Potentially a lot, according to new research looking into how the microbiome directly influences brain inflammation. It could make recovery faster, reduce cognitive impairment and protect the brain from secondary injuries following a stroke.

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Category: Stroke, Brain Health, Body & Mind

Tags: UT Southwestern, Stroke, Brain, Brain activity, Microbiome, neurons, Cognitive functioning, Rehabilitation

Researchers have reviewed non-drug and non-surgical treatments for low back pain to assess which ones are more likely to reduce pain and improve function. What the review made clear is that more research into effective low back pain treatments is needed.

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Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

Tags: Low back pain, Treatment, Chronic pain, University of New South Wales, Neuroscience Research Australia

I first learned to drive when I was around 10 years old and had a driver’s license by the time I was 16. AI is now about 73 years old and still can’t drive. What gives?

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Self driving cars, Self-Driving, Autonomous Vehicles

Austin, Texas-based Bonnell is a new-ish electric two-wheeler brand with a foundation in all-terrain racing. With a distributed team across the US, Australia, Hong Kong, and China, it's been making electric mountain bikes for a bit, and now, it wants to muscle in on dirt bike territory with two models slated to arrive later this year.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Electric Motorcycles, Dirt Bikes

It isn't easy to recycle high-voltage batteries from electric cars, but Porsche wants to take a stab at it. The plan: extract raw materials from old EV batteries to make fresh ones for its own electric models.

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Category: Energy, Technology

Tags: Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Recycling, Sustainability, Porsche

If there's one thing you want to do immediately after completing the kind of long, exhausting hike that's mandatory when backpacking, it's rip off those shoes and let your fiery, achy feet breathe a little. But as much as you'd like to whip out your most comfortably broken-in set of slippers or sandals, it can be tough to justify the pack space and weight for such a luxury. Ultralight gear specialist Zpacks has a solution that sizes and weighs only slightly more than fresh air. Its flat-collapsing, rollable Ultralight Camp Shoes weigh less than 1 ounce per shoe and provide a comfortable, breathable refuge for tired, aching feet.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Backpacking, Footwear, Shoes, Lightweight, Camping, Bikepacking, Collapsible

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as an ambitious company is moving steadily to secure permission to begin operations with the Trump administration's blessing – perhaps sooner than it should.

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Category: Marine, Transport

Tags: Ocean, Environment, Resources, Planetary Resources, Deep Sea Mining

Despite its relatively modest length of 34 ft (10 m), Mint Tiny House Company's Violet Edition – Scarlett Loft squeezes in three bedrooms, offering an impressive sleeping capacity of six – or even up to eight if a couple don't mind sleeping on a sofa bed.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine reduces dementia risk by 20%. The findings bolster a growing body of research linking the vaccine to lower numbers of dementia cases.

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Category: Brain Health, Body & Mind

Tags: Dementia, Shingles, Vaccines, Herpesvirus, Stanford University

Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with precision while experiencing g-forces higher than those of fighter pilots. Their insights might help robotics research.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Spiders, Biomechanics, Hydraulics, Robotic construction, Macquarie University

What you're looking at is a one-off, mid-engine, hand-built wedge car with an exterior fashioned almost entirely of mirror-polished aluminum. Its exposed-metal design puts a certain Tesla Cybertruck to shame.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Maserati, Supercar, Tesla Motors, Cybertruck, Custom, McLaren

It was on a purpose-built R 80 G/S that Hubert Auriol won the second-ever Paris-Dakar rally in 1981, which happened to be BMW's inaugural attempt. And now, inspired by that very model, BMW has unveiled its new dirt-focused boxer.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: BMW, BMW Motorrad, Dakar Rally, Retro, Off-road, Enduro, Triumph

One of the longstanding trailblazers in the American overland scene, Arizona-based AT Overland is back with one of its most promising truck camping solutions yet. The Goldilocks of its Aterra series, the all-new Aterra Slide-In turns any Toyota Tundra or Ford F-150 into an ultra-capable overland explorer with its own hard-sided standing-height shelter. Buy it as a shell and outfit it yourself or pick and choose from AT Overland's long list of options to create a versatile, adaptable floor plan.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Camping, Truck, Pickup, RV, Off-grid, Outdoors and Camping, at-overland

I admit, I held off from covering this peculiar electric motorcycle for fear that people might not take me seriously in the wake of April Fools' Day. But this wind/solar motorcycle is as real as it can get, and is even available for purchase!

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Renewable Energy, Wind-powered, Solar Powered, Electric Motorcycles, China

If someone is afflicted with heart disease, it's important that their cardiac activity be monitored as frequently and accurately as possible. An experimental new wearable device is designed to make that happen, by copying the body structure of the starfish.

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Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind

Tags: University of Missouri, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Heart attack, Heart

Though it only had a length of 7.2 m (almost 24 ft) to work with in the Jordy tiny house, Konpak Tiny Homes has employed a clever space-saving layout that includes a novel folding staircase to offer a relatively spacious living area and lots of storage.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle

Tags: Building and Construction, House, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, Home

While we're making progress in phasing out animal testing in the cosmetics industry around the world, there's still a ways to go in terms of regulatory measures (some 35 US states still allow it), international cooperation, and scientific advancements in developing reliable alternatives. 3D-printed 'imitation skin' could be the ticket.

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Category: Science

Tags: cosmetics, Skin, 3D Printing, TU Graz, Hydrogels, Testing

Step aside, golden beaches – now we have stretches of sand glimmering with real pieces of gold. Scientists have captured the first highly detailed photos of the golden precious metal found among the sand along the coastline of New Zealand's South Island.

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Category: Environment, Science

Tags: University of Otago, Gold, New Zealand, Geology, Minerals, History

Engineers at Illinois' Northwestern University have developed the tiniest pacemaker you'll ever see. It's several times smaller than a regular pacemaker, and it's designed for patients several times smaller than the average pacemaker user.

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Category: Medical Innovations, Body & Mind

Tags: Heart Disease, Baby, Pacemaker, Wearable, Northwestern University

It's starting to get a little warmer in the Northern Hemisphere, which means you might be looking to the yard for after-dark movie nights. Many portable projectors still need to be plugged in, but Dangbei's Freedo caters for cable-free watching for up to 2.5 hours.

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Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: HD, Projectors, LED, Portable, Google TV, Battery, Compact, Reviews