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Terra Urban tiny house maximizes floorspace with elevating bed

Squeezing a comfortable and well-proportioned tiny house into a compact footprint is always a challenge, but Tru Form Tiny's Terra Urban tackles the issue in an novel way. The tiny house features an elevating bed that transforms its living room into a bedroom when it's time to hit the sack.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

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Gestational diabetes tied to huge rises in ADHD and autism

In a massive study of more than nine million pregnancies, a new link has been found between gestational diabetes and neurodiversity – translating to a 36% increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a 56% higher risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Category: ADHD & Autism, Brain Health, Body and Mind

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3-in-1 survival bottle squeezes out heinous pathogens in wild water

When you’re exercising outdoors, you’re probably losing a liter or more of water an hour, mainly through sweating. Replacing that is easy if you have piped water handy. If not, you’ll be relying on what you carry – and water is heavy. Or you’ll be risking disease by drinking from sources you’ve found.

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Category: Gear, Outdoors

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Indomitable VW 4x4 camper bus puts a double roof over the whole family

A year after making its world premiere, the ruggedest camper in Dethleffs' fleet gains some extra space up high, sleeping an entire family anywhere from the local camping resort to the most nonlocal of inhospitable wild lands. The pop-up Globebus Performance 4x4 is just a concept camper for now, but it looks smartly polished enough to make a production debut any time.

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Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

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Stress and social factors change your gut and brain to drive weight gain

When scientists study obesity and weight-loss treatment, it's most often about genetics, lack of physical activity and poor eating habits. However, new findings show that stress, hardship, isolation and social inequality create the biological environment that underpins the condition that now affects around 40% of US adults.

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Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

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Has Tesla given up on autonomous driving?

Full self-driving. Tesla’s astonishingly wild promise seems to have gone off the rails. It’s been nearly a decade since Tesla announced that all of its production vehicles would be capable of autonomous driving, with CEO Elon Musk repeatedly stating that it would happen by the end of each year since 2018.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

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