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Motorcycle-related waste is a serious problem. And apparently, there’s more waste from motorcycle gear than from the actual machine itself – particularly helmets. Dainese, the company that owns AGV Helmets, has thus started a ground-breaking helmet recycling strategy.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Helmets, AGV, Dainese, Environmentally-friendly, Recycling
A quarry in South East England has yielded a fascinating palaeontological discovery: long tracks with a total of 200 footprints left by enormous dinosaurs that roamed the earth during the Middle Jurassic Period, some 166 million years ago.
Tags: Dinosaurs, Oxford University, Fossils
Among the important scientific discoveries made every year are some that reveal that the world is way weirder than we give it credit for. From bizarre biological quirks that cause demonic hallucinations, to sci-fi scenarios like brains piloting robots and full head transplants, here are the weirdest science stories of 2024.
Category: Science
Tags: weird science, Artificial Intelligence, Animal science, Animals, Brain, Fish, Light, Neuroscience, Life
Detailed mapping of 1.2 million brain cells has revealed that not all cell types age in the same way and that some – found in a specific ‘hot spot’ – are more sensitive to the aging process. It opens the door to developing new treatments for age-related brain diseases.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Biological age, Brain, Aging, Allen Institute for Brain Science, National Institute of Aging
NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the Sun. On December 24, 2024, the robotic probe came within a record 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) of the Sun's surface.
Tags: Sun, NASA, Parker Solar Probe
On the heels of eVTOL startup Lilium shutting down, air taxi builder Volocopter may close its doors having filed for insolvency due to lack of funds. On December 26, 2024, the Karlsruhe Local Court in Germany placed the company in administration.
Tags: Volocopter, Air Taxis, eVTOL
We often see the results of evolution, but not the process directly. Now, scientists have been treated to front row seats of evolution unfolding in real time, as two similar lizard species encounter each other for the first time and quickly adapt to fill different roles.
Tags: Animal science, Animals, Reptile, Evolution, Georgia Tech, Environment
After a rough spell over the last few years, Californian electric motorcycle startup Onyx might finally be getting on track and bringing its neo-retro-style e-mopeds back to the market. In a LinkedIn post this week spotted by TechCrunch, founder Timothy Seward announced a limited run of 100 two-wheelers arriving this month.
Category: Transport
Tags: Electric Motorcycles, Moped
Even though full-body gaming systems like Wii were made obsolete by VR technology, that hasn't stopped US startup Rebuff Reality from getting in on the act. The company's new BodyLink gaming platform is set to pick up where the likes of Kinect left off.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Wii, Kinect, Motion Controller
A stage of sleep – reflected in the size of our pupils – is important to committing recent memories to the brain, which could be manipulated to improve cognitive function and even identify issues with being able to recall newer experiences when awake.
Category: Learning & Memory, Brain Health, Body & Mind
Tags: Cornell University, Sleep, Neuroscience, Memory, Cognitive functioning, neurons
Given how sharp utility knives are, you really don't want them deploying their blades accidentally. The Titanium Safety Portable Multi-Knife addresses that concern with a unique locking mechanism, plus it incorporates six other features.
Tags: Multitools, Knife, Titanium, Kickstarter
In a quiet Alpine village on the South Island of New Zealand, a tiny company run by a 71-year-old billionaire is hard at work bringing his seemingly impossible dream to life: developing a publicly available track car that could potentially go faster than an F1 racecar.
Category: Automotive, Transport
It can't be easy for architects to make their mark in such a skyscraper-packed location as Dubai, but Foster + Partners has certainly managed it. The influential firm has designed a pair of eye-catching towers that are linked by an exclusive penthouse swimming pool at the top.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Dubai, Skyscrapers, Luxury
A new study has identified one of the reasons why cancer frequently spreads from elsewhere in the body to the lungs: an amino acid called aspartate. The findings improve our understanding of cancer and open the door to new treatments for metastatic disease.
Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind
Tags: Lung cancer, Breast cancer, Metastasis, Amino Acids, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
This year has produced a stunning amount of ambitious architecture. From a futuristic skyscraper city that will host millions, to the plan for the world's tallest timber tower, here's our pick of the top 10 most ambitious architecture projects of 2024.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: best-of-2024, Building and Construction, World's Tallest, World's Longest, Saudi Arabia
We’re encouraged to drink more water because ‘it’s good for us.’ Now, a new study has tested that claim, examining the evidence from previous studies to see whether increasing the amount of water you drink really does provide health benefits.
Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind
Tags: Water, Health, Weight Loss, UCSF
Some of Zaha Hadid Architects' most eye-catching work has involved skyscrapers, and the firm continues this trend with a remarkable futuristic sculpted tower that's currently under construction in Shenzhen, China.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Zaha Hadid, Shenzhen
Arctic Trucks is an overlanding outfitter building vehicles capable of entering the Arctic Circle and returning to tell the tale. In North America, that vehicle is a Ford F-550 with a long list of mods. And I got to head into the Wyoming wilderness with it.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Arctic Trucks, Overland Expo, Off-road
The Shell Starship Initiative is an experiment on wheels. It focuses on energy-efficient truck design using technologies currently available while simultaneously testing lubricants and tech that are near-to-market. I was once a truck driver and I found the work Shell is doing here to be fascinating.
Category: Transport
Tags: Truck, Fuel efficiency
Cuneiform, the world's oldest form of writing, involved making indentations in clay tablets. Scientists have now developed a data storage system that's like cuneiform on steroids – and it's capable of storing more data than a typical hard disc drive.
Category: Good Thinking, Lifestyle
Tags: Flinders University, Data Storage