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A new study has confirmed that weight loss or bariatric surgery is safe and very effective, and, for a large percentage of people who were diabetic before the surgery, meant that they didn’t require diabetes medication five years after.Continue ReadingCategory: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Obesity, Bariatric surgery, Weight Loss, Diabetes, Monash University

What looks like an armored scout car complete with a 30-mm gun but no crew? It's Milrem Robotics' latest HAVOC 8x8 advanced hybrid-electric Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) just unveiled at IDEX 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Milrem Robotics, Robotics, UGV

Dark matter is thought to outnumber regular matter by a factor of five to one – so why can’t we find the stuff? A new study proposes looking for it from space, using a satellite containing a levitating piece of graphite and a laser.Continue ReadingCategory: Physics, ScienceTags: Dark Matter, Matter, Particle physics, Graphite, Laser, Levitation, University of Southampton, Satellite, CubeSat

About every 10 minutes, it seems, a new article about a "revolutionary breakthrough" in AI hits my screen. A new approach, a new feature, billions of dollars this, AI agents that. It has been non-stop for the last year and grows exponentially every day. Today was no different.Continue ReadingCategory: AI & Humanoids, TechnologyTags: Artificial Intelligence, LLM (Large Language Model), DeepSeek, GPT, Open AI, Anthropic,...

Sure, electric cargo bikes may indeed be very useful, but they're also pretty darn long and heavy as compared to regular commuter bikes. That's where the Frolic comes in, as it can be quickly converted from the one to the other.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, cargo bike, Kickstarter, Cycling, Transformable

The bacterial composition of our genital microbiome is as unique as we are, and it's transferred during sex, according to new research. Just like a fingerprint, the so-called "sexome" may help identify sexual offenders, even in cases where a condom is used.Continue ReadingCategory: Society & Community, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

In 2022, when the surge in popularity of the GLP-1 class of weight loss and diabetes drugs really began, stories of surprise benefits besides shedding pounds soon surfaced. One of those – that the medication changed drinking and smoking habits overnight – understandably piqued the interest of researchers. Now, the results of a human trial provide the evidence that backs the anecdotes.Continue ReadingCategory: Addiction,...

Nobody can reasonably accuse Saudi Arabia of lacking ambition. Along with all the other projects it has going on at the moment, the kingdom has inked a deal with data center firm DataVolt to build what it calls the region's first "truly sustainable" AI hub.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Neom, Building and Construction, Saudi Arabia, Artificial Intelligence

Remember when the co-founder of the game studio that made early Call of Duty titles accidentally crashed his drone into a firefighting plane battling the flames raging across Los Angeles last month?Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Drone safety, Brigham Young University, Safety, Radar

BYD is set to equip all of its electric vehicles (EV) with advanced self-driving tech, the company noted earlier this week.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: BYD, Self-Driving, Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles

Hydrogel is something that most of us are familiar with from it being used in contact lenses, burn dressings, and hair gel. In future, it might also be used to shield astronauts from the hazard of deadly cosmic radiation on long space voyages.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: ESA, Ghent University, Radiation

Every couple of years it seems like another wave of stories emerge claiming picking your nose is a major causal factor in the onset of Alzheimer's disease. In 2024 it happened yet again, with a torrent of news headlines loudly declaring "scary evidence" had been found showing Alzheimer's disease was linked with a bit of finger-based nasal exploration. So where does this weird story...

SkyDrive has long taken a leadership role in Japan's nascent eVTOL industry with sights on eventually making its flying cars as ubiquitous as automobiles. With time winding down on its long-time goal of unveiling its first production-bound multirotor electric aircraft to the world at this year's World Expo Osaka, the company has released the first photos of its vessel after taking the next step...

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground heard a thing during its "boomless" cruise.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Boom, Supersonic, Test Flights

A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in the human brain. These findings do not immediately suggest caffeine negatively impacts the brain but instead points to how the drug may induce a temporary neural plasticity that researchers think warrants further investigation.Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: Brain, Coffee, Caffeine, Neuroscience, University of Basel, Sleep

You might think that if a species died out tens of millions of years ago, its design would be too primitive to have any applications in modern-day technology. A new analysis of pterosaur bones, however, suggests that their microstructure could inspire lighter, stronger aircraft materials.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: University of Manchester, Biomimicry, Fossils, Bones, Aircraft

With help from small tracking gadgets plus the ubiquitous smartphone, we can now keep tabs on our belongings – wherever they may be. Now a startup is crowdfunding a nifty tag that includes an E Ink screen to display contact details and photos in color.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Kickstarter, Tracking, GPS, Bluetooth, Color, E-Ink

Children with high-threshold peanut allergies showed incredible improvements after undergoing an 18-month program using store-bought peanut butter to desensitize them. The approach could help nearly a million kids with this type of allergy.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Mount Sinai Hospital, U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Peanut, Allergies

What's hailed as the world's highest penthouse has hit the market for a cool US$51 million – and for that price you'll even have to provide your own furniture. Located in the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, the residence comes with a ridiculous amount of floorspace and unmatched views of the area.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Burj Khalifa, Luxury, Skyscrapers, Building and Construction

Ride-hailing company Lyft says it's set to launch robotaxis powered by Mobileye tech as soon as 2026, starting in Dallas, Texas. The service will subsequently arrive in more cities with thousands of self-driving cabs, notes CEO David Risher.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Autonomous Vehicles, Cabs, Taxi, Lyft, Self driving cars

There's a growing body of evidence that gold nanoparticles can offer significant, targeted weight loss that focuses on fat (lipid) tissue, without affecting muscle structure. What's more, there are added health bonuses, including anti-inflammatory properties and improvements in blood glucose levels.Continue ReadingCategory: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Alexandria University, Obesity, GLP-1, Fat cells, Weight Loss, Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Insulin, blood-glucose, Gold, Nanoparticles

Nobody will ever accuse Spacecamper of sitting idle. In addition to completely revamping the concept of the small camper pop-up roof, and building an all-out tent-top RV atop an electric bicycle, Spacecamper has been working on a Ford camper van, after nearly two decades of building campers on Volkswagens. Its all-new Ford Transit Custom Classic+ camper van is more rustic and rugged than Ford's...

Harley-Davidson's annual report for 2024 is out. Sadly, its numbers do not look good. The company recorded a 60% drop in motorcycle revenue and sold 53% fewer motorcycles in its last quarter compared to the same period in 2023. Ouch.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Harley Davidson, livewire, Harley, Triumph, MV Agusta, Financial

A provocative study from researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has suggested people who don't drink enough fluids could be at greater risk of chronic disease and be more likely to die at a younger age.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Hydration, Water