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Natural compound rejuvenates aging cells in just 28 days
16 November 2025 @ 1:03 pm
Researchers have demonstrated how a secret weapon made in the gut, produced by consuming foods like pomegranate and walnuts, can rejuvenate the immune system in middle age, shielding us from cell damage, inflammation and chronic diseases including cancer.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: Fighting poison with poison: A deep-sea worm uses toxins as armor
16 November 2025 @ 11:03 am
At the bottom of the ocean, where metal-rich hydrothermal vents exhale poison, a bright yellow worm has mastered an impossible art: turning lethal elements into armor. Meet Paralvinella hessleri, the deep-sea super-worm that detoxifies arsenic by turning it into crystal.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Ocean, Turkey tail mushroom provides alternative to single-use plastic wrap
16 November 2025 @ 7:03 am
A recently published study shows promising results from combining edible turkey tail fungus with a solution of wood fibers. The end product is a natural sustainable waterproof coating that may be be a replacement for single-use plastic food wrap and synthetic paper cup coatings.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Fungus, CFMoto's 210 hp, sub-440-lb, liter-class superbike can’t come soon enough
16 November 2025 @ 5:03 am
Last year’s CFMoto booth at EICMA motorcycle expo in Milan was perhaps the hottest one at the show. At the center of all the excitement was a completely new, state-of-the-art liter-class V4 and a 'Master of Speed' superbike concept. Fast forward to this year’s EICMA, and we already have a proper superbike housing that very same engine.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Anduril's pilotless fighter jet completes its first test flight
16 November 2025 @ 1:03 am
A few days ago, California-based defense tech firm Anduril concluded the first test flights of its semi-autonomous Fury fighter jet without a pilot in the cockpit. Oh wait, there's actually no cockpit in there at all.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTaGonzo waterless RV toilet gizmo vaporizes urine clean out of base camp
15 November 2025 @ 8:34 pm
We've heard of off-grid toilets that macerate, compost, incinerate and electro-wrap. We even stumbled on one that "super-composts" just a few weeks ago. We guess we should have expected one that processes waste into a fine fog ... but we did not. The French-designed Etteliot S is an add-on for existing dry separating toilets that automatically electrolyzes and aerosolizes urine so campers don't have to see it again later. Inspired or insane?Continue ReadingCategory: Can we finally 'e-RAIS' the threat of sonic deepfaking?
15 November 2025 @ 5:03 pm
You just can’t trust what you hear.Continue ReadingCategory: AI and Humanoids, TechnologyTags: CSIRO, Deepfakes, Voice hackingZero muscles into the scooter market with the 62-mph electric LS1
15 November 2025 @ 3:03 pm
Not many bikemakers dare to depart too much from building motorcycles. Even less so for an electric motorcycle company, especially when you have “motorcycles” in your name.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Zero Motorcycles, Honda unveils V3R 900 prototype with unique electric compressor system
15 November 2025 @ 1:03 pm
How many times have we seen a bikemaker unveil an ambitious concept at EICMA, only to quietly abandon it later as if it never happened? Not Honda this time around.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Honda, Honda Motorcycles, Fender walks a fine line between innovation and tradition
15 November 2025 @ 11:03 am
When it comes to fanfares, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. I’m in Tokyo for Fender Experience 2025, a three-day celebration of all things Fender.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Fender, Fender