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Extra-wide tiny house doubles down on storage and sleeping space
4 January 2026 @ 12:03 am
Though it's not overly long, the Camden tiny house is extra-wide, and this makes all the difference inside. The home's interior layout takes advantage of the increased space with a storage-heavy design that includes both a master bedroom downstairs and a secondary one up top.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: Chinese museum steps aside so that nature can speak
3 January 2026 @ 9:03 pm
Inspired by a vision to support nature, architectural firm Studio Link-Arc has completed the Yunlu Wetland Museum in Yunlu Wetland Park in Shunde, within southern China’s Pearl River Delta. Positioned beside a protected habitat of wading birds, the museum combines a bird-watching tower with exhibition spaces, allowing visitors to observe the landscape while remaining secondary to the surrounding wildlife.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, Nano-magnets may defeat bone cancer and help you heal
3 January 2026 @ 7:00 pm
In The Uncanny X-Men, Magneto, supervillain and CEO of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, wants to destroy humanity – and in the first X-Men movie, aims at forcibly mutating all human beings so that normals no longer exist to discriminate against mutants.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Innovations, Body and MindTags: Magnetism, ADHD stimulants don’t work the way we thought they did
3 January 2026 @ 4:00 pm
For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very different is at play. These drugs don't actually provide laser-sharp focus but may instead boost wakefulness and engagement, helping the brain stay with tasks rather than hold attention.Continue ReadingCategory: ADHD & Autism, Brain Health, Body and MindTags: The surprise architects of Japan’s intricate underwater ‘crop circles’
3 January 2026 @ 1:13 pm
In 1995, divers first noticed a group of bizarre sandy "crop circles" on the seabed around Amami Oshima Island, southwest Japan. But it took decades for scientists to identify the marine artists behind them – and why they were building such geometrically precise structures every year.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Fish, These three discoveries change how we understand coffee and the heart
3 January 2026 @ 12:03 am
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive substances on the planet, yet despite more than two billion cups being drunk each day, its impact on heart health remains surprisingly complex – and often misunderstood.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: 11 coolest, most covetable mid to massive camper vans and RVs of 2025
2 January 2026 @ 10:17 pm
We took a look at the most intriguing tiny RVs we covered throughout 2025, and now it's time for the big boys. Or at least bigger boys. From self-driving smart trailers with auto-dumping waste tanks to on- and off-road explorers that bulge out in every direction possible to maximize living space, some truly jaw-dropping and inspiring camper vans, travel trailers, large motorhomes and expedition trucks emerged in 2025.Continue ReadingCategory:Are AI data centers still needed, or have the Swiss punched holes in them?
2 January 2026 @ 6:00 pm
What’s not to love about giant AI data centers?Continue ReadingCategory: AI and Humanoids, TechnologyTags: EPFL, Artificial Intelligence, Data Center, ServersCan't see to one side? Hemianopia finally has a treatment
2 January 2026 @ 4:30 pm
Suddenly you can’t see to one side.Continue ReadingCategory: Stroke, Brain Health, Body and MindTags: EPFL, Treatment, Blindness, Strokes, First new motion sickness drug arrives after nearly half a century
2 January 2026 @ 9:00 am
Millions of Americans can now look forward to a better time traveling, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving a novel oral pill that helps prevent motion-induced vomiting – the first of its kind in more than 40 years.Continue ReadingCategory: Illnesses and conditions, Body and MindTags: FDA, Motion,