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Clever space-saving layouts are all well and good, but not everyone wants to climb ladders and crawl into loft bedrooms. The Surya tiny house instead opts for a spacious single-floor interior well-suited to comfortable long-term living.

Taiwan has cut the red ribbon on a giant infrastructure project its own construction team once deemed "impossible:" the 3,000-ft-long, single-tower asymmetric cable-stayed Danjiang Bridge that connects Taipei districts separated by the Tamsui River.

I've always felt like the Kindle could do with a better way to flip ebook pages. DuRoBo might have solved exactly that problem, with a handy multifunction dial on the side of its compact E Ink device.

An equivalent of $40,000 for an electric motorcycle might be stretching it too far for most. But then, we all know there are a select few in the world who would treat it as pocket change. That's perhaps who the Blacksheep One is for.

The venerable Cold War SR-71 Blackbird may be looking nervously at its laurels after Hermeus's latest Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 uncrewed prototype broke the sound barrier at Spaceport America over the White Sands Missile Range airspace in New Mexico in March.

Early in 2025, YSmart embarked on a Kickstarter campaign for a versatile micro-flashlight. Now the company is back with an updated version that's even more compact, and comes with pro-grade LEDs plus three beam options for everyday carry.

No matter what we throw at fire detection, from drones to prediction models and watch towers, predicting when and where blazes will start and travel remains challenging. And not all fires are created equal. What if we could stop them at the source?

A recently published experiment has found that photons traveling through traffic consisting of cold rubidium atoms can leave late and still make it in before the boss decides to dock their pay.

Exactly how birds follow invisible maps around the globe has long eluded scientists – but a a first, scientists have discovered some surprising biological processes taking place inside pigeons that could change how we look at animal navigation.

A recent study by researchers from the US biotech company Tuning Fork suggests that at least some cases of post-viral depression in people recovering from COVID-19 may have measurable biological underpinnings.

It came from the depths. A severed foot that refused to die, regenerating in an act of survival unlike anything we’ve ever seen. It could be a great opening to a horror novel, but this discovery of a “real-life zombie” is no work of fiction.

To assess the plausibility of alien visitors, it’s necessary to understand the obstacles that an extraterrestrial vessel would need to overcome to reach Earth.

AI, AI, AI…It’s everywhere, right? Well, AI has now made its way to motorcycle helmets. The iC-R provides riders the highest level of protection by combining 300-degree FOV, crash detection, and seamless connectivity into a single, smart helmet.

MIT spin-off Quaise is still trying to use fusion technology to drill the deepest hole in history and unlock clean, virtually limitless, supercritical geothermal energy. But how does it work? And are they even close to realizing their vision?

As science wrestles with the thorny job of proving, defining and understanding human consciousness, one pioneering startup aims to apply cutting-edge theories of consciousness to AI models – and create the first sentient AI. This is wild stuff.

Scientists have uncovered an intriguing link between infection and brain health, finding that a common bacterium may advance cognitive decline. It's the latest evidence suggesting that bacteria and infections play a key role in destroying our brains.

Ultra-deep tech startup Nirvanic put on a fairly humble-looking robotics demo at Jeff Bezos's private MARS 2025 conference – but it may go down as a landmark moment both in AI robotics, and in our understanding of consciousness itself.

Researchers have analyzed clinical trial data and ranked 12 different non-drug physical therapy treatments for knee osteoarthritis, based on their effectiveness in reducing pain and stiffness, and improving physical function.

Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 1,000 square feet, home to an estimated 110,000 spiders that defy nature to coexist in harmony.

Using scented products indoors changes the chemistry of the air, producing as much air pollution as car exhaust does outside, according to a new study. Researchers say that breathing in these nanosized particles could have serious health implications.