Lifestyle
The latest news on health, home innovation, design, architecture and outdoor living.
Do you even lift? Lowering weights may be faster route to muscle growth
November 07, 2022
Scientists have offered new insights into what the most efficient workouts might look like, with a new study demonstrating that a focus on lowering weights rather than lifting them may be a more effective way to increase muscle mass.
Health & Wellbeing
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Researchers call for health warning labels on ultra-processed foods
February 01, 2023A study looking at health records of nearly 200,000 people has found a link between cancer and the consumption of ultra-processed foods. The researchers call for health warnings to be added to these foods but not all experts agree that is the solution. -
Brain-frequency primer accelerates learning and retention
January 31, 2023The human brain can be primed to learn more than three times faster, simply by flashing a light at its individual alpha brainwave frequency for 1.5 seconds, suggests a fascinating new neuroplasticity study from Cambridge and Singapore's NTU. -
Pressure-sensing glove may help reduce stillbirths in developing nations
January 31, 2023According to UNICEF, the vast majority of stillbirths occur in poor countries. An experimental new pressure-sensing surgical glove may help reduce those numbers, by allowing clinicians to gauge the orientation of the baby within the womb.
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Outdoors
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Nitecore's latest 3,000-lumen flashlight is a pocketable slice of EDC
February 06, 2023Nitecore has long been stuffing insane lumens into tiny flashlights, and its latest torch does so in an entirely different form factor. The EDC27 looks more like a TV remote thanks to an ultra-slim body built to slip readily into a pocket. -
Ultra-rugged Australian Tvan camper trailer on its way to US market
February 06, 2023The burly Tvan teardrop from Track Trailer becomes the latest Australian camper to make its way to the US, traveling from its longtime stomping grounds in the Australian Outback to the equally dry, rugged no man's lands of the American Southwest. -
Bowlus launches an off-grid glamping trailer for the not-as-wealthy
January 31, 2023Bowlus travel trailers have never come cheap ... and they still don't. But Bowlus has launched the Heritage Edition, a more affordable base model that still has a week of off-grid lithium power and loads of glamping comfort.
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Tiny Houses
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Rustic tiny house has a spacious interior and a balcony up top
February 03, 2023Lisa's 30 x 10 Tiny Home stands out from the crowd with a distinctive rustic design. The towable home also contains a roomy and well-proportioned interior layout that includes a home office area, two bedrooms, and even boasts a small balcony area. -
Award-winning New Zealand tiny cabin is 100% off-grid
January 26, 2023New Zealand Studio Well Architecture is the creator of this quaint tiny cabin, which offers travelers a 100% off-grid holiday experience. Dubbed Kererū Retreat, the home is a great example of a bare-bones tiny build that embraces simplistic design. -
Pint-sized tiny house packs in plenty of home comforts
January 25, 2023This recently completed tiny house by MitchCraft Tiny Homes measures only 16 ft in length. Despite its size, it has features we'd typically expect to see in a larger model, including a home office, a bathtub, and a kitchen complete with dishwasher.
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Architecture
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Stacked movie studio brings high-end design to the silver screen
February 06, 2023Influential firm Bjarke Ingels Group has been commissioned to design a new movie studio complex. Named Samson Stages Red Hook Studio, the $400 million project is envisioned as a "vertical village," and will take the form of six stacked blocks. -
Liftbuild nears completion on remarkable "top-down" skyscraper
February 06, 2023The Exchange tower in Detroit is nearly finished, a 207-ft-tall proof-of-concept for an advanced modular construction technique. Its floors were each pre-built on the ground, then hoisted up on central spines and installed from the top down. -
Hundreds of steel cards stack up for Pokémon co-owner's new office
January 31, 2023Tasked with designing a new office space for Pokémon co-owner Creatures Inc., Nendo has taken inspiration from the popular trading cards that the company is known for. The result is a whimsical work space defined by thousands of steel trading cards
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Around the Home
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Rekkord RCM built to suck the dirt off vinyl records
February 01, 2023Over time, vinyl records can accumulate surface gunk that adversely impacts playback. The RCM from Austria's Rekkord Audio has been launched to help you keep your collection in pristine condition. -
Bioengineered "superplant" could soon be purifying the air in your home
January 18, 2023We've all heard how it's a good idea to have plants in your home, as they purify the air. Well, the bioengineered Neo P1 is said to excel in that department, as it's reportedly equivalent to up to 30 regular houseplants in terms of air purification. -
Aurora uses UV rays and vacuum packing to boost foods' fridge life
January 10, 2023It's always a shame when you buy fresh produce, only to have it spoil in the fridge before you can use it. The Aurora system is designed to keep that from happening, using a combination of ultraviolet light and vacuum packing.
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Good Thinking
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Flamboyant Italian clothes defeat facial recognition without masks
January 22, 2023They may be a little brutal on the eye, but Capable says its visually confusing and very pricey cotton knits are designed to throw off AI facial recognition systems, by fooling machine learning systems into thinking you're an animal and not a human. -
OneButtonPIN app buzzes fingers to help blind users unlock their phone
January 18, 2023Entering passcodes on smartphones can be difficult for the blind, as they can't see the screen, nor can they tell if someone else is peeking at it. The OneButtonPIN app is designed to help, by utilizing vibrations instead of visuals. -
Upstairs, downstairs in Scewo's two-wheel, self-balancing wheelchair
January 17, 2023The ultimate in assistive mobility, Scewo’s Bro is the only self-balancing wheelchair able to rise up and climb stairs. This two-wheeled personal electric vehicle is delightfully intuitive to maneuver, as I found out first-hand at this year’s CES.
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Children
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Review: Turing Tumble lets kids build complex marble-powered computers
November 14, 2022Minnesota company Upper Story has sent us its Turing Tumble, a fascinating educational toy that quietly tricks kids into inventing binary logic computers using nothing more than tiny marbles dropping through a series of clicky-clacky plastic pieces. -
Shark Wheel proves it's cool to be square with mini electric cars for kids
June 28, 2022Back in 2013, California-based startup Shark Wheel hit Kickstarter with a very odd-looking cube-shaped skateboard wheel. Now the company has supersized the design for a pair of funky electric cars for kids – the Shark SUV and the Shark UTV. -
Infalurt warns drivers of babies forgotten in cars
March 18, 2022If a driver is preoccupied, or if there's a disruption to their routine, they can forget and leave their baby in their car – if that car then gets too hot, the result can be lethal. The Infalurt Child Safety System is designed to keep such scenarios from unfolding.
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Remarkable People
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Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance found after 107 years under the ice
March 09, 2022The wreck of one of the most famous exploration ships in history has been located. Using a robotic submersible, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust has found Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, which was crushed in the Antarctic pack ice in 1915. -
Interview: Rocket-bike pilot Eddie Braun on his new Stuntman film
July 25, 2021New Atlas was at Snake River Canyon five years ago when Eddie Braun spectacularly finished the terrifying rocket bike jump that nearly killed Evel Knievel. The event is now a gorgeous documentary on Disney+, and we sat down with Braun to reminisce. -
Big, bold and beautiful: The incredible art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude
June 03, 2020The artist Christo recently passed away at the age of 84. For decades, he and his wife Jeanne-Claude made headlines with their striking and provocative artworks, such as installing a giant orange curtain between two mountain slopes in Colorado.
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Pets
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Georgia Tech system promises camera-free in-home pet tracking
August 31, 2022While many dog (or cat) owners would like to know what their pet does all day while left home alone, they don't necessarily want a bunch of cameras placed inside their house. The PetTrack system offers a less intrusive alternative, as it keeps tabs on pets via radio signals. -
Smart pet door lets your furry friends in, keeps critters out
June 21, 2022Installing a pet door can be a great way to allow your furry friend to come and go as they please, but sometimes leads to unwanted visitors too. Petvation is looking to change that with the help of AI facial recognition and a mobile app. -
Clever self-cleaning litter box takes the stench out of managing cat waste
June 02, 2022There’s no question cats are cute and cuddly – just ask the internet. But viral cat videos don’t tend to highlight the messy business of dealing with your cat's messy business. Tokyo-based Popur thinks its new system lays waste to the competition.
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Holiday Destinations
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Japanese concept camper car lives like a rolling slopeside igloo
February 10, 2022Japan's Hoshino Resorts skips the ski lodge-inspired camper van concept and goes a different route. Its adorable Camakuruma mini-motorhome concept brings the cool, icy feel of an igloo inside to blend inconspicuously with its alpine surrounds. -
World's largest aquarium nears completion in Abu Dhabi
October 26, 2021A massive marine park entering its final phase of construction in the United Arab Emirates will invite visitors to enjoy an aquarium housing an astounding 68,000 marine animals once completed sometime next year. -
World's deepest pool plunges divers into a sunken city in Dubai
July 15, 2021Not content with boasting the world's tallest building, the world's largest mall and a host of other forward-thinking ventures that include flying taxis and firefighters with jetpacks, Dubai has now opened the deepest swimming pool in the world.
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