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Kingbull’s 2025 Black Friday Event brings the Biggest Savings of the Year
26 November 2025 @ 6:10 am
Black Friday has always been the most anticipated moment for riders seeking top-tier e-bikes at breakthrough prices. This year, Kingbull is not just participating—we are redefining what a true Black Friday sale should look like. With aggressive price cuts, expanded service support, and a refined lineup of high-performance fat-tire e-bikes, Kingbull’s 2025 Black Friday Event is built to deliver extraordinary value for new riders, seasoned commuters, adventure enthusiasts, and anyone upgrading to premium electric mobility.Continue ReadingCategory: SpNew clue to obesity: The protein that's driving your cells to hold more fat
26 November 2025 @ 4:56 am
Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how fat cells grow in size, in response to accommodating larger droplets of fat. The findings unlock a new path in tackling obesity, by reducing the amount of fat our cells can store away.Continue ReadingCategory: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and MindTags: A drying lake is triggering weird seismic activity deep beneath its basin
26 November 2025 @ 12:03 am
Bizarre flapless X-65 diamond-wing aircraft comes together
25 November 2025 @ 10:32 pm
DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape and awaits its radical wing design.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: DARPA, X-Plane, Flight3D-printable concrete alternative hardens in three days, not four weeks
25 November 2025 @ 7:18 pm
Although we've heard a lot about how 3D-printing concrete homes speeds up the construction process, you still have to wait up to 28 days for the concrete to sufficiently cure. A new printable substitute, however, is ready to go in just three days.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Oregon State University, Concrete, The five 'lives' of your brain have been mapped by Cambridge
25 November 2025 @ 5:33 pm
In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, was found to extend into our early 30s.Continue ReadingCategory: Brain Health, Body and MindTags: Aging, Ingenious unpowered teapot automatically pulls the leaves from the tea
25 November 2025 @ 3:40 pm
Under-construction skyscraper smashes North American height record
25 November 2025 @ 1:57 pm
A new residential skyscraper has set a North American record, becoming the tallest building in Canada – and it's not even finished yet. Named the Pinnacle SkyTower, it will rise to an impressive supertall height of 351.85 m (1,154 ft) in Toronto once complete.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, TechnologyTags: Building aNewly discovered 'pain switch' could unlock safer medications
25 November 2025 @ 12:23 pm
In a major brain science breakthrough, New Orleans-based researchers and collaborators have discovered a nerve signaling mechanism that takes place outside the cell, flipping on a 'pain switch.' This significantly updates the way we understand how pain receptors work in the brain, and it could shed light on a path to safer pain medication that can effectivWeight-loss drug no silver bullet for Alzheimer’s as big trial fails
25 November 2025 @ 2:33 am
Scientists have failed to show that weight-loss wonder drug semaglutide slows the progress of Alzheimer's disease (AD), as two-year clinical trials end in disappointment for patients, medical scientists and drugmaker Novo Nordisk.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body and MindTags: