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Aircraft carrier nuclear reactors could help solve AI's power problem
5 January 2026 @ 6:16 am
If you have a redundant nuclear aircraft carrier lying around, you can give HGP Intelligent Energy a call. The Texas-based developer wants to repurpose the nuclear reactors used to power carriers to generate electricity for onshore data centers.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: US Navy, First US at-home depression headset wins FDA approval after trial shows benefits in weeks
5 January 2026 @ 2:10 am
In a major shift for how mental health conditions might be treated, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home brain-stimulation device to treat moderate to severe major depressive disorder (MDD).Continue ReadingCategory: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and MindTags: Depression, The key to the cure for aging may lie in extracellular vesicles
4 January 2026 @ 9:00 pm
Senescence. It’s a beautiful-sounding word whose tones suggest it should be a perfume or an essential oil. But that’s not even close. Senescence is the loss of a cell’s power to divide and grow, thus causing deterioration. It’s aging, completely unavoidable, and a 100% guaranteed pathway to death.Continue ReadingCategory: Body and MindTags: 'Microneedling' of plants could boost growth and reduce fertilizer waste
4 January 2026 @ 7:00 pm
If you’re a gardener – and definitely if you’re a farmer – you want to spend less on fertilizer but while growing more food. Well, it’s time to send your thank-you basket of fruits and vegetables to researchers at the National University of Singapore, because they’ve created a magic wand for doing just that. Well, actually, a magic needle.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: A vibrator in your motorcycle seat, all in the name of road safety
4 January 2026 @ 5:30 pm
Motorcycle safety tech has come a long way. From rider aids like traction control, cornering ABS, radar-based cruise control, and blind-spot detection to wearable tech on helmets and gloves. But just when I thought I’d seen it all, along comes ViberAlert, a product that poses a simple, yet deeply unsettling question: What if your motorcycle seat could vibrate to keep you safe?Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: 'Origami' helmets, robots and Mars bases deploy with the pull of a string
4 January 2026 @ 4:00 pm
When people are dropped into the most dangerous of conditions – as when disaster strikes, or during exploration of another planet – they generally have the highest number of needs and the lowest amount of resources and time.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, TechnologyTags: MIT, 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: