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EDC carabiner secretly hides 7 extra tools inside
19 December 2025 @ 10:31 am
When you're hiking or camping in the woods, a carabiner's great to have on hand for making your gear more accessible and securing items together. This rugged new one from Hong Kong-based brand Pivot X goes several steps further by cramming in a bunch of useful tools into its sturdy frame – including a knife, a hex wrench, and even a little flashlight.Continue ReadingCategory: Scientists find a way to 'reboot' vision in adults with lazy eye
19 December 2025 @ 8:47 am
When one eye is deprived of vision early in life, it can lead to amblyopia, a condition more commonly known as lazy eye. This happens because a lack of input disrupts synapse formation in the brain's primary visual cortex, weakening vision in that eye.Continue ReadingCategory: Body and MindTags: Eye, Vision, Want a free performance boost? Science says try swearing
19 December 2025 @ 5:02 am
If you're after a free, simple boost for pushing through challenges, try swearing your way to your goals. A new study has uncovered the surprising psychological effect that cursing in the heat of the moment has – for the swearer, at least.Continue ReadingCategory: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: Saturnian moon may be the solar system's biggest slushie
19 December 2025 @ 3:23 am
According to a NASA study, Saturn's moon Titan may be the most fantastically large slushie of all time. Based on a reexamination of data from the Cassini probe collected in 2012, the moon's long-suspected global ocean may actually be a slurry of ice and rock.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Cassini, Saturn, Brilliantly reimagined design icon turbocharges coffee brewing
18 December 2025 @ 7:33 pm
A sharp, new twist on the classic moka pot, the Turbo Moka packs a unique design that deletes the line between function and flair. The series of gnarled ridges and channels that encircle its base are designed to increase surface area and better focus flames on efficiency-boosted heating. Long story short, your morning coffee will make it to your mug in half the time.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTaDiscarded mussel shells may be diverted from landfills – to sandblast jeans
18 December 2025 @ 6:28 pm
The tons of discarded mussel shells generated by the seafood industry may be organic, but they're still very slow to biodegrade in landfills. They may soon find new life, however, sandblasting jeans in the textile industry.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: University of the Basque Country, MIT, Turbine blades get second wind in one-of-a-kind city building
18 December 2025 @ 3:37 pm
Wind turbines are essential to the global shift away from fossil fuels, but what happens when their blades reach the end of their service lifespan? Often, they end up in landfills, which obviously isn't ideal. With that problem in mind, an architect has come up with a clever idea: using the retired rotor blades as a building material.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, TechnologyTags: Weight gain single-handedly prevented by a gut microbe
18 December 2025 @ 2:05 pm
Researchers have homed in on a single gut microbe that acts to prevent fat gain, even with a high-fat diet. The discovery adds to the booming science of finding ways to enlist the microbes that already live in our bodies to help us improve our health.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Insane 220-hp Wankel-powered 690cc superbike up for grabs
18 December 2025 @ 11:03 am
For anyone who ever wanted to own an insane track bike producing a whopping 220 horses courtesy of a dual-rotary 690cc engine, you're in luck. An exclusive Crighton CR700W – one of only 25 that were ever made – is on sale … and it could be yours!Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Wankel, Nuclear start-up raises mega cash in race to deliver portable reactors
18 December 2025 @ 9:37 am
El Segundo, California-headquartered startup Radiant Nuclear is making big moves in its mission to bring its 1-MW microreactors to market.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: microreactor,