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We certainly saw some major health-related breakthroughs in 2025, including a universal cancer vaccine and human trials for the world's first treatment to reverse spinal cord injuries. But the year was also filled with smaller findings that can still have a big impact on your day-to-day health.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body an

If you're chionoandrophobic, we recommend looking away now. Standing about 62 ft (19 m) tall, measuring roughly 46 ft (14 m) long and 36 ft (11 m) wide, 2025's largest snowman has been erected in northeast China. The smiling icy monster required some 124,000 cubic feet (3,500 cubic meters) of snow, and has already become a big tourist attraction in the city of Harbin.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags:

From water-skipping robots to elephant-skin inspired cooling materials, engineers have continued to find inspiration in nature in order to move technology forward for humans.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Engineering, Biomimicry, Animal science,

HiSense has already put out a bunch of impressive projectors to suit different needs this year – and with the upcoming XR10, it appears to have pulled out all the stops to tempt laser home cinema enthusiasts.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Projector, Hi

I know I sounded pretty excited when I talked about Valve's Steam Frame headset for VR gaming recently. But let's be honest, that and every other headset are about as subtle as a foghorn in a library. A South Korean hardware brand wants to make your pastime of escaping into immersive content a little less conspicuous, by sneaking a headset into a pair of mostly nondescript headphones.Continue ReadingCategory: Weara

Beginning sourdough bakers can lessen their struggles with Crustello, a Kickstarter from American AI tech company Race Box. It takes the stress out of being a helicopter parent of a sourdough starter kit, by modernizing an ancient baking method.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Kitchen, Food

At first glance, a flyable airplane made of cardboard sounds almost like a joke – the sort of thing that collapses long before it ever leaves the ground. But YouTuber and serial tinkerer Peter Sripol built one that you could sit in, roll down a runway, and attempt to fly.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags:

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Michigan have created the world's smallest autonomous and programmable robots. Each measuring about 200 micrometers wide – roughly twice the width of a human hair – these machines can perceive their surroundings, "think," and act independently without external instructions. According to their developers, such technology could one day monitor the health of individual cells in our bodies or deliver medication to specific locations to treat diseases.Continue Reading

The Trump administration has announced that it wants to build a new class of battleships. But this is just one element of the Golden Fleet –a larger program of naval reform aimed at a major transformation of the US Navy and its strategy.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Navy, Ships,

The next transformative phase of weight-loss medication is upon us, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving Novo Nordisk's highly anticipated oral GLP-1 drug – with a starting dose available in early January for US$149.Continue ReadingCategory: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and MindTags: Novo Nordisk,