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Researchers have reviewed non-drug and non-surgical treatments for low back pain to assess which ones are more likely to reduce pain and improve function. What the review made clear is that more research into effective low back pain treatments is needed.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Low back pain, Treatment, Chronic pain, University of New South Wales, Neuroscience Research Australia

I first learned to drive when I was around 10 years old and had a driver’s license by the time I was 16. AI is now about 73 years old and still can’t drive. What gives?Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Artificial Intelligence, Self driving cars, Self-Driving, Autonomous Vehicles

Austin, Texas-based Bonnell is a new-ish electric two-wheeler brand with a foundation in all-terrain racing. With a distributed team across the US, Australia, Hong Kong, and China, it's been making electric mountain bikes for a bit, and now, it wants to muscle in on dirt bike territory with two models slated to arrive later this year.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Electric Motorcycles, Dirt Bikes

It isn't easy to recycle high-voltage batteries from electric cars, but Porsche wants to take a stab at it. The plan: extract raw materials from old EV batteries to make fresh ones for its own electric models.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Recycling, Sustainability, Porsche

If there's one thing you want to do immediately after completing the kind of long, exhausting hike that's mandatory when backpacking, it's rip off those shoes and let your fiery, achy feet breathe a little. But as much as you'd like to whip out your most comfortably broken-in set of slippers or sandals, it can be tough to justify the pack space and weight...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as an ambitious company is moving steadily to secure permission to begin operations with the Trump administration's blessing – perhaps sooner than it should.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Ocean, Environment, Resources, Planetary Resources, Deep Sea...

Despite its relatively modest length of 34 ft (10 m), Mint Tiny House Company's Violet Edition – Scarlett Loft squeezes in three bedrooms, offering an impressive sleeping capacity of six – or even up to eight if a couple don't mind sleeping on a sofa bed.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine reduces dementia risk by 20%. The findings bolster a growing body of research linking the vaccine to lower numbers of dementia cases.Continue ReadingCategory: Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Dementia, Shingles, Vaccines, Herpesvirus, Stanford University

Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with precision while experiencing g-forces higher than those of fighter pilots. Their insights might help robotics research.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Spiders, Biomechanics, Hydraulics, Robotic construction, Macquarie University

What you're looking at is a one-off, mid-engine, hand-built wedge car with an exterior fashioned almost entirely of mirror-polished aluminum. Its exposed-metal design puts a certain Tesla Cybertruck to shame.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Maserati, Supercar, Tesla Motors, Cybertruck, Custom, McLaren

It was on a purpose-built R 80 G/S that Hubert Auriol won the second-ever Paris-Dakar rally in 1981, which happened to be BMW's inaugural attempt. And now, inspired by that very model, BMW has unveiled its new dirt-focused boxer.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: BMW, BMW Motorrad, Dakar Rally, Retro, Off-road, Enduro, Triumph

One of the longstanding trailblazers in the American overland scene, Arizona-based AT Overland is back with one of its most promising truck camping solutions yet. The Goldilocks of its Aterra series, the all-new Aterra Slide-In turns any Toyota Tundra or Ford F-150 into an ultra-capable overland explorer with its own hard-sided standing-height shelter. Buy it as a shell and outfit it yourself or pick...

I admit, I held off from covering this peculiar electric motorcycle for fear that people might not take me seriously in the wake of April Fools' Day. But this wind/solar motorcycle is as real as it can get, and is even available for purchase!Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Renewable Energy, Wind-powered, Solar Powered, Electric Motorcycles, China

If someone is afflicted with heart disease, it's important that their cardiac activity be monitored as frequently and accurately as possible. An experimental new wearable device is designed to make that happen, by copying the body structure of the starfish.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: University of Missouri, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Heart attack, Heart

Though it only had a length of 7.2 m (almost 24 ft) to work with in the Jordy tiny house, Konpak Tiny Homes has employed a clever space-saving layout that includes a novel folding staircase to offer a relatively spacious living area and lots of storage.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, House, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, Home

While we're making progress in phasing out animal testing in the cosmetics industry around the world, there's still a ways to go in terms of regulatory measures (some 35 US states still allow it), international cooperation, and scientific advancements in developing reliable alternatives. 3D-printed 'imitation skin' could be the ticket.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: cosmetics, Skin, 3D Printing, TU Graz, Hydrogels, Testing

Step aside, golden beaches – now we have stretches of sand glimmering with real pieces of gold. Scientists have captured the first highly detailed photos of the golden precious metal found among the sand along the coastline of New Zealand's South Island.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: University of Otago, Gold, New Zealand, Geology, Minerals, History

Engineers at Illinois' Northwestern University have developed the tiniest pacemaker you'll ever see. It's several times smaller than a regular pacemaker, and it's designed for patients several times smaller than the average pacemaker user.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Heart Disease, Baby, Pacemaker, Wearable, Northwestern University

It's starting to get a little warmer in the Northern Hemisphere, which means you might be looking to the yard for after-dark movie nights. Many portable projectors still need to be plugged in, but Dangbei's Freedo caters for cable-free watching for up to 2.5 hours.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: HD, Projectors, LED, Portable, Google TV, Battery, Compact, Reviews

In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal cord are triggered by estrogen and progesterone to produce a natural painkiller called enkephalin. The finding could change the way we treat chronic pain.Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: T-cells, The Immune System, Hormone, estrogen, Opioids, Chronic pain, Painkillers, University of California San Francisco

Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but engineers have used this curious mix to create a new biomimicry-inspired tile, featuring bumps and crevices like elephant skin, designed to keep walls cool and withstand the elements.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Nanyang Technological University, Cooling, Construction, Biomimicry, Mushrooms, Bamboo, Tiles

You don't often find crowds of people flocking together to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, but that's exactly what happens every time a corpse flower blooms at a public garden. In fact, thousands turned out to get close to the flower of the world's stinkiest plant in January in Australia. It proved such a drawcard that Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens kept...

Amazon is launching 27 satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) next week, kicking off its years-in-the-making plan to set up a massive constellation and deliver internet access anywhere on the globe – similar to SpaceX's Starlink service.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Amazon, Internet, Starlink, United Launch Alliance

At the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, Epic Aircraft has unveiled its high-performance personal and business aircraft, the E1000 AX, which can land itself at the touch of a button in an emergency. In fact, you don't even need the button.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Aircraft, Turbine, Autonomous flight