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Winter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to -20°F (the record low is -40°F/C), but retired mailman Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. Instead, he draws on the earth's stable temperature (around 52

Animation of Interior of SpaceX Starship and Rapid Prototyping

In 2019, California startup Polydrops reimagined the teardrop trailer as an angular mobile personal space designed to escape the world.

It's an unlikely adversary, but SAIC-GM-Wuling's new $4,460 EV could wind up being a Tesla-killer in China.

Israeli-based Aleph Farms Ltd. has created the world's first slaughter-free steak using three-dimensional "bio-printing" and real cells from a cow.

As the pandemic creeps slowly onward, it seems Nissan suits are going absolutely stir-crazy. At least that's the impression we're left with after the automaker revealed both a mobile office van concept and all-electric mini-ski lodge concept within a

Helsinki-based architectural firm Studio Puisto has recently completed the first of 25 tiny tree-top cabins. Located in the highlands of Kivijärvi, close to the Salamajärvi National Park in Finland, the striking cabin is the first addition to a new

It would be easy to miss the NCaved house among the rugged landscape of Greece's Serifos island if you weren't paying attention.

Hyundai develops an autonomous vehicle that sprouts legs to WALK across remote terrains to transport urgent goods and medication to inaccessible locations

Life on the bachelor bus: Massachusetts man, 27, spends $24,000 transforming an old school bus into a dream traveling home with electric fireplace and rooftop terrace after losing his job and fiancé during the pandemic

In accordance with the decree, authorities will "revoke and refrain from granting permits" for GM corn, which includes imports. The decree also seeks to phase out glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller.

The Gaff Topsail Halyard Bend/Hitch is useful when using a tarp and 550 paracord for lightweight camping. Here's an illustrated guide to tying it.

This initiative is part of the UK's Future Flight Challenge, which is using some £125 million (US$171 million) of government cash and a further £175 million (US$239 million) from the industrial sector to fund a wide range of projects related to el

MS is an autoimmune disease characterized by destruction of myelin, the protective insulation wrapped around nerves. Over time that damage affects the ability of nerves to send messages, resulting in symptoms like muscle weakness, spasms, or difficul

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The revolutionary treatment relies on a series of pulses that are short enough to melt the cancer cells, but too short for the heat to transfer to neighboring ones--a major hindrance in past work in the field.

All about raising pigs in the woods using regenerative practices with Mayfield Pastures in Decatur TN run by Charles Mayfield. This farm is a diversified animal pasture operation raising cattle, chickens, pigs, and turkeys. Regenerating soil and grow

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors around the world reported high success rates using an inexpensive treatment protocol of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and zinc, typically in combination with an antibiotic to treat secondary bacterial infections.

Elon Musk's SpaceX reveals Starlink satellite internet network already has 'over 10,000 users' worldwide paying $99 a month for its beta service

Now that Spot has an arm in addition to legs and cameras, it can do mobile manipulation. It finds and picks up objects (trash), tidies up the living room, opens doors, operates switches and valves, tends the garden, and generally has fun.

We first heard of Alauda's plans for a flying electric racing vehicle series in late 2017, when the Australian startup's Matt Pearson launched a Kickstarter to gauge interest and raise funds.

Fraunhofer researchers have presented a magnesium-based "Powerpaste" that stores hydrogen energy at 10 times the density of a lithium battery, offering hydrogen fuel cell vehicles the ability to travel further than gasoline-powered ones, and refuel i

This is a primer on TOR and VPN. We will be answering these questions: What is a VPN/TOR for? What is a VPN? What is a TOR Browser? What is a TOR Router? What is a VPN Router? Do you always need to be on the VPN? Can you layer VPN,TOR services togeth

Virgin Galactic is looking to shrug off a failed flight in mid-December, with plans for another attempt to reach space in around a fortnight's time.

QUT researchers have demonstrated a hybrid supercapacitor design that stores vastly more energy than a regular supercap while offering charge/discharge rates much higher than lithium batteries

How does a car alternator work? learn from the basics where we use the alternator and how alternators work.

A crewed mission to Mars may be more practical thanks to a new rocket concept developed by Fatima Ebrahimi, a physicist at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), that uses magnetic fields to generate thrust.

Raspberry Pi Pico is a new budget microcontroller designed by Raspberry Pi. It's a tiny computer built around a single chip, with onboard memory, and programmable in/out ports.

Whether you have a large backyard garden or a tiny balcony in the city, you can grow more food this year and have serious food production if you follow a few basic principles.

For some, it is more practical to take control of their children's curriculum and schedule

Are we helpless against Big Tech (MAGAFT)? Actually we can weaken them! In this video we will talk about solutions that will reduce their power over us. I will talk about big picture 4 big picture solutions that I believe eliminate 80% of the data.

In this video, I answer some of the frequently asked questions FAQ 's that came up in the comment section of my first Starlink video

Whether you have a large backyard garden or a tiny balcony in the city, you can grow more food this year and have serious food production if you follow a few basic principles.

We've seen tiny houses that extend upward, tiny houses that extend outward, and even tiny houses that take the roof off, but the Brette Haus puts another interesting spin on the small living movement with a folding design intended for easier truck-ba

Canada's Horizon Aircraft has popped up out of stealth mode with an interesting 5-seat hybrid eVTOL design using a wicked-cool split-wing mechanism to transition between VTOL and horizontal flight, and a totally unique path to market.

Electric motors can seem very mysterious! How do they use electricity to start rotating? Let's break it down step by step to understand how it works. Topics covered in this video: circuits, current, magnets, electromagnets, armature, commutator, br

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... treatment that could treat millions worldwide suffering with corneal blindness

The German city of Ulm has unveiled futuristic insulated sleep pods for the homeless on cold winter nights.

Concrete Canvas, is a concrete impregnated fabric, that once water has been added to it, it hardens in a durable waterproof & fire resistant layer. Essentially, it's concrete on a roll.

If you have sensitive skin, you know the headache of finding the right products and materials that won't irritate your skin. Your bed sheets shouldn't be the exception.

Pin-Up Houses, the Czech firm behind the rather colorful DIY US$10,000 tiny house, recently completed a new model that's based on a shipping container and cost $21,000 to build.

One of the major barriers to entry of electric vehicles may be set to disappear, as an Israeli startup is now mass-producing car batteries that can deliver 100 miles of charge in just five minutes.

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If you're looking for natural pain relief from sore muscles, tension headaches, or bumps and bruises, arnica may be the answer. This "no more pain" arnica salve recipe is great to have on hand to help ease the pain.

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UK company Autonomous Flight has been working on eVTOL concepts for some years now, with a full-scale airframe of its two-seat Y6S already built and small-scale prototypes already flight-tested and capable of transitioning from VTOL hover into horizo

"Robots are often deployed in areas that are inaccessible or dangerous to humans, areas where human intervention might not even be possible," said Florian Berlinger, a Ph.D. Candidate at SEAS and Wyss and first author of the paper. "In these situa

The UK Space Agency and Rolls-Royce are teaming up to hopefully get humankind deeper into space.