Lush vertical village will let residents live high among the trees

Work has begun on a new high-rise by MVRDV. Named La Serre, it will be defined by a steel grid facade that will host hundreds of trees and plants, allowing every resident to enjoy a greenery filled balcony or terrace area.

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Ultra-processed foods linked to higher risk of some cancers

A study has found a link between higher consumption of ultra-processed foods and the risk of developing some cancers. However, they found that obesity, often caused by eating too much of these foods, was not a large contributing factor.

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Evaporative cooling makes a come back for sustainable food storage

Lea Lorenz unveils TONY, a modern, eco-friendly solution to combat food waste. This innovative clay cooler reinterprets traditional methods, offering electricity-free freshness for fruits and baked goods.

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The Beach offers tiny take on indoor-outdoor living

New Zealand's Raglan Tiny Homes offers something a little different with its recently completed model, the Beach. Featuring a compact interior layout, the non-towable tiny house embraces indoor-outdoor living with a part-enclosed deck area.

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Life Cube tent is an inflatable camping micro-cabin for truck and lake

Life Cube's new LC-8 is a tent like no other. It travels to the night's destination in the trunk of the vehicle and inflates into a 6.5-foot-high six-sleeper micro-cabin ... on the ground, atop a pickup truck or floating on the water.

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Not-so-tiny Orca makes a splash with spacious apartment-like layout

Mint Tiny Homes knows a thing or two about designing extra-large tiny houses, and now the Canadian firm has used this experience to produce a spacious apartment-like living experience on wheels named the Orca Edition Park Model.

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$2,000 IO carbon fiber rooftop tent is as light and slim as they come

Inspired Overland (IO) followed up a winning SEMA 2022 by taking home another SEMA award at this month's show. The product that got it there was the all-new Ultra-Lightweight Carbon Fiber Rooftop Tent, one of the lightest, thinnest RTTs available.

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New compound knocks out 4 types of pain with no side effects in study

After screening 27 million compounds, researchers have found a small-molecule drug that performed as well as a common painkiller with no side effects in rodent tests. The hope is that the finding could lead to better pain management for humans.

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For happy bones and joints, exercise at the same time of day

For the first time, scientists have found how our internal body clocks that govern the brain and skeletal system sync up, and upsetting this balance might contribute to injury and accelerate age-related bone and joint decline and disease.

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“Semantic hearing” headphone tech keeps certain sounds from being blocked

Noise-cancelling headphones are great for blocking out the loud talkers and chaotic coffee shops of the world, but what if there are certain sounds that you want to hear? That's where the experimental new "semantic hearing" system could soon come in.

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