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Insectoid hammock pod is your self-suspending personal cocoon

A couple years ago, startup Anymaka launched a travel-ready hammock system that flips open in seconds so you can hang anywhere, including in other completely treeless environments. One potential problem: [...]

Compact tiny house pulls double duty as home and office

Baluchon's latest tiny house, the Eden, packs a home office and full-time residence into a length of just 20 ft (6 m). The compact dwelling maximizes its limited footprint with [...]

Plants can pollute the air we breathe in a surprising way

For years, we’ve admired plants for their ability to cleanse the air and help fight air pollution. However, our green ally might be contributing to air pollution in an unexpected [...]

Fossil footprints confirm the earliest human activity in North America

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have now confirmed that humans roamed North America 23,000 years ago. The finding [...]

Alzheimer’s protein found in newborns helps, not hurts

Researchers have discovered that newborns have high levels of the tau protein, which is elevated in older people with Alzheimer’s disease, but that it causes them no harm. The discovery [...]