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With lumber prices up 67% since the start of this year and up 340% from a year ago, according to Random Lengths, a wood products industry tracking firm, adding tens of thousands of dollars to new residential builds, there is a viable new option to co

The Dream Chaser spaceplane entered into a Use Agreement for Space Florida's Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) to land after resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022.

Whether you're a beginner vegetable gardener or know someone how is just starting out, it is important that the right path is chosen. In this video I outline how to start growing food if you are new to vegetable gardening by knowing what to focus on

A free-spirited man has transformed an old ambulance into an incredible home on wheels with just $14,000 and is now embracing life on the road, after quitting his successful marketing career to become a nomad.

In the most detailed genomic study ever conducted of individuals over the age of 100 years, researchers have homed in on several particular genetic characteristics that seem to confer protection from age-related diseases.

The next generation chip is decades away from transmitting data more than 30 times faster than 5G internet allowing hundreds of films to be downloaded in a second

It's exactly as weird as it sounds.

Company Converts Digital Data into Strands of DNA Placed into Spores and Sprayed on Food to be Tracked

Adam Szabo and Betsy Congdon, two leads on the Parker Solar Probe, discuss the mission's discoveries and its daredevil future.

California is set to be home to two new compressed-air energy storage facilities – each claiming the crown for the world's largest non-hydro energy storage system. Developed by Hydrostor, the facilities will have an output of 500 MW and be capabl

After first unveiling a fully autonomous electric street sweeper last year, Finland's Trombia Technologies has taken to the streets of Helsinki as part of the Jätkäsaari Mobility Lab. This saw the Trombia Free begin operations along the Helsinki Ba

--that saw the helicopter 'go farther and faster than ever before' by soaring 16 feet and traveling 872 feet across the surface NASA received a data downlink from Mars confirming Ingenuity took off

Chlorine Dioxide Is Unequivocal Cure For Symptomatic & Laboratory Confirmed Covid-19 Infection

Famous Spain-based project Jobchain has developed an intuitive blockchain solution that allows employers to search for talents and pay employees with cryptocurrency, thus saving valuable time.

China has launched a 20 ton core space station module. They will launch two more lab modules in 2022.

One thing nearly all air taxi concepts share in common is fast-spinning propellers or ducted fans somewhere outside the aircraft's fuselage, pushing air to develop thrust whichever way they're pointed.

- and it could be used to treat depression and PTSD

Chinese robotics firm shares 'terrifying' video of its four-legged robots moving in unison that Twitter users say could be the start of a robot takeover

Learn how to grow your own mushroom on logs. This is a complete guide on the process from log selection, sawdust and plug spawn inoculation, waxing, stacking, and the ideal location to grow them.

For years readers have read our countless notes on Boston Dynamics' four-legged Spot robot. Now there's a new robo-dog in town, and its name is "AlphaDog."

Concrete is pretty useful, which is why it's the most widely used construction material in the world. But it could be argued that it doesn't really do anything. Now, engineers have made concrete that can conduct electricity and produce heat, by m

Zachary Manchester of Carnegie Mellon University has received a phase 1 NASA NIAC grant and will study how to create mechanical metamaterials to design lightweight deployable structures with unprecedented expansion ratios of 150x or more.

Lesson 19 (Voltage, Resistance and Current) of Dianna's Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need a review of AP Physics concepts before the exam? This course is for you!

Wim lives in Massachuesttes and love to swim. Unfortunatly, the swimming season is short, and his pool is shaded most of the day. We decided to build a Solar Pool Heater. We found some 4x8 solar collectors (hot water panels) on craigslist. They a

The billionaire SpaceX CEO is launching satellites into orbit and promising to deliver high-speed broadband internet to as many users as possible.

I ditched Comcast in favor of this affordable, 5G-powered alternative. Was it the right decision?

Flatbed Trailer w/ 1200W Solar Array to test All-in-one Solar Systems and Air Conditioner

The Plasma Magnet work sponsored by NIAC in 2004-2005 developed a means of producing drag against the interplanetary solar wind or interstellar medium with high drag-to-mass ratio.

It exploits magnetic reconnection as a fast, high-power ion heating mechanism; natural plasma self-organization as a robust, stable confinement scheme; and passive magnetic compression at modest ratios to reduce overall engineering complexity.

SpaceX filed with the FAA to build a 469 ft tall steel launch tower for its Starship rocket in Texas and it will catch the super-heavy booster when landing.

A Spanish green energy company is pioneering the development of bladeless turbines that can harness energy from wind without the sweeping white blades that have become synonymous with wind power.

In 2014, no less an authority than NASA proclaimed in peer-reviewed papers that it was getting mysterious thrust from the EmDrive, a strange, brassy trumpet of a thing that its creators claimed could produce thrust with no propellant.

Former congressman Ron Paul has warned of a government crackdown on bitcoin and safe-haven assets may not be safe from government intervention.

Limitless Space Institute gave out nine interstellar space-related grants for about $1 million to 2 million each.

A kitchen, living room, office, bathroom, and bedroom all in one tiny package that fits in the Cybertruck's vault.

-- with their MIND and without being tethered to a transmitter

The Weaponized Terrifying Freedom 9000 (aka WTF-9000), is a completely autonomous, nimble and easy to manufacture weapons system (pinned on Telegram/Defense Distributed)

We tried Nomad Internet in our RV and came to really appreciate the fact that it is unlimited and unthrottled data.

Germany's Lilium has announced a 7-seat version of its gorgeous eVTOL air taxi, as well as plans to have a commercial operation up and running by 2024. Oh, and like approximately every other eVTOL company, it's headed to the NASDAQ through a SPAC.

Radioactive DIAMOND battery powered by nuclear waste 'will run for 28,000 years' and could go on sale by 2023

Virgin Galactic has billed itself as a space tourism company, and that reality is no longer a distant dream for virtually everyone.

From dome homes with an artistic feel, to just about everything else you can think of, AirCrete is becoming the best solution for many DIY home builders and even some construction companies.

Limited production to start this year, mass production next year.

On Friday, February 14th, 2020: #Jetman? Vince Reffet took off, headed south towards Jumeirah Beach Residence, building speed and height. In 8 seconds he had reached 100 meters height, in 12 seconds 200m, 19 seconds 500m, and reached 1000m in 30 se

Today Zac and Jesse speak to Donald Sadoway, the Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Advisor of Ambri.

A company called Mighty Buildings is able to 3D-print 350-square-foot housing units in just 24 hours thanks to its UV-curable synthetic stone material.

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Bike Tires That Need No Air Are Made From NASA Rover Tech –But Soon Will Be Available to Any Cyclist

The biggest problem with electric VTOL aircraft is the VTOL system. It's a pain.

Hundreds of millions of children don't have schools to attend around the world, and Grout feels one of the best ways to solve the problem is by bringing down the construction costs of schoolhouses. The initial pilot Thinking Hut in Madagascar is ex