Subaru has unveiled the 2025 Forester Hybrid at the Chicago Auto Show. This is the first time that the automaker has added a hybrid-electric powertrain to the Forester. It will be the first North American introduction of Subaru's new Strong Hybrid powertrain. Continue Reading Cat … | Continue reading
In the last few days, two of the six most expensive cars in history have sold at auction. One for US$54 million in Germany, the other for $36 million in Paris. We're guessing that with financial storm clouds looming, the world's most astute money managers are seeking a proven eco … | Continue reading
While Americans have been grappling with the high prices of eggs, Italian researchers have been looking at how best to cook them. They've derived the perfect method, although it might be too time consuming for the average home chef. Continue Reading Category: Diet & Nutrition, We … | Continue reading
Most of us spend an awful lot of time looking at pocket-friendly screens these days, which can take its toll on our peepers. Last year, Bigme offered an eye-friendly alternative with its HiBreak E Ink smartphone. Now a Pro version has launched. Continue Reading Category: Mobile T … | Continue reading
For the first time, scientists have been able to produce kangaroo embryos through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), an important milestone in being able to replicate this across hundreds of species of pouch-toting marsupials under ever-increasing threat of extinction. Continue Readin … | Continue reading
Scientists remain puzzled as to why some individuals taking popular weight loss and diabetes medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy develop complications with their eyesight, highlighting that we still have a lot to learn about this relatively new class of drugs. Continue Reading … | Continue reading
New research found that high levels of ‘good cholesterol’ in the blood were associated with an increased risk of glaucoma, an incurable condition that leads to vision loss. The findings call for reconsidering the hypothesis that good cholesterol universally benefits health. Conti … | Continue reading
We're used to seeing robot dogs doing all sorts of weird things, but how about something to make the world safer? The British Ministry of Defence's answer is using the mechanical mutts to make detecting and defusing bombs safer and more efficient. Continue Reading Category: Milit … | Continue reading
Be it from tap water on a vacation, some dodgy chicken, or something the kids have brought home from school, we've almost all been flattened by an awful stomach bug at some point in our lives. For moderately healthy people, symptoms clear up after a day or two, but during that ti … | Continue reading
Volkswagen has been dangling its €20,000 electric car out there for more than four years so you'd be forgiven if you've already dismissed it as vaporware. Originally slated to launch in 2025, the bargain-basement EV is running a little late, but it's still in the plans. In fact, … | Continue reading
The company that recently introduced the 60-minute foldable Baby Box also has another foldable tiny home with more creature comforts (like appliances), more square footage, and can be move-in ready within a day. But is it too good to be true? Continue Reading Category: Tiny House … | Continue reading
The evolution of the Octo carabiner multitool is an unusual one. The device started small, got bigger, but has now shrunk again. That small-again model, called the Octo Mighty, still manages to pack 18(ish) functions into a li'l titanium body. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors, … | Continue reading
Häuslein impressed us with its Grand Sojourner model a couple of years back, but for those looking for a tiny house that's all on one floor, the Settler would be a better fit. This compact home features a space-saving layout that increases available floorspace with a neat slide-o … | Continue reading
E Ink is a good shout for reading text on a small screen for long periods, but if you want to work on larger displays with moving imagery, technologies like LCD and OLED are a better way to go. Taiwan's Hannspree is aiming for the middle ground. Continue Reading Category: Technol … | Continue reading
This is just all kinds of outrageous. Last November, a skydiver jumped out of a helicopter, glided down into the Grand Canyon wearing a wingsuit, turned around to face the sky, and hooked up to a plane flying above him so it could tow him up and away into the air. Continue Readin … | Continue reading
Americans will soon have access to an infusion device that provides round-the-clock effective relief of Parkinson's disease. The US FDA this week approved the sale of the treatment, which harnesses innovative technology to make managing the condition easier and more impactful, wi … | Continue reading
It's not easy to load the amenities of a camper van onto a bicycle, but the outside-the-box thinkers at Spacecamper have managed to do it. They played with the idea two years ago in showing the Spacecamper Bike concept and have now launched the slick, inventive two-wheel tiny cam … | Continue reading
Scientists have uncovered a mechanism for reinvigorating the immune system to stop it from flagging when it’s fighting long-term conditions like chronic infections and cancer. The discovery could make treatments more effective and improve clinical outcomes. Continue Reading Categ … | Continue reading
A new study has found that eating between one and six eggs each week significantly reduces the risk of dying from any cause but particularly from heart disease – even in people who have been diagnosed with high cholesterol levels. Continue Reading Category: Wellness & Healthy Liv … | Continue reading
The latest in crazy impressive drone technology isn't from DJI (or "research drones" approved by the FAA), it's from the University of Hong Kong. And it's called the "safety-assured high-speed aerial robot," also known as SUPER. Is it really super though? Continue Reading Categor … | Continue reading
eFoiling should be getting a whole lot easier yet also more exciting, according to Lift Foils. The Puerto Rican company has announced its new Lift5 and LiftX boards, which are reportedly both quicker to assemble and more capable than their predecessors. Continue Reading Category: … | Continue reading
This ambitious transformation of a disused brutalist water tower is a real labor of love. The project involved a family working together over four years to convert the 1960s structure into a luxurious vacation residence with an interior cleverly designed to suit the circular spac … | Continue reading
Kamado Joe's new grill is designed for pitmasters who need plenty of room to cook up a feast, and also appreciate the convenience of high-tech features in their barbecue gear. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle Tags: Grilling, Cooking, Barbecue | Continue reading
It's easy to get distracted these days, thanks to the portable supercomputers in our pockets. Last year, a project aimed to strip things back to basics with a phone sporting a monochrome E Ink display, Blackberry-like keyboard and limited apps. Now the Minimal Phone is here. Cont … | Continue reading
While the price of eggs in the US is unlikely to come down anytime soon, it might be time to find other sources of one of their key nutrients – omega-3. Because the latest research on polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) has found some encouraging signs that it can slow the aging pr … | Continue reading
A Mercedes-Benz just sold for US$52.4 million (€51.15 million) at auction, though the real story is the relentless and somewhat foreboding rise in collectible automobile prices … and there's another auction tomorrow that might change the story again. Continue Reading Category: Au … | Continue reading
There are some gadgets we don't realize we even need until we see them, and this mini magnetic Bluetooth speaker – which is also a wireless charger, phone stand and personal light show – is one of them. What's more, it comes in a compact and lightweight package that's built for p … | Continue reading
A Cold War nuclear missile will remain in service for a total of 94 years thanks to a US$383 million US Navy contract, with Lockheed Martin to modernize the submarine-launched Trident II missile and stretch its life until 2084. Continue Reading Category: Military, Technology Tags … | Continue reading
It's only February 3rd, but we're not sure the remainder of the year will host a stranger hybrid product than the all-new Hoka Speed Loafer. Hoka completely redefines urban-to-mountain footwear with a shoe that's all business up top, wilderness expedition down below. The new busi … | Continue reading
KTM’s recent struggles haven't kept the Austrian bikemaker from introducing new bikes – such as the updated 790 Duke naked or the 125 Enduro R models. This time, the company has lifted the lid on its all-new 390 Adventure lineup. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles, Transport … | Continue reading
Your car has all its displays and controls built into its dashboard, so why doesn't your bike have all its gadgets integrated into its handlebar? Well, that's exactly the approach taken by the sleek Flitedeck bar, which features a touchscreen, headlight, wireless connectivity and … | Continue reading
In a bid to revolutionize Alzheimer’s detection, scientists have examined the brain’s neurovascular unit. The research revealed not only how this system is altered by the disease, but also found distinctive breathing patterns in affected individuals. Continue Reading Category: Al … | Continue reading
The ZUH6000 from Fujifilm is unlike other ultra-short-throw projectors. It features a funky rotating lens for maximum installation flexibility, and while Fujifilm has launched similar models before it, this is the first to put out 4K visuals. Continue Reading Category: Technology … | Continue reading
Here at New Atlas, we like to keep tabs on developments in the world of robotics – just so we're aware of how soon Terminator-style machines will assemble and march against the human race. As it turns out, they're now well past marching without falling over, and are now joining h … | Continue reading
In the first study of its kind, scientists have used extensive data to identify that adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a significantly lower life expectancy than their neurotypical peers. It's complex, much like the condition, but this unprecedented … | Continue reading
A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to help spread its spores to new victims. Continue Reading Category: Biology, Science Tags: nature, Fungus, Spiders, Cave, Infections | Continue reading
Researchers have examined the increasingly popular practice of cold-water immersion – things like taking a cold shower or sitting in an ice bath – to see whether there’s any scientific basis for claiming that it has a positive effect on health and well-being. Continue Reading Cat … | Continue reading
In late 2021 a Russian-born billionaire named Yuri Milner gathered some of the most celebrated scientific minds of our time at his lavish US$100-million-dollar mansion in California. The topic of conversation was reversing aging. Could our cells be reprogrammed into a younger sta … | Continue reading
Nitecore has been quickly growing a lineup of remote control-like flashlights with serious outputs and slim, packable designs. The all-new EDC29 Luminblade is the most powerful of them all, more than doubling the output of older slimline EDC models. The easily stowable torch fire … | Continue reading
Boxabl's latest tiny home creation, the Baby Box, is an ultra-compact, foldable tiny home. It's designed to be so easy and simple to construct that one person, without any help or tools, can set it up and start living the tiny life. And did we mention it's cheap? Continue Reading … | Continue reading
Geckos are able to maintain a grip on wet surfaces not because their toe pads repel water, but because they attract it. A new polymer, which was inspired by this phenomenon, could find use in shoe soles that keep people from slipping on ice. Continue Reading Category: Materials, … | Continue reading
A surprisingly simple tweak is making a venerable military transport aircraft more efficient. Literally gluing a few microvanes to the rear fuselage of a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane can result in fuel savings in the tens of millions of dollars. Continue Reading Category: Mil … | Continue reading
Osteoporosis is typically treated with orally administered drugs, which may take up to a year to have a noticeable effect. A new injectable hydrogel, however, is claimed to drastically boost bone density in as little as two weeks. Continue Reading Category: Illnesses and conditio … | Continue reading
Three years ago, German startup Roof Space turned to the Indiegogo crowdfunding community to help bring its unique hybrid rooftop tent design to life. The campaign was a rousing success, and Roof Space has gone on to become rising star in the European rooftop tent (RTT) market. N … | Continue reading
Rob Dahm, notorious rotary-powered car builder, has firmly jumped into the deep end of the pool with his latest project: The world's only 15.7-liter, tri-turbo Y12 rotary engine. If that doesn't make any sense, you're not alone. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Ta … | Continue reading
It has taken a long time for a motorcycle to break the million dollar barrier at auction, and it was almost done twice within a few minutes today in Las Vegas. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles, Transport Tags: World Records, Auction, Mecum, Cyclone, Crocker | Continue reading
After a decade on the market, the three-wheeled, open-air, two-seat Polaris Slingshot is getting some significant changes. The focus is largely on its Batmobile-esque looks, along with its high-revving powertrain and suspension tuning. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Trans … | Continue reading
What's good for fish may be good for robots, too, as researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon have developed an artificial gill that can extract oxygen from seawater to run fuel cells to power robotic sea gliders on long missions. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: … | Continue reading