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by Ben Coxworth

When you dream of flying, you likely picture yourself lying forward, not leaning back. The Swerv electric trike was designed with that fact in mind, as it puts its rider in a hair-raising prone position.

by C.C. Weiss

The tiniest mini-pickup the US market has seen in decades is on its way. Slate's delightfully compact, customizable e-truck was originally aimed to start under $20K. It'll cost a little more but will still be the cheapest new truck in the US.

by Adam Williams

Unlike a lot of tiny houses we see, the Justine doesn't attempt to cram too much into its towable frame. Instead, it spreads its interior layout across a single floor, creating a spacious home that's suitable for full-time living.

by Omar Kardoudi

For more than a century, pilots have relied on the same basic toolkit to steer a plane: flaps, ailerons, rudders – hinged surfaces that physically deflect airflow to change direction. A radical new experimental drone aims to throw all of that out.

by Simon Heptinstall

Long-standing rival car companies including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and Stellantis have join forces to create a shared open-source operating system in the face a wave of high-tech Chinese imports that threaten to swamp the market.

by C.C. Weiss

Fortress Trailers specializes in secure, rugged utility trailers – essentially uncrackable wheeled safes that tow from job site to job site. Now it's turned attention to camping trailers with the all-new Explorer, a veritable vault of survival.

by Joe Salas

The Amble One is a street-legal EV that looks like a pensioned VW Schwimmwagen after moving to a 5-star resort and discovering cork upholstery. No, it doesn't float. But I still want one.

by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Faraday Future has had an awfully rough go of building an electric car brand. It's now shifting gears to wade into the world of robotics and physical AI – and it has a heap of robots on offer, including a multipurpose $90,000 humanoid.

by C.C. Weiss

Rossmönster has established itself as one of the great masterminds of RV innovation. Now it's unleashing its design acumen on the B+ motorhome category. The new Loft redefines just how comfortable and stylish a small Sprinter adventure rig can be.

by Stefan Ionescu

La Vallée Verte by MVRDV hides a lush courtyard inside three striking volumes, with layered plant life, gardener access doors, raised homes for flood safety, and sustainability features within Bordeaux’s EcoQuartier district.

by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Meta's been adding tech to glasses for the last few years now, in partnership with Ray-Ban and Oakley. It's now launched a new range of smart glasses with AI smarts on board, sans those brand names.

by Bronwyn Thompson

A gummy packed with heat-inactivated bacteria could be an easy way to prevent gum disease, with scientists demonstrating that this simple measure alleviates inflammation without upsetting the mouth's microbiome, regardless of oral hygiene habits.

by Toluwalogo Niji-Olawepo

Light could put the brakes on material diffusing through a solution, and the reason why touches on some of the stranger corners of quantum mechanics.

by Bronwyn Thompson

A landmark study is due to start in the coming months, and if successful it could ultimately revive our immune system in older age and even treat chronic illnesses like autoimmune disease. The Phase 1 trial is aiming to rejuvenate senescent T cells.

by The Conversation

The “loudest” black hole merger event on record was detected last year. Known as GW250114, this cataclysmic collision has now revealed an exceptionally clear view of the newly formed black hole, revealing subtle signatures tied to its event horizon.

by Mike McRae

A new study has found that the stride length of a dog’s front legs can be used to accurately diagnose their cognitive decline. Because a person’s change in gait can play a significant role in spotting early signs of Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

by Bronwyn Thompson

A once-a-day oral GLP-1 pill known as CX11 has met its dosage and efficacy goals in a trial on US patients and will now advance to its first North American Phase 3 trial. It's already cleared this final hurdle in China where it awaits approval.

by The Conversation

When our team first reported these rocks in 2025, we suggested they were part of an ancient impact crater at the ironically named North Pole Dome. But one question remained difficult: exactly how old was the impact?