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Meet the Audi Nuvolari: a 217-mph hybrid supercar that no-one saw coming

Meet the Audi Nuvolari: a 217-mph hybrid supercar that no-one saw coming

by Simon Heptinstall

Audi has taken the wraps off its secret new car: the more-than-half-a-million-bucks Nuvolari carbon fiber supercar with a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 plus three electric motors and a 217-mph maximum.

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How 4 astronauts squeezed into a campervan-sized spacecraft to do science

Space SystemsEngineering

by Elizabeth Howell

Earlier this month, the Artemis II astronauts took the ultimate roadtrip: a flyby of the Moon, on which they brought the entire world along. Making the mission more remarkable is how the astronauts squeezed into a small space to get this done.

Guess which bike hides beneath this 3.9-meter-long art deco streamliner

MotorcyclesTransport

by Utkarsh Sood

Royal Enfields are notoriously good at being the lab rat for all kind of customization. In fact, its Shotgun 650 was itself ‘inspired by custom’ per the company… and that bike is exactly what serves as the donor for this gorgeous one-off creation.

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Review: 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander hits the family-SUV sweet spot

AutomotiveTransport

by Aaron Turpen

Cars and houses have something in common: no matter how large they are, they eventually start to feel small. Toyota saw a hole in the market and is filling it with the Grand Highlander.

252-sq-ft tiny house is small in size, big on livability

Tiny HousesOutdoors

by Adam Williams

With its length of just 24 ft, the Goa is on the smaller side even for a tiny house. However, it has been designed for full-time living and packs in two bedrooms, a practical kitchen, and a bathroom with a bathtub.

Coreless carbon valve stem says sayonara to breaks and clogs

BicyclesTransport

by Ben Coxworth

Presta valves are one of those things that a lot of serious cyclists use, but perhaps secretly hate. Well, those folks might have a much more loving relationship with the Aether valve stem, which does away with a Presta valve's problematic core.

Why the Nürburgring-proven Toyota GRMN Corolla should excite you

AutomotiveTransport

by Utkarsh Sood

Every now and then, along comes a hatchback that gets me drooling. Toyota’s latest Corolla GRMN, or Gazoo Racing Meister of Nürburgring, gets the title that's only given to the most extreme GR cars that undergo extensive testing at Nürburgring.

Magnetoelectric antennas could transform how underwater robots talk

Engineering

by Omar Kardoudi

University of Florida researchers have built BlueME, a magnetoelectric antenna array that lets underwater robots communicate reliably at up to 730 m while drawing less than 10 watts – without acoustic noise or line-of-sight constraints.

4-person blade-like camper adds aero work on its journey off grid

Camping TrailersAdventure VehiclesOutdoors

by C.C. Weiss

Polydrops once noted it took over 100 CFD simulations to finalize the thin, tapered form of its P21 camper. And it didn't stop there. As it ruggedized the trailer into P21X off-road form, it further massaged the vessel's slippery aerodynamics.

MG's new flagship electric coupe looks oddly similar to a certain Porsche

AutomotiveTransport

by Utkarsh Sood

This is one of those “I swear I’ve seen that before” moments. MG has officially pulled the covers off its latest and greatest coupe, the 07, and the images are uncanny … resembling the Porsche Taycan in more ways than one.

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'Bootstrap' physics study claims string theory might be inevitable after all

PhysicsScience

by Mike McRae

By starting with the fewest assumptions possible, a team of researchers formed a “bootstrap” rationale suggesting that the properties of a grand theory of everything are likely to look suspiciously string-like.

Yes, birds masturbate, and it's important we all know about this

BiologyScience

by The Conversation

For captive animals, engaging in natural behavior is a pillar of the animal welfare framework. But when it comes to sex, one important behavior has been largely ignored, and sometimes even punished: masturbation.

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After "months of engineering, testing, redesigning, failures, wobbling, balancing, and problem solving," a regular scooter is transformed into a unique low rider that self-balances at speed.

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