It’s not often that we get guests. So when the interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS came zooming through our Solar System last year, it provided astronomers with a perfect opportunity to study a rock from another part of the galaxy.
Tags: 3I/ATLAS, Comets, NASA, JWST, interstellar space, Solar System
Traveling with music was always a cumbersome affair. Cassettes fluttered, CDs skipped, and choosing a dozen albums for a trip meant leaving dozens more behind. Then there's the one you have to exclude because Peter Gabriel signed it.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Music Servers, Digital music, Music Streaming, Streaming
Layla Tiseo, Université de Montréal/ The Conversation
Category: Archaeology, Science
Tags: Deaths, grave, Paleontology, Bones
Last month, Volkswagen announced it's bringing the ID. Buzz back to the US market after a yearlong hiatus and dressing it up with a big, new addition: a camping version. What it didn't announce was any pricing or availability information. While it still hasn't released those critical details, it has launched and priced a "Good Night Package" in Germany with identical in-van camping equipment.
Category: Campervans, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Campervan, RV, Camping, Volkswagen, electric-camper, Outdoors and Camping, mini-campervan
Definium Therapeutics has announced strong results in a phase 3 trial of its single-dosed lysergide (LSD) drug DT120 in treating adults with major depressive disorder (MDD), meeting its primary goal and all key secondary efficacy endpoints in the first trial of its kind.
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: Psychedelic Medicine, mental health, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, clinical trials, FDA
Everybody wants an SUV these days, and boy, are they expensive. Even for a mere facelift, you’d be expected to shell out around $50,000. Well, BYD just flipped the switch to all that.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: BYD, SUV, Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, China
Not every tiny house needs to be a massive family residence, and sometimes all you need are the basics. With this in mind, the Mini House 300 x 600 focuses on fitting a home for two into a compact footprint.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
The excellent triple-battery trekking ebike I took for quite a few test rides last year is being joined by a similar-but-different new model. The Nomads Pro is still aimed at riders who want to go beyond city limits but swaps rear-hub pedal-assist for a tasty mid-drive motor.
Tags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Adventure Bikes, cargo bike
Flextail's latest piece of outdoor gear is a versatile little device that'll not only come in handy at your next campsite, but also in your driveway and your study.
Tags: Camping, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster
SpaceX is preparing to test Starfall, its new orbital cargo capsule that could one day be used for automated orbital labs or as depots to store military equipment in space, ready for immediate deployment anywhere on the globe.
Category: Space Systems, Engineering
Tags: SpaceX, Spacecraft
In a massive study of more than 80,000 adults, scientists have found a link between bright artificial light in the evenings and age-related eye disease. At the extreme, light exposure was associated with a 31% higher risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), as well as an 18% and 47% increased risk of cataracts and glaucoma, respectively.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Eye diseases, Light, Eye injury, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Age-Related, Aging, Artificial
In a massive study of more than 80,000 adults, scientists have found a link between bright artificial light in the evenings and age-related eye disease. At the extreme, light exposure was associated with a 31% higher risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), as well as an 18% and 47% increased risk of cataracts and glaucoma, respectively.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Eye diseases, Light, Eye injury, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Age-Related, Aging, Artificial
After packaging full fire-starting capabilities neatly inside a 2-oz (57-g) capsule that doubled as a high-pitched whistle, Outdoor Element is now integrating that same spark-flicking capability into a more useful everyday tool: the common pen. Whether your 9-to-5 job involves a rare combination of manual record keeping and precarious wilderness travel, or your idea of outdoor recreation includes journaling your day while remaining at the ready for whatever nature hurls at you, the all-new Pen-metheus equips you for it all.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Multitools, Multi-functional, firestarter, Fire, Survival, EDC, Everyday Carry, Kickstarter, Outdoors and Camping, Camping, Backpacking
Kliti Grice, Curtin University/The Conversation
Tags: Pteranodon, Fossils, Diet, Bones, Curtin University
The sandfish lizard moves very efficiently through the sands of the Sahara desert, and not surprisingly, it doesn't use wheels to do so. Scientists have now copied the reptile's swimming motion in an experimental Mars rover that outperforms others in sandy soil.
Category: Robotics, Engineering
Tags: locomotion, Biomimicry, Wheel, Rover, Mars
The permanent loss of amputated digits and limbs is the cost of being human. While worms, amphibians, fish and echinoderms all contain species capable of regenerating body parts, few mammals have the knack.
Tags: Regenerative Medicine, Mice, wound-healing, Scarring, Texas A&M Universty, Marine Biology, Skin, Bones
A beautiful box of smart-entertainment goodness turned up at my door last year from Valerion, following a successful Kickstarter and subsequent consumer launch. That was the VisionMaster Pro 2 4K triple-laser lifestyle projector, and now I've been sent the series flagship to play with.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Reviews, Projectors, Laser, 4K UHD, home theater, Cinema
Combining metals to produce alloys that are stronger or tougher requires extremely high temperatures as part of the process. Researchers in Australia recently found that a radically different approach could yield even better alloys with a lot less heat.
Category: Materials, Engineering
Tags: Alloy, Metals, Monash University
The dumbphone revival has been gathering momentum in recent years, and the newly revived Commodore brand wants in. The computing icon, best known for the machines that defined a generation of 1980s bedroom keyboard warriors, has unveiled the Callback 8020, a retro flip phone built around a simple idea: keep the parts of a smartphone you actually need, and strip out the ones designed to keep you hooked.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Charged with sorting through 2,129 images from more than 500 people, judges have named their shortlist of 100 pictures vying for prizes in the 2026 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year (AGNPOTY) competition. Here are our favorites.
Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Wildlife, nature, Animal science, Behavior, Photography, Competition, Australia, Endangered
