No matter what we throw at fire detection, from drones to advanced prediction models and watch towers, predicting when and where blazes will start remains challenging. And not all fires are created equal.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Hanyang University, Fire-Proof Coatings, Wildfires, Detector, Sensors, Electronic, Climate Crisis
Blue Origin's space ambitions have suffered a major setback as its New Glenn rocket exploded in a fireball on the launch pad at about 7:00 pm EDT at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida during an engine test.
Category: Space Systems, Engineering
Tags: New Glenn, Blue Origin, Rocket, Accidents
Since debuting in 2021, the Campinawe Trailer has established itself as one of the oddest-looking small camping trailers roaming the earth. But besides looking weird, its strangely juxtaposed alu-skinned foam-core panels conceal one of the roomiest, most functional floor plans we've seen on a teardrop-style 15-footer. And that's truer than ever as the company adds an even more spacious, flexible floor plan alternative. The Crossover Solo layout features a pack-away bed that clears room inside for a larger dining or office space. Heck, you could probably use it for yoga when it's too cold or rainy outdoors.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: teardrop trailers, Caravan, Camping, Outdoors and Camping, RV, trailers, Trailer
Over the past few years, the team at tool company IF has successfully launched two wrench-based multitools on Kickstarter. Their latest release, the OmniPro Wrench 3.0, combines elements from both earlier versions and also has a few added features.
Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Multitools, Titanium, Wrench
Bird navigation has puzzled animal scientists for a long time, despite decades of research, not least because each species seems to have its own flight manual and designing experiments to unlock these secrets is incredibly challenging for us, on the ground.
Tags: Max Planck Institute, Birds, Navigation, Magnetic, Magnetic field, GPS, The Immune System, Iron
It’s not unusual to feel fatigued or experience brain fog after recovering from a viral illness. The body has just expended significant energy fighting off an infection, and a temporary dip in energy or mood is understandable.
Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Depression, Diagnosis, The Immune System
Europe's largest 3D-printed apartment building has been completed in France. Containing 12 social housing apartments spread across three floors, the project's printing process was carried out in just 34 days.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Early in 2025, YSmart embarked on a Kickstarter campaign for a versatile micro-flashlight called the Bullet2. Now the company is back with an updated version that's even more compact, and comes with pro-grade LEDs, IPX8 waterproofing, replaceable batteries, and three beam options for everyday carry.
Tags: xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, EDC, Flashlights, Compact, Torch, LED
The venerable Cold War SR-71 Blackbird may be looking nervously at its laurels after Hermeus's latest Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 uncrewed prototype broke the sound barrier at Spaceport America over the White Sands Missile Range airspace in New Mexico in March 2026.
Tags: Aircraft, Supersonic, Hermeus, SR-71
If you ever rode a small-bore sport bike, you’d know just how fun these motorcycles can be – especially out around in the city for short runs. I’m speaking really small: the Yamaha R 125, Kawasaki Ninja 125, and Suzuki GSX-R 125 category.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: qjmotor, Sportsbikes, Winglet, China, Yamaha, Kawasaki, KTM
It came from a creature of the depths. A severed foot that refused to die, regenerating in an act of survival unlike anything we’ve ever seen.
Tags: Regeneration, echinoderms, Cells, Ocean
Kai James, Georgia Institute of Technology/ The Conversation
Tags: aliens, interstellar space, Stars, Distance
Scientists have identified a new way to supercharge the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide, opening the door to boosting the drug's weight-loss power and helping long-term users push past plateaus that not even this "wonder drug" can circumvent.
Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Obesity, Weight Loss, neurons, Cells, molecular biology, GLP-1 receptor agonists
In 2025, we took a look at the K-Tent from Great Britain's Kudhva Kanvas, a unique piece of semi-permanent light architecture that struck us as a cross between heavy-duty safari tents and hard-walled A-frames, with a touch of treehouse mixed in for good measure. The tent was a spinoff from Kudhvas' original business renting out permanently installed, glass-and-timber dwellings of that same shape and style at its off-grid resort on the North Cornish Coast. Now, those K-Tent portable canvas structures are traveling across the Atlantic to serve as the basis of a planned series of American glamping resorts.
Category: Tents, Gear, Outdoors
Tags: Tent, Glamping, Outdoors and Camping, Travel and Tourism, Travel, Resort, Beach
Trucks used to be pretty easy. You bought a GMC because it was nicer than the others. Powertrain choice was about what your plans were with the truck. Now it’s ... Well, still easy. It just looks complicated.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: GMC, Pickup, Truck, Electric truck, Reviews
Graphene-X is a Hong Kong-based company that produces outdoor clothing and gear. This time around it's entering the camping market with a product called the Tardigrade Sleeping System, currently available for backing on Kickstarter.
Category: Outdoors
Tags: Sleeping Bags, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Graphene, Aerogels
AutoFlight has completed a heterogeneous three-aircraft formation flight with the V5000 Matrix, a 5-metric-ton electric aircraft that could push eVTOL technology well beyond the urban air taxi niche.
Tags: VTOL, Autoflight, drones, eVTOL, Cargo
I have to start by addressing the elephant in the room – an equivalent of $40,000 (£29,000 precisely) for an electric motorcycle might be stretching it too far for most. But then, we all know there are a select few in the world who would treat it as pocket change.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Electric Motorcycles, British, Custom Bikes, urban transport
Cathy Montgomery & Abi Rose, Liverpool John Moores University/The Conversation
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
