A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving the way for an entirely new approach to treating cancer.

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Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

Tags: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Cancer, Tumor, Microbiome, Bacteria, Gut Bacteria, Cancer Tissue, Frogs

Ever fly Economy and felt like you were being tortured by the seat? It turns out that you're not being fussy, the seats really are horrible from an ergonomic point of view, which is why you're suffering. Oh, and that might be by design.

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Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Ergonomic, Aircraft, Seat, xxShowcase

Hangzhou is the latest city in China to take traffic control to a new level, rolling out a new AI-powered robot police officer to direct vehicles and pedestrians at a major intersection and issue polite warnings to law-breakers.

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Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology

Tags: Robots, Police, Traffic, China, Artificial Intelligence, Humanoid

When nights stay warm, the body struggles to cool down, a key signal for drifting into deep sleep. Heat doesn't just shorten sleep; it disrupts its rhythm, sparks dehydration, and keeps the nervous system on alert.

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Category: Sleep, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Sleep, Climate Crisis, Heating

There aren’t many cars with appeal as enduring as the original Honda NSX. Its beautiful, low-slung styling, the sheer dearth of examples you can find today, and its genuine ability to compete with European sports cars all contribute to its legend. Now, 35 years after the first-generation NSX came into being, the sports car is receiving a beautiful, and more importantly, purposeful, makeover.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Honda, Pininfarina, Supercars, MOD, Japanese, Custom

When you're camping, you're typically in need of a work surface, plus you're typically surrounded by trees. That's where the Kimberlite Tree Table comes in, as – that's right – it's a packable multi-use platform that you strap to a tree.

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Category: Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Kickstarter, Camping, Modular, Tree

Four years after Ford bravely electrified its best-selling vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup, it seemed ready to drop the model owing to slowing demand. Now, it turns out the company's got other plans. It's reengineering the flagship truck for 2026 as an extended range EV (EREV), with a gas generator in tow.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Electric truck, Electric Vehicles, Ford, Truck, Extended-range

It proved to be a fun year for tents. We tracked new tent designs of all styles, shapes and sizes a little more closely than we have in the past and saw a whole lot of innovation and activity. The year brought the further expansion of high-performance freestanding ultralight tents from boutique brands, the preponderance of covetable inflatable tents ranging from backpack size to multi-tent base camp size, the refinement of comfier, fuller featured rooftop tents, and the launch of a few flat-lying hammock tents designed for increased comfort and stability, from ground to air. Here's a look at our staff and reader favorites from 2025.

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Category: Tents, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Tent, roof-top tent, Best of 2025, Camping, Inflatable, Outdoors and Camping, Backpacking

The culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of one of the most advanced urban civilizations at the time, contemporaries to Mesopotamians and Egyptians, has finally been identified: a series of severe, long-lasting droughts that dried rivers across the Indus Valley more than 4,000 years ago.

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Category: History, Science

Tags: Archaeology, Weather, Evolution, Egypt

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated how tanning beds cause fundamental DNA damage across almost the skin'se entire surface that results in a threefold risk of developing melanoma. It puts beyond doubt the dangers associated with using these devices.

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Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

Tags: Northwestern University, UV light, UV lamp, Skin Cancer, Melanoma, DNA, Age-Related, Skin

Electronics that can't be easily dismantled for recycling aren't very eco-friendly, nor are petroleum-based adhesives. Scientists have set about addressing both issues, by developing a switchable adhesive made mainly of rose oil.

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Category: Materials, Science

Tags: Adhesive, Roses, Light

After peering in at the Freedom Camper (née Tusca Hitchhiker), we were wondering if we'd see more wheel-less camper pods hit the scene. Well, we now have an answer and an official Freedom competitor that hails from a brand that specializes in building tiny campers in various shapes and forms. The all-new Tiny Camper Co. Stubby slide-in camper gains a curvier teardrop-size shape while offering the same versatile truck-to-trailer functionality. And it does so for an even lower base price.

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Category: RVs and Motorhomes, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: teardrop trailers, Camping, RV, Truck, Pickup, Trailer, Outdoors and Camping

Could you imagine being able to "feel" the images on your screen? UCSB researchers have made this sci-fi-like idea a reality. They've developed a display where pixels physically rise off the surface when activated by laser light.

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Category: Technology

Tags: UC Santa Barbara, Tactile, Display, Laser, Touch, Light, Graphite

The Duna was commissioned by a customer who wanted to experience the comfort of a city apartment in a rural setting. This off-grid tiny house definitely fits the bill, and combines space-saving design with the maker's trademark timber craftsmanship.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, House, Home, Timber

Ulefone has already made a name for itself in the rugged smartphone business. Now, it's got a sub-brand that's focused on more niche innovations for people who want more differentiated devices – and its first flagship product is quite something.

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Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: smartphones, Rugged, Outdoors and Camping, Battery, Thermal

Colin Furze used to be a plumber, but really found his calling building wacky contraptions, like a homemade hoverbike, a bicycle with wheels made of ice, and automatic Wolverine claws. He even set the world record for the fastest pram (stroller) by fitting an engine on it.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: Magnetism, YouTube, DIY, Experimental

Downsizing to a tiny house doesn't have to mean giving up your home comforts. The Juniper leans into this idea and even gives some traditional apartments a run for their money. The home is arranged around a spacious single-floor layout and squeezes in a large bathroom with a full-sized bathtub.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

A nuclear production facility in Washington state, dubbed the Hanford site, once forged the plutonium that reshaped the world. Now it’s forging glass; a quiet act of undoing at one of Earth’s most contaminated sites.

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Category: Environment, Science

Tags: Nuclear, Nuclear weapons, Pollution, Waste, xxShowcase

It may seem like a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but Astro Mechanica seems to be all-in on its revolutionary hybrid-electric supersonic jet engine as it partnered with UK-based engineering firm Helix to add high-energy density radial-flux motors to the tech.

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Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Supersonic, Ramjet, Jets, Hybrid

Another day, another ambitious company emerges to harness the power of the Sun from Earth's orbit.

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Category: Energy, Technology

Tags: Solar Power, Satellite, Wireless Power Transmission, Renewable Energy