Not many bikemakers dare to depart too much from building motorcycles. Even less so for an electric motorcycle company, especially when you have “motorcycles” in your name.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Zero Motorcycles, Electric Motorcycles, Electric Vehicles, Scooter, urban transport, EICMA 2025
How many times have we seen a bikemaker unveil an ambitious concept at EICMA, only to quietly abandon it later as if it never happened? Not Honda this time around.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Honda, Honda Motorcycles, Eicma, EICMA 2025, electric supercharger, Supercharger, Turbo, Prototype
When it comes to fanfares, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. I’m in Tokyo for Fender Experience 2025, a three-day celebration of all things Fender.
Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Fender, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Guitar, Bass guitar, Interviews
For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with strong hierarchies (kings, priests, and planners) could organize massive construction projects.
Tags: Archeology, Mexico
Nuclear waste and a hydrogen economy may seem poles apart, but a new study by the University of Sharjah claims that spent fuel from nuclear power plants could be used to increase the efficiency of converting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Category: Energy, Technology
Dutch expedition camping module specialist Bliss Mobil has launched its smallest model to date. Rather than getting tied to the likes of a large heavy-duty Mercedes Zetros or MAN TGS cab, the new Bliss 8 is designed to ride aback smaller, nimbler 4x4 chassis like the Toyota Land Cruiser or Ford F-Series. With help from an electro-actuated hard-walled lift system, it still offers the precisely organized essentials and modern comforts on which Bliss stakes its reputation, including a wireless smart home suite with Sonos audio.
Category: Expedition Trucks, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Off-road, Camping, Bliss Mobil, Toyota, Ford, Truck, Off-grid
Laser engraving has become a new hobby of mine as of late. I've been tinkering around with blue diode lasers that can engrave, but seem to function better as organic material cutters. I also have an IR laser that's good for some metals. But after running UV for a while now, it's become pretty clear that UV is the king of etching. Glavo UV lasers are unmatched when it comes to sheer speed and fine detail. Not to mention less smoke, less soot, less warping, and less "Ahhh! It's on fire again!"
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Laser Engraver, DIY, Craft, Laser, 3D Printing
Researchers at MIT have just developed a new lipid nanoparticle that super-enhances the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccine in mice to a hundred times its stand-alone effectiveness, thus offering massive savings by reducing required dosages while also reducing toxicity in the liver.
Category: Medical Innovations, Body and Mind
Tags: mRNA vaccines, MIT, Nanoparticles
VW added a mild refresh to the Jetta to update its looks a bit, but has otherwise not messed with the car’s basic formula of getting you there on the cheap. Sadly, though, the manual transmission is only available on the sport-centric (and more expensive) GLI model.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Reviews, Volkswagen, Sedan
A climate report projects that the world's carbon emissions are on track to hit an all-time high this year, despite major advances in green tech and adoption of measures to curb pollution from the use of fossil fuels.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Greenhouse emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Crisis
A few years back, BMW teamed up with bike-maker Cube and mobility company SoFlow to prototype a funky leaning cargo e-trike as part of a mobility expo. Cube subsequently launched the concept as the Trike Hybrid in 2023, and has now added a flatbed variant to the range.
Category: Urban Transport, Transport
Tags: Trike, Tricycle, cargo bike, ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Bosch, Cube
In The Matrix, human beings are a literal (and metaphorical) power source – specifically, they supply bio-electricity to our AI overlords. Fortunately, enslavement to robotic masters in a virtual-reality prison is completely unnecessary for biochemistry to power our machines. Instead, all we need is sugar and vitamins.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Battery, flow cell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Biomimicry
An antibiotic primarily used in veterinary medicine was found to turn the gut into a factory that pumps out life-extending compounds. The finding could change the way we think about the development of longevity drugs.
Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Longevity, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bacteria, Gut Bacteria, Microbiome
Apparently, one amazing music venue just isn't enough for Hamburg, Germany. The city already boasts the Elbphilharmonie – one of the world's most notable concert halls – and now it's lining up a second. The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed plans for a new state opera house, which will allow Hamburgers to enjoy a stroll in a park and watch a ballet at the same venue.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: Building and Construction, Bjarke Ingels Group, sustainable design
Legendary British automaker TVR, which has a history of building championship-winning sports cars dating back nearly 80 years, is returning to the performance vehicle market after a long break. Up first: the super-light, V8-powered Griffith that was supposed to ship in 2019.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: TVR, Sports Cars, British
The “trophy wife” trope has been given a modern twist. New research shows that after the wedding, beauty-for-status becomes a two-way street, with both husbands and wives adjusting their looks as income power shifts.
Category: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
Tags: Sex and gender, Relationships, Weddings, Money, University of Bath
The Portuguese man-of-war, or Physalia, is a jelly-like creature that uses a special gas-filled balloon to float on the sea surface. Physalia inhabits the area where the ocean meets the atmosphere, in contrast to the majority of jellyfish that drift deeper. Its balloon serves as a sail, allowing it to glide with the wind and currents. Large groups may occasionally be carried to coastlines where they are rarely observed due to changing winds and ocean temperatures.
Tags: Marine Biology, jellyfish, Species, Climate Crisis, Japan
Some people don’t lose enough weight after bariatric surgery, but a new study shows that adding a daily shot of GLP-1 drug liraglutide can help patients shed extra pounds and may reduce the need for further surgery.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Obesity, Bariatric surgery, Weight Loss, GLP-1 receptor agonists, Monash University
Antarctica's ice cores are like frozen diaries of Earth's past, preserving ancient air and climate clues. Most continuous records go back about 800,000 years. But in a region called the Allan Hills, a special patch of blue ice holds scattered snapshots dating back as far as 2.7 million years.
Category: Science
Tags: Antarctic, Ice, Climate Crisis, Environment
Fruit smoothies have become a huge trend in healthy lifestyle world – and for good reason. They are a quick source of vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants, and they take just a few minutes to make! Bananas are the number-one ingredient for a good smoothie. Creamy and naturally sweet, they seem to pair well with pretty much every other fruit ... or do they?
Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind
