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330-hp rally raider is set to invade America’s backwoods
November 11, 2026
| Simon Heptinstall
From Austria’s alpine foothills comes the extraordinary four-wheel-drive KTM X-Bow Arrow rally machine – with a 330-hp Audi turbo powertrain bolted into a brutal Dakar-spec chassis.
New Atlas: Now available in Dark Mode :)
November 09, 2026
| Loz Blain
Some things just make me unreasonably happy, and I'm stoked to share this one: night owls like myself will appreciate the latest feature we've added to the site: a light/dark mode switch that should make New Atlas much easier on your eyes at night.
1,300-mile cargo drone aims to obsolete the helicopter
November 11, 2026
| Omar Kardoudi
Skyways' Skyreach hybrid VTOL takes off like a drone, cruises like a plane and burns jet fuel to stay up for more than 18 hours, delivering parts to offshore rigs and remote sites with with no pilot at the controls.
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Not every tiny house needs to be an exercise in squeezing as much as possible into the smallest footprint. The Cali 9.6 takes a more relaxed approach, with an easy to navigate single-floor layout that opens up to the outside.
Most tiny houses take the form of a box shape, but the two-bedroom Antonia goes for a different approach. It's arranged in an L-shape around a terrace, creating a home designed to embrace indoor/outdoor living.
A lot of tiny houses are designed for portability, but the Skye Park Model takes a different approach. It adopts an extra-wide frame to provide a much more spacious, apartment-like interior.
Using some of the most advanced ultralight materials the world has at its disposal, Field Record offers the lightest freestanding tent we've ever seen. Its FR-SCD tent weighs less than half of many ultralight backpacking and mountaineering tents.
For all the heavy hitters in Harley-Davidson’s ranks, it is perhaps the Sprint 440 that has the biggest responsibility for carrying the weight of the company’s sales. For if H-D is able to hit home with its new motorcycle, it might well and truly be “back.”
Pirates attacking cargo ships might be in for a surprise in the near future as BAE Systems shows off its Sea Tridon family of 40-mm guns at the Euronaval 2026 exhibition in Paris. The systems are designed to be installed as easily as a shipping container.
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November 10, 2026The LAIR S2 modular sling combines customizable internal storage, external MOLLE attachments and four carrying options, giving users the freedom to organize and carry their everyday gear their way-— now available on Kickstarter. -
November 10, 2026 | C.C. WeissThe X8 triple-expander wasn't the only all-new telescopic camper French innovator Beauer introduced this year. In its big lineup reshuffle, it also fully reshaped the future of its six-sleeper caravan. The all-new X6 breaks out of the curvaceous mold the brand has used exclusively for its trailers in the past, becoming a smoothed-corner cuboid built to maximize internal space. And it might just be the nicest overall Beauer design yet. -
November 10, 2026 | Mike McRaeResearchers in China have given the humble comb an electric touch that has promoted regrowth among the remaining follicles in mice using little more than electricity and a dab of genetics. -
November 10, 2026 | C.C. WeissNitecore is moving its fast-growing ultra-slim flashlight family into all-out multitool territory. The UTL19 kicks off the new Utility Tool & Light series, going beyond mere illumination with hard tools that include a slide-out box-slicing blade. -
November 10, 2026 | Ben CoxworthHigh fuel prices may be no more than an inconvenience for most of us, but they can keep farmers in impoverished nations from making a living. A new vehicle has been designed to help, by using solar power to irrigate fields. -
November 10, 2026Microsoft 365 bills you every month for apps like Word and Excel. To own those same apps with one payment instead, try a Microsoft Office Professional 2021 lifetime license for $27.99 (reg. $219.99) with code DEAL20. -
November 10, 2026 | Utkarsh SoodAfter months of teasers and spy shots and what was effectively Royal Enfield’s poorest-kept secret, years of collective prayers have now been answered with the Himalayan 750. It’s here, it’s fresh, and it’s everything that the audience asked for. -
November 10, 2026 | Adam WilliamsIn a market packed with huge tiny houses, the Summer's Night Dream offers a refreshing change: a tiny house that's actually, well, tiny. Despite its modest dimensions, it sleeps four people – or even more at a squeeze. -
November 10, 2026 | Bronwyn ThompsonAs a light sleeper who has been known to have a pillow or black shirt over my head in bed, while listening to a podcast or audiobook to drift off and stay that way, the Sleenova SleepMask has been a surprising game-changer. -
November 09, 2026 | David SzondyQantas Airways has entered the Guinness Book of World Records after the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) verified that the airline's Airbus A350-1000ULR passenger liner completed the world's longest commercial flight from Melbourne to Toulouse.
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High on sheer cliffs in China, ancient coffins are wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet above the ground. These dramatic burials, now re-examined using ancient DNA, point to a broader practice where disparate cultures all had their own "sky graves."
The first aceclidine-based eye drop to improve near vision in adults with age-related presbyopia, which affects more than 100 million adults in the US alone, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and will be on sale by November.
I spent a few nights with the Akaso Sight-300 and came away fairly impressed. My previous experiences with night vision have been with very high-end scopes, so I wasn't sure what to expect on something that costs several thousand dollars less.
The new Auriga Explorer camper truck looks almost as fast and ferocious as a Dakar rig. But it's made for slow travel, the kind that sees you link together wandering days with cozy nights in a mobile 4-person hut expanded by pop-top and 3 slide-outs.
Following construction restarting earlier this year, more details have been revealed on what is arguably the world's most ambitious architecture project: the mind-bogglingly tall JEC Tower, which is currently rising in Saudi Arabia.
When we first caught wind of Thule's new Widesky rooftop tent, we took the model name to imply a large, clear stargazing skylight. Instead, Thule's latest tent encourages panoramic viewing in a different way, one we haven't seen on any other RTT.
The new Gazelle T4 Overland EXP tent serves as a simple, all seasons-ready camping solution. It sets up in minutes via a fast-pitch hub frame and includes enhanced adjustability, multiple climate control options, and a stabilized foundation.
"You can either go to Vegas, or you can go to The Hacienda," is what got this world-record-setting idea off the ground and into the air for a couple of months. Yep, I said months.