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The Jeep Gladiator is a super-capable off-road platform, and drop a camper on it and it also makes a rock-solid overlander. For those looking for a fast, affordable and simple solution, AT Overland offers lightweight sleeper tops under $10K.

The results of a trial investigating the best practice for managing late-term pregnancies have finally been published, recommending women induce labour by week 41. The study was halted in 2018 after a number of deaths raised ethical issues.

Although commuting by bicycle certainly is good for one's self and the environment, there are days when it's just too wet or too cold. It's on just such days, though, that the four-wheeled, enclosed, motor-assisted DryCycle is intended to shine.

Although VR tech may allow users to see and hear computer-generated environments, the extent to which people can feel those worlds is still quite limited. That could be about to change, though, thanks to what's being called an "epidermal VR" system.

A new view of the Milky Way has revealed how the galactic center would appear to human beings if our eyes were able to detect low-frequency radio waves.

Military personnel are often exposed to loud noises, such as when they're in helicopters. And while human soldiers wear hearing protection, the same can't be said for their "working" dogs. A new garment has been designed to address that problem.

There's a new expressive keyboard synth in town, the result of a collaboration between France's Expressive E and Haken Audio out of Illinois. The stylish Osmose offers expression over three dimensions for every note on the raised keyboard.

Stefano Boeri Architetti has completed a new project in the firm's native Italy, and for once it's not covered in greenery. That's not to say that Matera Centrale has no element of green design, as the train station is partly powered by solar panels.

As far as fighting climate change is concerned, "one whale is worth thousands of trees," the IMF has said. But reports suggesting that trees therefore pale into insignificance compared to whales are missing the point.

Brit engineer David Wolffe launched a novel backpack on Kickstarter in 2014 that allowed users to swing the main bag around to the front without having to take the whole thing off. Now he's returned with a new modular swinger.