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Review: I kicked myself out of my house to test the Jackery Explorer

July 04, 2026 | Mike McRae
Should anybody trust my opinion on tiny portable power stations? That’s up to you. But when Jackery asked New Atlas to put its Explorer 1000 v2 and accompanying 100-W solar panel to the test, I saw an opportunity to take my office out into the wild.

Boris reviews the BMW R 1300 R Performance Auto: 'I'm just wired wrong'

July 03, 2026 | Boris Mihailovic
There's nothing wrong with BMW's excellent high-performance automatic transmission... Unless you're a couple million miles deep into your motorcycling journey and hard-wired to panic if you start grabbing thin air with your clutch hand.

FieldSpork is what happens when a spork gets super-sporked

July 04, 2026 | Ben Coxworth
When packing for camping trips, it's always best if you can consolidate your gear as much as possible. The FieldSpork was designed with that fact in mind, as it combines six camp kitchen gadgets in one multi-functional device.

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Growing its lineup of compact, agile small motorhomes, Winnebago has launched the Elora/Resa. The single motorhome with two names targets first-time RVers, piling up details that make transitioning to RV life as intuitive as driving a new car.
The Springbrook 7.2 by Removed Tiny Homes does an impressive job of maximizing a compact footprint. Packed with space-saving features, the towable tiny house looks a lot more livable than its modest dimensions imply.
How large does a tiny house have to get before it's no longer a tiny house? The Shoreline must be getting close, offering a spacious interior that delivers single-floor living without sacrificing comfort.
The tides can often change very quickly in the automotive world. That’s exactly what has happened with Polestar, which has just been banned from selling its cars in the US market by the country’s Commerce Department.
Though it only measures 368 sq ft, the Smidge punches above its weight thanks to its flexible interior layout. The tiny house includes a useful office area that doubles as a downstairs bedroom, as well as a second bedroom.
LIV RV skips common composites like fiberglass to build trailers out of welded thermoplastic. Its latest "Lightweight Innovative Vehicle" complements the wood-free unibody construction with an electric off-grid features package.

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Elevated levels of GDF15 in the peripheral blood were associated with dementia risk in a recent study, with researchers arguing the chemical could serve as a handy biomarker for future cognitive decline.
In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration made history with the first-ever image of a black hole – an object that, until then, had never been directly observed by humanity. Turns out that was just the beginning of breakthroughs.
A novel three-in-one medication has been put to the test in a trial of 212 heart failure patients, in an effort to find an easier and more effective way to treat the condition. The findings were just what the scientists had hoped to see.
Researchers are using a laser-based imaging technique to map these tiny particles deep within the tissues of mice without surgery. This offers a fresh perspective on how microplastics move through the body and their long-term effects on human health.
Orbiting around the star TOI-2155 is something interesting: a much smaller object called TOI-2155b, which we only know from observing the tiny changes in light from the host star. What is TOI-2155b? A mini-star? A giant planet? Or something in between?
As some 150 million Americans dig into a hot dog on the July 4 weekend, physicians have uncovered how little we actually know about the health risks of this kind of processed meat. In fact, close to 90% of US adult surveyed poorly informed.

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Researchers have discovered a new way to potentially treat liver disease. By blocking a key inflammatory pathway it could be possible to reduce liver damage and improve blood vessel function in patients suffering cirrhosis.
A new video takes you inside Dyson's impressive vertical farming operation, which is home to 1,225,000 strawberry plants and shows you how the company is applying its manufacturing knowledge to producing homegrown food for British consumers.
The X1 Pro laser welder isn't just for pros. It's so easy to use even a beginner can start laying perfect beads in no time. It doesn't just weld either, it also takes off rust and slices through metal like butter.
Fumbling with bindings is nobody's idea of a good time, especially in the cold and the snow. That's why snowboarder Brendan Walker created the Machina MagIC Ride System, which replaces traditional snowboard bindings with magnets.
Toyota's Kayoibako van concept won over the 2023 Japan Mobility Show. Toyota is now talking up a Kayoibako family and showing the Daihatsu Kayoibako-K, a kei transporter that's a tiny delivery van, micro-camper, automated adventure shuttle and more.
Electra's aircraft looks conventional enough, but it generates ludicrous amounts of lift, to take off and land at incredibly slow speeds, using almost no runway. With US$9 billion in pre-orders, it's outselling anything from the eVTOL world.
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."
Roboticists today are wrestling with the question of whether AI needs a body? If so, what kind? And then there’s the “how” of it all; if embodied intelligence is the way forward to true artificial general intelligence, could soft robots be the next step?