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AI legal agent designed to guide police during domestic violence calls

June 06, 2026 | Malcolm Azania
Real-time “man in the chair” guidance could help investigators ask better primary questions, translate witness testimony, contact support agencies to help survivors, and let police departments compare standardized results to detect crime patterns.

Quarterhorse edges closer to becoming a modern SR-71 successor

June 04, 2026 | David Szondy
Hermeus's Quarterhorse aircraft is still pushing the supersonic flight envelope, but the US Department of Defense is already so keen on the concept that it's awarded the company US$159 million to explore the military applications of the technology.

How 4 astronauts squeezed into a campervan-sized spacecraft to do science

June 06, 2026 | Elizabeth Howell
Earlier this month, the Artemis II astronauts took the ultimate roadtrip: a flyby of the Moon, on which they brought the entire world along. Making the mission more remarkable is how the astronauts squeezed into a small space to get this done.

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The future world's tallest building has passed a major construction milestone. Saudi Arabia's JEC Tower has now reached 102 floors and is rapidly progressing toward its planned height of more than 3,280 ft.
Several years ago, Bushwakka debuted one of the world's most creative Toyota 4x4 micro-campers, the two-sleeper Kamelback. Now it adds the 4-berth Kamelback 4, fitting a two-bed expandable bunkhouse atop the bare rear chassis of the Toyota Land Cruiser.
If it's ever been your dream to spend 22 hours on a non-stop flight from Sydney to London, then good news: Airbus has announced the maiden flight of the world's longest-range airliner, the Airbus A350-1000ULR, with a range of almost 10,000 nautical miles.
Downsizing to a tiny house always involves compromises, but the Coolangatta 8.4 aims to minimize them with a storage-packed and flexible interior that's well suited to full-time living, on or off-grid.
Supertramp has been quietly launching some of the market's most compelling expedition campers for years. Now it brings adventure van comfort and pricing to a snarling Ford F-350. The all-new Paragon might be the absolute Goldilocks of adventure rigs.
A different breed of Leatherman plier multitool, the Crunch had a set of lockable pliers that emerged via a unique triple-folding action. It was discontinued just a few years ago, but now it's back for one last run. Meet the Captain's Crunch.

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If you follow wellness channels on social media, you might’ve come across the claim that your grip strength – or how firmly you can squeeze something with your hands – can predict how long you will live.
By starting with the fewest assumptions possible, a team of researchers formed a “bootstrap” rationale suggesting that the properties of a grand theory of everything are likely to look suspiciously string-like.
For captive animals, engaging in natural behavior is a pillar of the animal welfare framework. But when it comes to sex, one important behavior has been largely ignored, and sometimes even punished: masturbation.
Circumcision may soon be fully reversible. That’s the goal of Foregen, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the first viable bio-engineered foreskin using advanced tissue engineering.
We're a step closer to understanding how energy is spread across the Universe, with the most detailed map of intergalactic magnetism ever produced. It's more than five times larger than all earlier surveys combined.
For nearly 200 years, biologists felt they had seen it all when it came to nudibranch species, with only six types identified around the world. Then, scientists in Taiwan chanced upon another, the size of a grain of rice, that no one knew existed.

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Having a Swiss Army knife is all fun and games until you find yourself wanting to see in the dark, start a fire, drink water straight from a stream, or heck, even charge your phone. Enter the Lifesaber.
Described as a "formula one racing car for the sky," the Jetson One is an electric-powered VTOL sky toy that can hover, bank, and reach speeds of up to 63 mph. The company's latest video will leave you wanting it more than ever.
A team of Australian bodyboarding ratbags has managed to capture staggering footage of an extraordinary oceanic phenomenon: a place where four 12-ft (3.7-m) waves regularly converge into an oval dip, with explosive results.
It was cold – but nowhere near what I expected; I’ve been colder in an outdoor swimming pool in Australia. It's part of a global feedback loop, the scale of which I only began to comprehend when I saw this remarkable continent for myself.
In a new study, researchers identified a molecule produced by a particular type of brain cell that reversed the cognitive decline seen in both healthy aging and dementia. It provides a better understanding of aging and a potential treatment target.
There are knives, good knives, great knives, and classic knives. Then there are the knives that are flat-out legends with remarkable stories behind them. One of these is the instantly recognizable Puma White Hunter that redefined the hunting knife.
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.
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.