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Allow me to preface the title: Longshot Space wants to build a 6-mile-long (10-km) space cannon to shoot several-ton objects into low Earth orbit (LEO). The company has already built a working proof of concept.

Jeep is going all out to court thrillseekers with the 2026 Recon SUV. This chunky all-electric 4x4 packs a raft of features for making light work of craggy trails, along with plenty of power under the hood, and creature comforts to boot.

MIT researchers have found a way to use the mechanical vibrations of sound waves to shake water molecules free from a storage medium. The breakthrough significantly speeds up the process of harvesting drinking water from thin air.

Almost 4 years after Verge debuted with its first hubless electric motorcycle, the Finnish-Estonian company has upgraded its best-selling electric motorcycle with a bunch of appreciable upgrades. And it all starts with the donut motor.

DJI's upping the ante for image quality out of its action cams with the new Osmo Action 6. It's the first of its kind to get a variable aperture, and it's got a larger sensor that should make for better photos and videos than its predecessor.

Biologists in Australia have developed a scanning device to accurately detect how potent a cannabis plant is, well before it's harvested. And no, it's not for selecting the choicest buds to get blasted with.

It's a well-known fact that if you're trying to cool your mouth after eating spicy food, you should drink milk, not water. Bearing that fact in mind, scientists have developed an "artificial tongue" that measures food spiciness using a milk protein.

The YE-01 shows exactly what Yamaha has its eyes on for the future. Hint: it’s the new MXEP electric motocross racing series. The bike is the result of Yamaha’s recent strategic partnership with the French company Electric Motion.

Photographing the deep sky at night can be a complicated business. DwarfLab's book-sized smart telescopes have removed many pain points over the years, but the company has gone lightweight as well as compact and portable for its latest design.

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