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Norton, we need to talk about your new 450cc naked motorcycle

November 04, 2026 | Utkarsh Sood
Norton's resurgence began with the Manx and the Manx R superbikes and was followed by the Atlas and Atlas GT middleweights. Now, the next step is further down the displacement class … and it comes in the form of a 450cc naked, called the 450 Urban.

Your teeth could soon be protected by a futuristic force field

November 04, 2026 | Mike McRae
A new experimental brush gives tootbrush bristles a zap, using piezoelectric filaments to produce an electrical charge that drives a sterilizing chemical reaction to expose and damage the bacteria responsible for plaque and cavities.

One gene could explain why autism appears to affect boys more than girls

November 04, 2026 | Mike McRae
A study in the US points to a single gene that escapes the usual silencing of an X chromosome in women, potentially giving developing brains with an X chromosome double-feature a significant buffer against many autism-related changes.

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Australians are just hitting their late-spring stride on the way to summer. KombiLife's Weekender package arrives in time to become the ideal little camper van for all types of multi-day road trip, light cross-continent overlanding and holiday camping.
Most A-frame tiny houses lean into the rustic cabin aesthetic, but this model combines classic A-frame styling with a surprisingly modern interior, complete with an open living area and a luxurious bathroom.
Invoking the spirit of its legendary downhill racing history, Honda’s RN0 electric mountain bike pairs distinctive moto-inspired build with an unrefined, noisy trail character that’s right between two worlds.
Measuring just 26 ft long, this towable tiny house manages to squeeze in a comfortable home for two. Its space-saving layout features a kitchen, a living room, as well as a bedroom tucked into the loft.
After the likes of BMW, Norton, Harley-Davidson, and Triumph, the small-bore manifesto seems to have reached Italian shores. Moto Guzzi, a motorcycle brand almost synonymous with the 90-degree V-twin, has just revealed a brand new 500-class roadster.
Smart bird feeders let you track feathered visitors in your backyard even while you’re at work. Birdbuddy’s new feeder can recognize up to 11,000 bird species, take photos, send notifications, and run on solar power.

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While we may still not have flying cars, robot butlers or food replicators in our possession, you can now order something else you may have long dreamt of. It's called the Photon Matrix, and it uses lasers to track and kill airborne mosquitoes.
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 Food and Drug Administration has approved a landmark eye drop that uses a combined dose of medication to restore age-related near-sightedness, without the need for surgery, for longer than anything else on the market – and with fewer side effects.
BMW's recently unveiled Vision CE has revived a unique two-wheeler space that does away with helmets. Now, it gets some competition in the form of XYTE One, which combines scooter agility and car-like protection. The best part: No helmets needed!
"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.
Almost a century and a half after construction began on La Sagrada Familia, the exterior structure of the tallest church in the world was finally completed last Friday in Barcelona, Spain. Its tallest tower has reached its maximum height of 566 ft.
The typical charging time for an ebike is measured in hours, but Morelle looks to slash that unit to minutes to create the world's fastest charging ebike. The new bike also looks to be as sleek and lightweight as it is convenient to charge.
The all-new Urbanoid Booba is an impossibly cute, tiny acorn of a trailer designed to provide a stylish, carefree way of instantly escaping the urban grind. The towable clamshell unfolds and inflates into a cozy base camp in a matter of minutes.