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Designed to seek out remote trailheads, the new Outside Tails camper van is a venture-anywhere mountain bike support vehicle and base camp. It comes optimized to work as a mobile mechanic's station, off-grid power plant and cozy mountain cabin.

Back in March, we reported on a remarkable new spherical treehouse-style hotel designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group that was to be covered in birdhouses. The one-of-a-kind getaway is now complete and has opened to visitors in Sweden.

California-based startup Mokwheel Bikes has launched a fat-tire ebike on Indiegogo called the Basalt, which comes with a generous battery plus an inverter that allows the ebike to double as a mobile power station.

The eVTOL age is just a couple of years from dawning. We caught up with Archer's Director of Business Development, Andrew Cummins, to learn what the first steps will look like when electric air taxis begin taking to the skies in 2024-25.

As important as CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing is, it has a relatively high error rate, which can introduce potentially harmful mutations. German researchers have now developed a more refined tool that reduces errors by nicking DNA instead of cutting it.

Some multitools come to market as finely-tuned Ferraris with premium materials and precisely engineered edges, and others are more like go-karts that simply get you where you need to go, like the newly introduced 12-in-1 Kakmom.

There are times when we think we’d rather live without technology, but the truth is as soon as the power bar on our Apple devices starts to wane, we stress. Don’t panic. This wireless charger will keep them running at full battery in stylish fashion.

Electricity-producing bacteria could be an intriguing renewable energy source. Engineers have now developed a biobattery that contains three layers of different bacteria species, which together take in sunlight and produce electricity.

New modeling has estimated COVID-19 vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths worldwide in 2021. The study also concluded millions more lives could have been saved last year if vaccine distribution was more equitably spread around the globe.

The UK really loves itself some high-performance Ford Transit vans. Ford started that particular ball rolling over 50 years via three generations of race-derived Supervan. Now it's pushing the bar higher with a 2,000-hp quad-motor electric Supervan.

Airbus has achieved a green aviation first as an H225 made the first-ever helicopter flight with both of its Safran Makila 2 engines running on 100 percent Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), which is usually derived from biomass.

Following years of regulatory delays the FDA has called for all e-cigarette products from Juul to be removed from sale in the US. The FDA cites the reason for the action as “insufficient and conflicting data” in toxicological studies submitted by Juul.