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Since 2002, Gizmag/New Atlas has published more than 100,000 stories across technology, science, transportation, architecture, medicine, design, robotics, outdoor living and many other disciplines.
Here's a fun way to flip through the archives - each of these carousels brings you a fresh group of random stories when you hit the SHUFFLE button. Enjoy!
Health Archives
Suspicions of a link between extremely rare congenital infections and the development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been supported by a massive new study led by scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
Researchers based in Australia have found that Vanillin, the compound found in vanilla pods, is not only an aromatic flavoring agent for foods and perfumes, but it can also help treat chronic wounds.
Clusters of towns and cities around the world have become curious case studies for scientists looking into just how residents there defy natural aging, living healthier for longer than anywhere else. Now, another "longevity hotspot" is in the news.
An analysis of nearly 100,000 people has found that those who get too little sleep each night face an increased risk of dozens of diseases. So when are we going to start taking sleep seriously when it comes to our long-term health and lifespan?
Replacing damaged spinal cord with healthy donor tissue sounds like a straightforward solution to paralysis. Getting those tissues to exchange meaningful messages is another matter entirely. A team claims to have attempted this extraordinary feat in Russia
For the first time, people living with hepatitis B have a option that could make getting off antivirals no longer a death sentence. The Food and Drug Administration has approved an injection that lets the immune system keep the pathogen in check.
Science Archives
An experiment conducted by a team of researchers from Texas A&M University has revealed a healing sequence in mammalian physiology that rebuilds lost skeletal structure, albeit with less than perfect results.
When a 17th-century woman’s bones were discovered with such odd accoutrements as part of her burial in a Polish cemetery, archeologists knew they had stumbled across something a little different. Their findings are even more fascinating.
In a peer-reviewed paper recently published in Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, researchers bring together testable claims from a number of different fields to argue that the conditions surrounding an evening fire shaped the evolution of spoken language.
In a landmark study, scientists have uncovered that a vibrant reef resident has had hundreds of its genes change in activity – most linked to inflammation and immune responses – by choosing more polluted but food-abundant habitats closer to humans.
The remarkable human brain, which thought up heart surgery and space travel, runs on about 20 watts thanks to its trillions of synapses. Researchers are now attempting to replicate this ability with printable, recyclable artificial synapses.
An international team of scientists has identified the iron-bearing component that allows hemoglobin to carry oxygen in a fossilized dinosaur leg.
Technology Archives
The LUMI mask blocks out surrounding light just like a traditional sleeping mask but also contains LED lighting that simulates a sunrise to gently wake you up the next morning
Developed by a team of Finnish entrepreneurs, the Plantui Plantation is aimed at giving urban green thumbs the capability to raise almost any kind of plant indoors, up two meters (6.6 ft) in height.
USBGeek introduces an infrared video camera that fits on your keychain.
mophie is rolling out its juice pack air high-capacity battery case for iPhone 5.
Toshiba's "smart mirror" concept from CES 2014 makes a number of Hollywood science fiction computer systems a reality, but still seems like something from a distant future.
Transport Archives
The 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show has a fascinating collection of off-roaders, some of which are weird concepts, others soon-to-be market staples.
The 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge has finished in a tie between GM’s Cadillac Aera concept and the Smart 454 from Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design.
Engineering Archives
The whiskers that help rats find their way around dingy sewers has inspired a tactile sensor that could be used for navigating all manner of dark conditions. The deviceis able to generate images of obscured environments and could find its way into biomedical applications.
RIBA has awarded Sir David Adjaye the 2021 Royal Gold Medal. The UK's most prestigious architectural honor is personally approved by the Queen and is given to those who've had a significant influence on the advancement of architecture.
How would you like to be able to wash your car by just hosing it off – no soap, scrubbing or drying? You may be able to in the not-too-distant future, thanks to an ultra-hydrophobic (water-repelling) paint that can be applied to a variety of surfaces, and that stays on once applied.
The US Navy has highlighted the future of the US/UK seaborne nuclear deterrent by successfully launching a Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana for a record 191 times.
A more cost-effective fuel cell catalyst material consisting of iron-nitrogen complexes embedded in tiny islands of graphene could be used in place of platinum. Research by teams at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin and TU Darmstadt have produced the catalyst material with comparable efficiency returns.
Recently completed Munich-based office building NuOffice has breezed passed LEED's requirements for Platinum status, and has been rated as the most sustainable building of its type, worldwide.
Outdoor Archives
French tiny house firm Baluchon has made a name for itself designing very small and lightweight homes, like the Escapade and Odyssée. Its latest model, the Ondine, is similar in style to those and serves as both a full-time home and workplace to a masseur in the Alps.
If you’re tired of improvising a stand for your phone every time you want to watch a movie on a flight, make a video call, or cook while following a recipe, a new multitool on Kickstarter might solve this problem.
Tepui is heavily invested in expanding the roof-top tent market out from hardcore overlanders to the masses of general outdoor lovers and festival campers. We've looked at some of their recent innovations, and we figured it high time to find out what camping on top of a roof is all about.
Sometimes you want a tent as low to the ground and battened down as possible, and sometimes you want a tall tent to stand in. Why not have both? The new Crua Outdoors Xtent makes it happen with a dual-height body.
IKamper has built out its innovative Skycamp rooftop tent line over the years with models and regular improvements. It's now spinning off the Skycamp DLX sub-line to add integrated creature comforts like LED lighting and inflatable mattresses.
This month's CMT show in Stuttgart, Germany puts the spotlight on a highly versatile Volkswagen camper van. The modular Bett Mobil and its "second story" slide-out bedroom turns the Volkswagen T5 Multivan into a flexible camper van.