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With several major players currently working on supersonic passenger jets, Aerion and Lockheed Martin are targeting those for whom even first class commercial air travel is substandard. The pair has just announced a partnership to develop the world's first supersonic business jet.

The first round of globally-important automobile auctions takes place in Scottsdale in January. This year the highlight of the Scottsdale sales will be a 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser Offener Tourenwagen used for several years as the parade car of Adolf Hitler.

​Although charging points are becoming more commonplace all the time, buying an electric vehicle still brings some uncertainty. Tesla is removing some of the guesswork for prospective buyers, bringing a useful new trip-planning tool online to help you map out potential routes. ​

New high-resolution climate models are projecting that, in the not-too-distant future, America could face frequent and extreme temperatures that would take a significant toll on the nation’s water resources and agricultural efforts.

​ESA’s next technology-testing CubeSat will be fitted with two tiny butane-powered thrusters, making it the agency’s first miniature satellite with the capacity to move through space under its own power.

The technology and science history auction year drew to a close last week with major auctions in London and New York by Christies and Sotheby's. Both auctions contained some important and spectacular specimens of mankind's most important discoveries.

2017 was a spectacular year for the auction of historical and storied objects. The world's most valuable painting, gemstone, earrings, wristwatch and religious document changed hands, but as usual scant regard was paid to the landmark scientific texts which underpin mankind's understanding.

After covering major international auto shows throughout 2017, we've seen a lot of concept cars. Our favorites of 2017 include past icons reinvented as vehicles of the future, electrifying ultra-premiums, hard-to-define segment-benders and utterly insane hypercars.

​​Last year at CES, home security company Blink caught our eye with a wireless camera for the yard that runs on batteries to keep installation easy. For this year's show, Blink is bringing this tech a little closer to home with a video doorbell that takes the same, simple approach. ​

Kengo Kuma specializes in blending traditional Japanese architecture with modern construction technologies. His latest work stays true to this ethos, relying a single, "randomly" stacked column of boards to support a tree-like seaside café overlooking the Pacific Ocean.​

One of the world's most powerful radio telescopes is back online months after sustaining hurricane damage. The 1,000-ft (305-m) Arecibo Observatory was damaged when Hurricane Maria made landfall, but has restarted its Arecibo Observatory Planetary Radar, which scans potentially dangerous asteroids.

Benelli has reinvented itself in recent years with a series of attractive low-capacity bikes built in China to keep them affordable. But the new designs are starting to look a little ... unoriginal. The 402 S, which which looks a lot like Ducati's XDiavel, is the latest example.