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Stanford scientists have found that by building a flame retardant into a battery that releases itself when things start to heat up, they can avert the dangers of flammable lithium-ion batteries in the laboratory.

​Imagine you're rushing through a burning building that's filled with smoke. It would be easy to get turned around, not knowing which way to go in order to get back out. That's a real risk faced by firefighters on a regular basis, and it's why Capt. Jeff Dykes created the Northern Star.

After a month's heavy use, we can pronounce the Jacket H2O speaker by Altec Lansing "almost toddler-proof." This rugged Bluetooth speaker has proven itself portable, floatable, pleasant to listen to, and nigh on indestructible.

If the vision of San Francisco startup Roam Robotics and its co-founder Tim Swift are fully realized, we could be buying commercial lightweight exoskeletons to run faster, hike further and lift more with less effort in the coming years.

Through the years, HTC has faded from the mainstream smartphone spotlight: to the point where its 2017 flagship was introduced via press release, and will be sold online-only. Let's see how that phone, the HTC U Ultra​, sizes up next to the nearly-year-old Samsung Galaxy S7 edge​.

The Chromecast is a circular dongle that receives video and audio from a phone, tablet, laptop, Mac or PC, and streams it to the TV. It's one of the easiest, cheapest and most versatile ways to watch streaming video on a bigger screen. New Atlas guides you through setting up and using the device.

Sharks have been known to reproduce either sexually or asexually, but it’s usually one or the other. Now researchers have observed a zebra shark switching from sexual to asexual reproduction for the first time, which could have important repercussions for conservation of the endangered species.

Two concurrent long-term studies came to conflicting conclusions about the health benefits of caloric restriction, but by comparing their results and accounting for other variables, scientists have now determined that caloric restriction does help monkeys stay healthier and live longer.

Scientists have long known that DNA segments called telomeres play a crucial part in aging, but new research has discovered a protein that acts as a kind of cellular timekeeper, regulating the length of telomeres to maintain healthy cell division and prevent the development of cancer.

The American Institute of Architects has declared the winners of its 2017 Institute Honor Awards, which recognize excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design projects from firms licensed in the USA. The awards are a great opportunity to check out some top-tier architecture.

IK Multimedia's new iRig Acoustic Stage package marries a pick-shaped MEMS microphone with a battery-powered box rocking a preamp and digital signal processing to make any acoustic guitar sound just like it would if it was captured in a traditional recording studio.

A British wingsuit jumper is planning an assault on no less than four of the biggest world records in the sport. Jumping from a height over 40,000 feet, he aims to break the distance record of 19-odd miles, the top speed record of more than 250mph and the duration record of 9 minutes.