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​It was a couple of years ago that New Atlas first tried out Magnic Light iC, a no-contact bike lighting system that doesn't involve batteries, tire-rubbing dynamos or wheel-mounted magnets. Now, inventor Dirk Strothmann is back with Magnic Microlights.

​Longline fisheries may catch a lot of fish, but they also catch seabirds such as albatross. Several years ago, a group of conservationists began work on a product designed to keep the birds from getting caught. It's known as the Hookpod, and a recent study has concluded that it really works.

After a brief couple of years of Obama-era net neutrality rules, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has now officially overturned the regulations that blocked internet service providers from throttling or prioritizing certain packets of information as they see fit.

An international team of astronomers has successfully imaged the surface of the geriatric star π1 Gruis, revealing enormous convection cells that cycle material between the interior and surface of the star – essentially acting as a massive stellar lava lamp.

The latest image from the Mars Express orbiter, just released by the European Space Agency, was taken on the 19th June, 2017 and shows a rare upside-down, wide-angle view of Mars with its icy northern polar cap at the bottom.

Space may be big, really big, but Earth orbit is getting a bit crowded. NASA is set to install a new sensor on the ISS where it will spend the next two to three years monitoring space debris to learn more about its characteristics.

Krill may be small, but scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) say that these tiny crustaceans play an important role in the transportation of carbon within the oceans. According to a recent study, they can accelerate how atmospheric carbon moves into the deep ocean.

A new high-tech US embassy was recently completed in London. The billion dollar project takes the form of a glazed cube. It's efficient too: the building features rainwater recycling and solar panels, and is slated for LEED Platinum and BREEM Outstanding green building certifications.

Greenwich, New York-based Cubist Engineering has designed a tiny house named the Sturgis. It measures just 21 ft (6.4 m)-long, but seems more spacious thanks to not having a standard bedroom – instead, when it's time to hit the sack, a bed is lowered down from the ceiling at the flick of a switch.

Kia had one of the coolest concept cars of 2017, and it's kicking off the new year with an all-electric Niro concept that looks like it might be equally impressive. Beyond just a battery-based powertrain, Kia promises an all-new human-machine interface and a "motion graphic" lighting system.

Mini has announced MINI Yours Customised, which uses 3D-printing and laser engraving facilities in Germany to allow a range of interior and exterior trim pieces featuring your own design to be custom-made.

Established camping trailer brands and startups continue to innovate creative mobile shelters loaded with luxuries. Whether your thing is connecting tourist attractions with highway miles or journeying beyond the outskirts of civilization, there's a new caravan out there for you.