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McLaren set tongues wagging when it unveiled the 720S at the Geneva Motor Show. This latest supercar is built on a brand new chassis, clever aerodynamic elements,​ and some absolutely bonkers performance claims. So what's the story behind that new face?

​When it comes to obliterating blood clots, doctors have at least two options: intravascular ultrasound tools or tiny diamond-tipped drills. Unfortunately, both approaches have drawbacks. A new ultrasound "drill," however, may strike the perfect balance between the two.

A team from the University of Bradford has developed a new technique for aging faces in photographic images, which could help those searching for persons that went missing as children years ago.

The ModVans CV1 modular camper van roams countrysides and cityscapes before converting back to passenger and cargo forms. When van life has to cede the stage to real life, the CV1 can handle daily commutes and errands just as well as it handles open-road adventures.

Defense company Kratos has announced that it will show two low-cost combat drones at the Paris Air Show next week, offering an insight as to what military conflicts might look like in the foreseeable future – a manned combat jet leading dozens of 1,000 km/h lethally-armed unmanned companions.

Having launched an all-new Super Series hero in Geneva, the McLaren team in Woking has ripped the top from its Sport Series flagship. Thanks to its clever carbon construction, the 570S Spider offers a similar driving experience to the 570S Coupe, but introduces a whole lot of sunlight to the mix.

Rolls-Royce will be wheeling out past Phantoms from famous owners in Mayfair to celebrate the launch of the Phantom VIII. The company has revealed the exhibition will include a Phantom owned by WWII Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery.

​The market for electric skateboards is becoming rather crowded, and we're seeing more creative ways for riders can move these things around. The Spectra skateboard is the latest example of this, doing away with the typical handheld remote and using sensor pads underfoot for control instead. ​

​When fisherman pulled in their net in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands and found a dead porpoise among their haul, they quickly threw the illegal bycatch back into the water. What they didn't know was they were throwing away an extremely rare scientific find.

Yamaha has made some changes to its YZ450F motocross racer for 2018, including an electric start, new suspension, a new frame and a revised "high traction" engine. It also has a built-in Wi-Fi hotspot, which gives riders the ability to adjust the fueling and ignition maps through a smartphone app.

​Sometimes, instead of trying to defeat a cyclist's high-security lock, bicycle thieves will actually saw through the rack to which a bike is locked. It's been happening in Portland, Oregon, so the city is installing a new type of bike-parking rack that just says No to saws.

Since the 1980s, astronomers have been searching for the Sun’s “evil” twin, dubbed Nemesis. Lately, the hypothesis has fallen out of favor after sky surveys have turned up no trace, but a new mathematical model from UC Berkeley suggests that almost every star is born with a buddy, including our Sun.