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A team at Columbia University has studied the health records of over ten million people across three different countries and discovered some compelling links between a person’s lifetime disease risk and the month they were born in.

​It was in 2013 that we first heard about the Rubbee, a device featuring a motorized roller that could be added to any bicycle to turn it into an e-bike. A new-and-improved version followed the next year, and now the even-newer-and-more-improved Rubbee X has just hit Kickstarter.

​Chances are, you probably don't like it when a courier leaves a delivered package just sitting on your doorstep. Well, that's why BoxLock Home was created. It's a padlock that only the courier and yourself (or someone of your choosing) can open.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope hasn't even reached the launch pad and it's already getting its first job orders. The internationally-developed, multi-billion-dollar instrument has been assigned 13 "early release" programs designed to study a wide variety of phenomena.

​An international team of astronomers has discovered a temperate Earth-sized world with the potential to harbor alien life. The planet, known as Ross 128 b, is located a mere 11 light-years from Earth, and will one day become the closest exoplanet to our Sun.

A genetic mutation in an Amish population seems to help them live longer and healthier lives, and protects them from diabetes and other age-related illnesses. A drug that mimics those effects is currently being trialled in humans, and could slow aging, prevent diabetes and even counteract baldness.

Amsterdam residents are reported to be responsible for about 23 kg of plastic waste per person per year. The New Raw says that the annual waste from every three residents should be enough to 3D print two XXX benches for deployment in public places throughout the nation's capital.

After a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, Nura has finally gone into production with its extraordinary headphones, which use high-tech auditory testing to tune themselves perfectly to every new set of ears. We've had our hands on a set for the last month.

After testing the waters with beta models in Asia, the X1 Explorer has launched on Kickstarter to bring it to the US. The pedal-free electric scooter/bike should be good for nearly 40 miles of range. And its X-shaped aluminum frame can be folded to travel mode in "a split second."​​

​Of the various companies that are developing flying cars, US-based Terrafugia is perhaps the one that we hear about the most … and it may soon become even more well-heard-of. That's because it's just been purchased in its entirety by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, for an undisclosed amount.

With wheel motors that eliminate the energy losses encountered with conventional drivetrains, the launch of the Chanje V8070 electric van in the US could prove to be a milestone in the resurgence of electric commercial vehicles.

​In some parts of the world, one of the main ways of obtaining drinking water involves using the heat of the sun to boil salty or tainted water. That process, known as "solar steam generation," may soon be made simpler and less expensive … using burnt wood.