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Rare breeds of chickens could soon come from entirely different types of hens. The University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute ​used gene editing techniques to create surrogate hens that grow up to produce eggs with all the genetic information of different breeds.

Minimally invasive surgery often sees large, expensive robots acting as a surgeon's hands inside the patient's body.​ A new cheaper “needle driver” is designed to precisely mimic the motions of a surgeon’s wrist and translate it to a tiny flexible claw, with no electronic or computerized parts.

Earlier this month, bad weather in Spain caused a vegetable shortage crisis in the UK, leading some supermarkets to ration the number of certain greens that customers could buy. Could creating a new line of broccoli for all seasons help avert another climate-induced veggie crisis?

Seeing the all-new Moar e-bike for the first time is knowing that it isn't your average pedelec. The bike includes fat tires, a 750W electric drive and a battery compartment that shoots off the back of the seat post to double as a cargo rack. This e-bike just packs "moar" than average.

Zoltan Istvan is a transhumanist, journalist, politician, writer and libertarian. We caught up with Istvan to chat about how transhumanist ideals can translate into politics, how technology is going to change us as humans and the dangers in not keeping up with new innovations.​

Aspiring amputees should check out this latest manned multirotor out of Russia. The Hoversurf Scorpion is a motorcycle-styled hoverbike with four high-speed props mounted right at leg-amputation level. And it's already flying high enough to bang the pilot's head on the rafters.

In 2014, EHX placed classic organ sounds at the feet of guitar players with the release of its B9 organ machine. Now the company has added synth sonics to its 9 Family with the development of the Synth9 synthesizer machine, Peter Gabriel and more.

​Why power your bike with just your legs, if your arms can be put to work too? That's the thinking behind the Varibike, an arm- and leg-powered bicycle. Two-wheelers aren't for everyone, though. It's with that in mind that the recumbent Varibike Trike is now being introduced.

​If you eat a lot of large predatory oceanic fish, such as tuna or swordfish, then you're at risk of mercury poisoning. Each individual big fish doesn't necessarily contain a lot of accumulated mercury, though, which is why scientists have created a probe that indicates which ones do.

In the thick Amazonian rainforest, moving goods around is tough going. WeRobotics, a non-profit that seeks to deploy robotics for humanitarian causes, believes there may be a better way of doing things, using drones to take a much more efficient route.

Honda stopped by the recent Miami International Boat Show to showcase a concept outboard engine that pulls design cues from the Acura NSX sports car ... because why shouldn't a luxurious boat for the rich and fashionable have a better-looking engine?

We've all been there: you're just drifting off to sleep and then realize you may have left the back door open. Spare a thought for the owners of the House in Morrillos, as they've got a total of 72 doors to check. Located in Chile, this beach house has some interesting ideas up its sleeve.