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We cover a lot of tiny houses here at New Atlas, but it can be difficult to get a handle on what it's actually like to live in one. So, when contacted by Newt Hau, enthusiastic owner of a recently-purchased tiny house we wrote about, we jumped at the chance to ask him about his experience so far.

​As we age, an enzyme in our skin known as elastase breaks down the elasticity-maintaining protein elastin, causing wrinkles to form. Now, however, scientists have developed a natural product that may keep this from happening – and it utilizes maple leaves.

Last week Nvidia unveiled the Quadro RTX series of GPUs for professionals and with a focus on ray tracing. With Gamescom kicking off in Cologne, Germany today, the company has now announced the gaming-focused versions, the GeForce RTX series, with an eye towards that same rendering technique.

​There’s little doubt that the neatly packaged nature of a certain Swedish furniture-maker’s products are a big reason for its success, and lately we’re seeing how flatpack kits have a certain allure for those looking for alternative housing solutions. Here are five of our favorites.

​Despite being great space-savers, All-in-One computers have been getting bigger and bigger over the years. Shuttle's new P20U bucks that trend and shrinks the touch display down to tablet size for a machine that's being aimed primarily at point-of-sale applications rather than tiny student digs.​

Scientists from Rice University, Texas, have identified a parasitic plant that preys on both trees and the wasps that use them as a nursery for their young. The team hope that their discovery could one day aid scientists in controlling agricultural pests, and maybe even help target cancer cells.

Stratolaunch has yet to send its first payload into orbit, but the company announced today that it is developing a new family of air-launched boosters that will enter service in 2020. The four rockets of various sizes will be carried by the world's largest aircraft, the Stratolaunch.

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has announced that its SR2000 floating tidal stream turbine prototype has managed to generate more than 3 GWh of renewable electricity during its first year of continuous operation.

US fighter pilots are having trouble breathing and NASA has been asked to look into it. Over the next few months, test pilots will spend 160 flight hours carrying out a series of exercises to help find out why aircrews have been affected in recent years by hypoxia and determine ways to address it.

​Even though tilapia may be raised on farms, the food that they eat still contains ecologically-important fish that are caught in the ocean, depleting wild stocks. That's why Dartmouth College scientists are now looking at replacing the fishmeal in that food with existing algae meal.

The Charge 3 is Fitbit's newest fitness tracker, picking up where the Charge 2 left off back in 2016. It brings with it a refined design, extra swim-tracking capabilities, sleep monitoring, and a larger display with full touchscreen capabilities – here's everything you need to know.

A new study is suggesting that normal age-related cognitive decline is caused not by neuronal cell death but actually a reduction in the plasticity of certain neurons.​ In mouse experiments the study revealed that this process could be reversed using a common antidepressant.