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​​The Google Lunar XPrize has been almost a decade in the making, but 2017 will be the year that we finally have lift off. The XPrize foundation has today confirmed the five finalist teams that have secured launch contracts and will make the final push for the Moon's surface.

The Paris-Dakar Rally is one of the toughest tests in international motorsport, pitting cars against blazing heat and shifting sand dunes over the course of two weeks. Acciona has become the first team to survive it in an all-electric car, completing the 2017 event in the Acciona 100% EcoPowered.

​When you think of fitness trackers​, you probably picture a wrist-worn device from a company like Fitbit. But Welt, a product incubated in Samsung's C-Lab, moves the tracker to the waist. Read on for New Atlas' Welt smart belt review.

Zero-to-62 mph is a spec that the buyer of any performance vehicle is going to want to see, but not all vehicles are optimized to perform only on pavement. Land Rover experiments with how its 542-hp Range Rover Sport SVR accelerates on other terrain, including sand, snow and wet grass.

Shane Chen's Inventist is the firm responsible for an e-unicycle known as the Solowheel and the much copied Hovertrax "hoverboard." Now the team has hit Kickstarter with a new smaller and lighter version of the Solowheel called the Iota, which despite the name sports two wheels instead of one.

When hagfish are attacked, they shoot out a slimy substance that can seal the mouth and clog the gills of their enemy. Now, the US Navy has figured out a way to synthesize the slime – an achievement they say could do everything from repelling sharks to providing ballistics defense.​

There are a few reasons to seek alternatives to Apple AirPods: the current six-week wait, the US$159 price tag, the fear that they'll fall out. Regardless of your hangup, here are New Atlas’ top AirPod alternatives.

We spent the day looking around London Toy Fair 2017 to find the best new tech and STEAM toys. Read on to see what took our fancy, from selfie drones and a Star Wars camera to giant robot spiders and augmented reality pop-up storybooks.

​Silk may be strong, elastic and biodegradable, but unfortunately it's also expensive. With that in mind, scientists recently set out to produce lower-cost artificial silk. They've already succeeded in producing small quantities, using whey protein.

​The alligator gar is a pretty fearsome predator, but it may actually end up helping to keep people from getting hurt. Scientists at Montreal's McGill University have developed a protective ceramic coating for work gloves, inspired by the fish's scales.

​​We know that plankton are too small to swim on their own, so how do these little drifters get to where they need to go? Seeking answers to this question along with other insights about our oceans, scientists have built underwater robots that mimic plankton behavior.

Amidst its smartphone woes​ and headlining home appliances, Samsung is quietly updating its laptop lineup in the early part of 2017. Here's how its Chromebook Plus and Pro (identical except for their processors) stack up against the updated, ultra-light 13-inch Notebook 9.