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We've seen our fair-share of notable tiny houses, but putting one near an active volcano is definitely a first. The recently-completed Phoenix House sleeps two people and runs off-the-grid with a solar power setup. It's currently available for rent as a vacation home.

​​Drones could bring benefit to disaster-relief scenarios by serving as temporary communications networks in place of those destroyed by the event. Researchers have now taken a step forward in this area by demonstrating a drone-based cell network that offers coverage kilometers away. ​

The most crucial piece of motorcycle safety gear is often explored as an exploitable field for add-on safety systems. Privileged with high-visibility positioning, helmets can be outfitted with head-up display kits, intelligent brake lights, or, as Zona now proposes, the feed from a rear view camera.

Red Bull drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen recently had an unusual race. They took to the track to race a pair of Aston Martin Vanquish convertibles ... with caravans in tow. Naturally, the race car drivers pushed (or, we suppose, pulled) the trailers to the limit ... and well beyond.

At some point in the evolution of VR and AR, headsets will track our bare hands in what's essentially real time. One firm already has an SDK that allows developers to bake hand tracking directly into their apps, using a smartphone camera.

Who wants to carry a fully loaded modern cooler, often a war zone-ready hunk of roto-molded plastic, plus chairs and other gear, meters or miles to the campsite? The Real Wheel presents a better way - a mono-wheel cart that rolls over pavement, rock, sand and whatever else is in the way.

For the first time, scientists have extracted full nuclear genome data from ancient Egyptian mummies. The results offer exciting insights into how different ancient civilizations intermingled and also establishes a breakthrough precedent in our ability to study ancient DNA.

The Lumix DMC-GX850 might look like a classic camera, but it's actually a snapper for the selfie generation. With a flip-up screen, versatile lens and variety of shooting modes, the camera has all the tools to improve your social feed. But does it do enough to justify carrying a camera and a phone?

For flamingoes, snoozing while supporting their whole body weight on one stick-thin leg seems to be a natural first choice, and scientists don’t really know why. Now researchers at Georgia Tech believe they’ve cracked the case, and it could lead to better-balancing robots or prosthetic limbs.

One of the many nice things about PC-based VR is the ability to display what the headset wearer is seeing on a monitor. Today display mirroring makes its way to mobile VR, courtesy of Chromecast support for the Samsung Gear VR​.

​​Scientists have taught us pretty much all that we know about the animal kingdom, but are there times when they are better off keeping their discoveries to themselves?

Whether water has a taste of its own or is merely a flavor carrier has long divided the scientific community. A new study by Caltech researchers could help advance this debate: according to their findings, not only does such a sense exist, but it's located in an unexpected place.