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​Traditional synthetic hair dyes can be quite toxic, not only to our bodies, but also to the environment. As a result, scientists are developing non-toxic dyes based on substances such as graphene. Now, it appears that waste blackcurrant skins can also do the job.

​If there's one thing that robots are good for, it's reducing costs by performing tasks that would otherwise go to human workers. That was part of the inspiration behind Spyce, a new budget-friendly fast food restaurant that has a robotized kitchen.

​A potentially revolutionary breakthrough from the University of Virginia School of Medicine​ reveals how our cells can wrinkle with age, resulting in genes not being expressed properly. And the solution could be a novel cellular anti-wrinkle cream, delivered by custom-built viruses.​

A team has directly observed a unique neural motor firing pattern outside of the brain or central nervous system. The pattern of neuronal firing, in the intestine, showed exactly how our enteric nervous system coordinates contractions in our gastrointestinal tract.

VR is great at immersing us in gigantic worlds that seem to go on forever – until you bump into the living room wall. Now computer scientists have developed a system that tricks you into walking around in circles in the real world, while thinking you’re moving longer distances in the virtual world.

Possibly the biggest highlight of Overland Expo West is the field of big, all-terrain motorhomes, monsters that we rarely see on roads or at camp. Along with those huge expedition rigs, we've gathered pickup campers, SUV campers, roof-top tents and all the other sights into one final show gallery.

The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este has been an annual event for 91 years. Across that time, it has been the home of automotive passion in the most passionate automotive country.

Late last year, UK firm Qwest Norfolk completed a stylish rework of the back end of a Tesla Model S P90D to transform the electric car into a shooting brake. Now Dutch firm RemetzCar has also attacked the rear of a Model S for the first of 20 electric shooting brakes.

Autonomous motorcycles might seem like the answer to a question nobody asked, but Britain's AB Dynamics has come up with an excellent use case for them: training autonomous cars to deal with the quickness and maneuverability of motorcycles without putting human riders at risk.

Many cities have busking musicians belting out some tunes so that the public can show their appreciation by throwing loose change into a guitar case. London is no exception, but thanks to a new project launched by iZettle and Busk in London, folks will now be able to tap-to-pay using credit cards.

Psychedelic Medicine 101 is a series investigating the psychedelic renaissance in medical research, examining the past, present and future clinical uses of these formerly taboo substances.

After nearly a decade in development, Belgian startup Magnax claims it has developed an ultra-high power, lightweight, compact axial flux electric motor with performance figures that blow away everything in the conventional world. Crucially, it says it's worked out how to manufacture them, too.