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​​From bacteria to butterflies, creatures have long relied upon the Earth's magnetic field to navigate. Eels are another animal that possess this fascinating ability​, but researchers have discovered that they use the talent in a unique way that lets them travel far with minimal energy.​

Lockheed Martin has provided a glimpse of its Sikorsky-Boeing Future Vertical Lift concept. The futuristic helicopter comes in Assault and Attack variants that build on the X2 demonstrator that set an unofficial helicopter speed record in 2010.

With the 840-hp Demon, you'd think Dodge would have the most powerful new muscle car at the New York Auto Show. But you'd be wrong. Trans Am Worldwide has revealed a wild project that combines GM underpinnings, 1970s Pontiac Firebird Trans Am looks, and 1,000 hp of supercharged V8 muscle.

​For the past several years, Urban Aeronautics has been developing a military VTOL aircraft called the Cormorant. The company's Metro Skyways subsidiary is also exploring the possibility of a civilian aircraft based on the technology. The first details of that aircraft have now been released.

Hyundai's Genesis luxury marque is working to nudge its way into the conversation alongside more established luxury leaders. At the New York Auto Show, it's catching hold of eyes and minds with a rolling piece of fuel cell jewelry it calls the GV80, an SUV concept.

​​Honda's Miimo robotic lawn mower has been trimming lawns in Europe for a couple of years, and now it's setting its autonomous mowing sights on yards in the US. Honda will offer two Miimo models, the HRM 310 that can handle lawns up to 0.5 acres, and the HRM 520 that tackles lawns up to 0.75 acres.

Hydrogen sulfide is not a gas that is usually described as life sustaining. However while its toxic fumes might knock most of us out, there is a creature that thrives on this toxic gas – the giant shipworm, a mysterious mud-dwelling creature that has eluded scientists till now.

Travel can be a joy, except when jet lag sets in. While light therapy and melatonin have been shown to help the symptoms of the condition, there is no real cure. New research however, might one day make getting over your disrupted body clock as simple as taking a few eye drops.

Paramedics experience more job-related injuries than workers in almost any other sector. According to research conducted by the University of Waterloo, however, there's a straightforward way of bringing those injury rates down by up to 78 percent: equip paramedics with powered stretchers.​

Lockheed Martin has released a new video showing one of its two S-97 Raider prototype attack helicopters strutting its aerial stuff. The Raider is being developed as part of a bid to provide the US armed forces with their next generation of combat rotorcraft.

A new suite of apps from MIT is designed to make productive use of those "micro-moments" throughout the day. Instead of twiddling your thumbs, bite-sized vocab tasks help you learn a language while you wait.

The average motorcycle show attendee in the US has gotten used to events that feature a range of chopped, bobbed, lowered and chromed out V-twins that mostly wear the Harley Davidson badge. Then there's the Quail Motorcycle Gathering, where the bikes and the crowd are far more diverse.​