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2016 has been a big year for tiny houses, from small, affordable weekenders to larger, more expensive towable homes that offer nearly as much space as a small brick-and-mortar house. Read on for our pick of the most innovative, interesting, and attractive tiny houses we've seen this year​.

Doctors start administering antibiotics as soon as they suspect that harmful bacteria are in the bloodstream. Using these too often, however, can lead to antibiotic resistance. That's why scientists are developing a method of blood purification that involves drawing the bacteria out with magnets.​

Looking to rule out the possibility of blood samples spoiling when being transported by drone, scientists have loaded the aircraft up with blood bags and closely monitored their makeup before and after the journey, finding that the flight had no observable impact on the quality of the goods. ​

In 1907, UPS started out making deliveries by bicycle. Flash forward to 2012, and the company began a pilot project in Hamburg, Germany, using electric-assist "Cargo Cruiser" tricycles for deliveries. Now, UPS has started a similar program in the city of Portland, Oregon.

Classic muscle cars weren't known for being easy vehicles to drive. It's a very different story in 2016, with the advent of traction control turning big, powerful muscle cars into pussycats. Now Dodge is making life easier again, adding all-wheel drive to the Challenger.

It's all too easy to forget to put an automatic transmission car in "park," but the consequences of a parked car rolling away can be very serious. Ford has developed "Return to Park" functionality, which detects when a driver is exiting a vehicle and automatically selects the P mode.

Car and aircraft engine makers are all chasing engine weight savings, but boat makers too are getting in on the act. Yamaha has unveiled a new F25 motor, which is just as powerful as the engine it replaces, but significantly lighter.

Researchers at MIT have invented a printing process that could turn a lot of potential breakthroughs, such as electricity-generating clothing and smart sutures, into an inexpensive reality.

After revealing the Switch back in October, Nintendo said we wouldn’t get any more details until January. Although we didn’t learn anything new, the company gave us another tantalizing peek of the console, along with Mario’s first mobile game, this week on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

​Space pioneer and former US senator John Glenn has died at the age of 95, after a brief stay in hospital. One of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, Glenn was America's first man to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.

Upcoming auctions include a first edition of Newton's Principia and The North American Indian. Sales last week included an autograph manuscript of Mahler's Second Symphony, Description de l'Égypte, a $3 million baseball card, a 4000 year-old model boat and an Alexander Fleming penicillin culture.​

​There’s only so much palaeontologists can learn about prehistoric animals from fossilized bones, so on rare occasions when ancient soft tissues turn up, it’s worth taking note. Now a section of a dinosaur’s tail, complete with feathers, has been found trapped in a piece of amber.