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Fairphone's repairable earbuds get a glow-up in every way

October 17, 2026 | Abhimanyu Ghoshal
Fairphone's just released its Fairbuds 2 wireless earbuds, which can not only be fixed easily, but also improve on the original pair that came out in 2024. Expect better sound and noise cancelation, longer battery life, and a slick new design.

Do the Tesla Roadster's aerial stunts count as flying?

October 15, 2026 | Abhimanyu Ghoshal
Elon Musk is known for blowing hot air, but he's finally delivering on his bold claims of a new Tesla Roadster. It was rumored to be able to fly – and at its launch event, it demonstrated that it could at least leap into the air.

Bioinspired robot airdrops into remote waters via morphing wing-sail

October 17, 2026 | Etiido Uko
“Fall like a maple seed, sail like a boat” sounds like advice from legendary heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali. In reality, it describes a new robotic platform scientists have created for fast, long-term deployment to monitor remote waters.

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Described as a tiny house with room to breathe, the Tinde actually lives up to that promise. It features a spacious interior and multiple sleeping areas, while a large porch also adds outdoor living space.
In a tiny house scene dominated by larger models suitable for families, the Traveler rolls down another path. This affordable tiny house prioritizes portability, and would suit nomads and those who don't need a lot of extra space.
Tiny houses often have skylights, but the Atlas goes a step further. It features a rolling bed platform that slides onto its deck area, allowing the owners to lounge around or even spend the whole night outside.
A honey bee’s barbed sting could be among the most sophisticated of venom-delivery systems in the natural world. Despite knowing about this relatively unusual anatomy for more than a century, nobody had ever observed it in action. Until now.
It’s easy to pan the Charger Sixpack as a muscle car wannabe based purely on it having two cylinders less than traditional cars in this genre. Then you drive one. That changes that thinking, and quick.
Melbourne's memobottle built its name on flat, bag-friendly bottles. Its first round model, the memo Round, centers on a lid that pulls apart into three pieces in seconds, tackling the mold that hides in most insulated bottle lids.

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Scientists have uncovered an intriguing link between infection and brain health, finding that a common bacterium may advance cognitive decline. It's the latest evidence suggesting that bacteria and infections play a key role in destroying our brains.
Scientists at KIST have built a working electric motor with metal-free windings, replacing copper entirely. It's much lighter and could reshape the future of EVs, drones, and electric aircraft.
Dinosaurs may be long extinct, but 2025 made it clear that they’re anything but settled science. New fossils, reanalyses of famous specimens and increasingly sophisticated tools have helped us learn more about how they lived, moved, fed and evolved.
There are knives, good knives, great knives, and classic knives. Then there are the knives that are flat-out legends with remarkable stories behind them. One of these is the instantly recognizable Puma White Hunter that redefined the hunting knife.
Ford has been busily debuting new Nugget camper vans over the past few years, and it's now preparing to reveal the one it calls "completely winter-proof." The fully hard-sided four-sleeper Nugget High Roof will offer something VW doesn't.
The new Auriga Explorer camper truck looks almost as fast and ferocious as a Dakar rig. But it's made for slow travel, the kind that sees you link together wandering days with cozy nights in a mobile 4-person hut expanded by pop-top and 3 slide-outs.
Construction on the new world's tallest skyscraper is rapidly approaching a major milestone. Saudi Arabia's JEC Tower is racing towards 100 floors, making it another step closer to achieving its projected 2028 completion date.
What does US$21,000 get you in automotive terms? Kia Soul, Chevrolet Trax, Nissan Versa, Hyundai Venue … You see a trend there, right? None of those cars is electric, and none of them are flagships by any stretch. The bZ7 is all that and more!