The Tiffin GH1 all-terrain camper van was one of the most pleasant RV surprises of 2024. Designed much like a Winnebago Revel but with a few signature tricks up its sleeve, the GH1 hit the market with a sticker price over US$55,000 lower than Winnebago's well-established AWD camper. Now Tiffin is moving up to Winnebago's pricing ballpark, albeit with a stretched Sprinter AWD camper van that offers more space for a comparable base price.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Campervan, Off-road, Off-grid, Camping, RV, Mercedes-Benz, Outdoors and Camping, overland-expo-west-2025

A miniature wrench can certainly be handy, but do you really want to carry it everywhere if it only serves one purpose? That's where the Titanium Mini Portable Wrench comes in, as it packs a total of eight functions.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Multitools, EDC, Wrench, Titanium, Kickstarter

Drawing parallels with other species, not naming names, the voices of female frogs are being drowned out by their much louder male counterparts – so much so we only know how 1.4% of the ladies actually sound.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: University of Sao Paulo, Frogs, Amphibious, Communications, Animal science, Conservation

One of the worries about microplastic particle pollution is the possibility that the particles may accumulate harmful bacteria in the environment, then pass those microbes on to us. Well, that germ-grabbing capability could soon put the particles to work as sewage monitors in rivers.

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Category: Environment, Science

Tags: Microplastic, Pollution, Sewage, Water Conservation

Though slim is in as far as smartphones are concerned, they're probably not going to be the first choice for adventurous types. That's likely to be a multi-function rugged phone, and the latest from FossiBot features a huge battery, color night-vision camera and a powerful dual-beam flashlight.

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Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Rugged, smartphones, Kickstarter, Night Vision

There are now enough different types of powered personal watercraft, you might not want to commit to buying just one. Well, that's where the Propel kit comes in, as it combines five different aquatic electric rigs in one modular package.

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Category: Marine, Transport

Tags: paddleboarding, eFoil, electric surfboards, Watercraft, Electric Boats, Modular, Indiegogo

Dragon Tiny Homes previously impressed us with its Kemi model back in 2024. Now, the firm has gone back to the drawing board with a redesign that makes some careful tweaks and improvements to the compact tiny house, allowing it to sleep up to four people in comfort.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

A US startup is looking to our closest satellite to fill a resources gap here on Earth. Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon. Interlune has now revealed a full-scale excavator prototype that forms a key component of its lunar Harvester.

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Category: Space, Science

Tags: Moon, Resources, Helium, Mining

A paradigm shift in the way we treat spinal injuries is now in sight, with the world's first regenerative cell therapy being granted approval for a registrational Phase I clinical trial. It's a historical milestone that could successfully treat what has, until now, been an incurable condition.

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Category: Chronic Pain, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

Tags: FDA, Sports injury, Spinal cord injury, Stem Cells, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS), gene therapy, progenitor-cells, Regenerative Medicine

Apparently, salmon sperm injections are the new big thing in anti-aging or rejuvenating facial treatments. Once the immediate visceral reaction to the treatment’s ingredients subsides, the obvious next question is: Is there any science behind the celebrity-backed treatment?

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Category: Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

Tags: anti-aging, Healthy aging, Aging, Facial

Welcome to Science Class 101. I’m your teacher for the next few minutes, to break down what it is about D3O’s non-Newtonian material that makes its upcoming range of helmet protection potentially revolutionary.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: d3o, Helmets, Protection, Armor, Impact

As any wellness expert will tell you, if you want to avoid becoming dangerously dehydrated, you have to drink before you start feeling thirsty. So, how do you know when to do so? According to a new study, a simple tap of your smartphone screen may soon provide the answer.

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Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

Tags: KAUST, Capacative Sensing Technology, Smartphone diagnostics, Hydration

Positive results from clinical trials of an immune therapy in dogs with bone cancer have been used to fast-track the development of the drug to treat children with the same cancer. It highlights how leveraging our genetic similarity can benefit both species.

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Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

Tags: Bone cancer, Osteosarcoma, Immunotherapy, clinical trials, Comparative oncology

If you're hoping that reef-restoring coral larvae will settle down in damaged reefs, you can't just sit around and wait for it to happen. You have to get out there and entice the larvae, which is exactly what a new algae-based gel is designed to do.

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Category: Environment, Science

Tags: UC San Diego, Scripps Research Institute, Coral, Algae, Hydrogels

MAD Architects has completed its long-anticipated Fenix project in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The prestigious Chinese studio has transformed a historic warehouse into a museum exploring global migration, which is crowned by an eye-catching twisting "Tornado" viewing point on its roof.

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Category: Architecture, Lifestyle

Tags: MAD Architects, Building and Construction, Museum, Renovation

In a study of newlywed couples, researchers found that depression and anxiety can be passed from one spouse to the other via the oral microbiome, which is transferred during close contact, such as kissing.

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Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body & Mind

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Microbiome, Oral bacteria

On May 31, Voyager 1 will be the guest of honor at what may be the most exclusive concert in history. To mark the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, ESA will beam a live performance of "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" to NASA's deep space probe.

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Category: Space, Science

Tags: NASA, Voyager, ESA, Music Streaming

BMW Motorrad has dropped jaws at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d’Este with a spectacular new concept motorcycle – a glimpse at the future of the barnstorming M1000RR superbike on which Toprak Razgatlıoğlu stoppied his way to the 2024 WSBK championship title.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: BMW Motorrad, Superbike, Yamaha

In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such engines could help propel future hypersonic vehicles.

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Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Hypersonic, Rotating Detonation Engines

For nearly 10 years I have written about science and technology and I’ve been an early adopter of new tech for much longer. As a teenager in the mid-1990s I annoyed the hell out of my family by jamming up the phone line for hours with a dial-up modem; connecting to bulletin board communities all over the country.

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Category: AI & Humanoids, Technology

Tags: LLM (Large Language Model), GPT, Open AI, Creative, Writing