Remember the Mjølner? Not the mythical hammer of thunder from whence the name originated, but the equally earth-shaking V12 engine under development by Danish hypercar marque Zenvo. Welp, rip that "under development" tag clean off, as the first unit of the world's most powerful road-going V12 engine has been completed. The new quad-turbo 6.6-liter power plant will develop over 1,200 hp without violating the stricter emissions regulations coming into effect in the near future. And it will be just one of three motors powering Zenvo's latest hunk of four-wheel insanity.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Supercar, Zenvo Automotive, Hybrid, Engine Technologies, Mahle

You wanna drive a Mars rover? Well sorry, but you can't. You could, however, buy and drive a li'l four-wheel-drive rover that can be controlled from anywhere in the world via 4G cellular networks. Appropriately enough, it's called the EarthRover.

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Category: Robotics, Technology

Tags: Rover, Remote Control, 4G

Did you know you emit a variety of gases through your skin all day long? These vapors, which include carbon dioxide, water vapor, and volatile organic compounds such as ammonia, can reveal vital information about your metabolic status, disease states, and overall health. Now, there's a wearable that can detect and analyze these for you.

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Category: Medical Innovations, Body & Mind

Tags: Skin, Wearable, Northwestern University, Gas, Monitoring, Health, Healing

Four tiny 3D organs connected themselves in a lab dish, forming a replica of the human pain pathway, in a new study. The discovery allows scientists to better understand chronic pain and how pain perception is affected by conditions like autism and offers an animal-free method of testing pain treatments.

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

Tags: Chronic pain, Autism spectrum disorder, Pain hypersensitivity, organoid, Assembloid, Stanford University

How small can you realistically go before a tiny house becomes impractical? We're not sure, but Sweden's Vagabond Haven must be nearing that point with its Honey 216, which combines a well-designed but tiny interior with a price tag to match.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle

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

French scientists have uncovered an odd superpower triggered by tapping your finger to a rhythm – it can help you hear and understand someone talking to you in a noisy environment, such as a party or a busy cafe. While it may sound a little woo-woo, there is a reason for it.

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Category: Learning & Memory, Brain Health, Body & Mind

Tags: Aix-Marseille Universite, Hearing Impaired, Hearing, Language, ADHD, Developmental conditions, Neurological, Neuroscience, Motor Skills, Brain stimulation

I've loved being a cat parent to our little Neko over the last couple of years, but I don't envy folks with several cats who have to repeatedly clean out their litter boxes.

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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Pets, Cats, Kickstarter

A decade-long study of around 35 million Americans in 10 states has found that group A streptococcus infections have more than doubled by 2022. What's more, "strep" – which also causes a bizarre flesh-eating disease – had become shockingly resistant to common antibiotics.

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Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

Tags: CDC, Infections, Transmission, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Bacteria, Hygiene

If you've been wondering how long the day on Uranus is, you probably need to get out more. But if you have, you'll be interested to know that observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have shown that it's 28 seconds longer than previously thought.

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Category: Space, Science

Tags: Hubble, Uranus, Astronomy, ESA, Planet

If you're gonna be inserting an object into one of your bodily orifices anyways, why not have it check up on you while it's in there? That's exactly what the OpenEarable 2.0 earphones do, using integrated sensors to measure over 30 physiological parameters.

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Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Earbuds, Earphones, Diagnostic devices

An ambitious new timber tower in Toronto, Canada, is due to begin construction soon. Thanks to its innovative prefabricated wooden design, the residential building named 230 Royal York is expected to rise in a mere 90 days.

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Category: Architecture, Lifestyle

Tags: Building and Construction, Timber, sustainable design, Residential towers, Canada, Prefabricated

A report from UK-based climate and energy think tank Ember notes that clean energy sources accounted for 40.9% percent of electricity produced around the world in 2024.

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Category: Energy, Technology

Tags: Clean Energy, Solar Power, Wind Power, Electricity

Utah's Escapod already builds some of the market's sleekest composite teardrop trailers. Now it's turning its attention to offering a trailer tailored to the needs of mountain bikers, ebikers and other cyclists. The all-new Topo2 MTB features an integrated ebike-rated hitch rack, along with a veritable bike workshop. Combine those bonus features with the Topo2's existing multifunctional amenity set, and you have a towable multitool too bike-specific to call a Swiss Army trailer – Swiss Daysaver teardrop would be more accurate.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: escapod, teardrop trailers, Mountain Bikes, Caravan, trailers, Trailer, Camping, Off-road

Until now, ebike riders would have to juice up their steeds using a charger supplied by the seller. Ampler has just announced the Nova series, with a USB-C port for top-ups using a power brick you may already charge your laptop with.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted, USB Type C

There's plenty to gawk at (and in my case, fall head over heels in love with) in this futuristic new Chevrolet Corvette concept from GM. I'll save you the anticipation: it's not going into production. But hopefully, it's a shape of things to come from the American auto giant somewhere down the line.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Concept Cars, Chevrolet, Corvette, General Motors

Looking for life on Saturn's largest moon Titan may be trickier than first thought. New computer simulations suggest that if life exists, there may not be a lot of it about. In fact, the mass probably wouldn't amount to much of anything at all.

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Category: Space, Science

Tags: University of Arizona, Titan, Exobiology

Portable projectors like the Freedo, Zip and MoGo 3Pro can help take movie nights outside, but what if you don't have a plain flat wall to host the visuals? XGIMI has launched a relatively inexpensive portable screen designed specifically for projected entertainment outdoors.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: XGIMI, Screens, Projectors, Portable

The only de-extinction company in the world announced today that 12,500 years after it last roamed the earth, the dire wolf is no longer extinct.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Cloning, Extinction, Genetics, Animal science, Animals

Some electric skateboards are nice sedate things, designed for leisurely commutes on city sidewalks. The Mach One isn't one those boards. It boasts a Formula 1 racecar-inspired design, a carbon deck, and a top speed of 45 mph (72 km/h).

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Category: Urban Transport, Transport

Tags: Electric Skateboards, Carbon Fiber

In the ever-shifting winds of "who-did-it-bigger?," China has just taken a back seat to European wind company Siemens Gamesa. The firm recently planted a colossal, world-record-setting turbine in the Østerild test field in Denmark.

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Category: Energy, Technology

Tags: Offshore Wind, Floating offshore wind, Siemens, Green+Energy, China