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It seems New Atlas readers like tent camping in all its forms – from backcountry to safari resort, and from ground to rooftop. The year saw some highly innovative tent designs, with some designers intent on minimizing weight down to the last milligram, others daring to go much bigger and heavier in order to create the most comfortable home away from home one will...

With its Felicity 10' Wide model, Colorado's Frontier Tiny Homes aims to offer the kind of experience you usually associate more with a "real" house. Featuring a spacious and light-filled interior layout, the towable dwelling boasts some nice home comforts, including a dishwasher and a bathtub.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

This year has produced more than its fair share of unique and outlandish architecture. From a sail-shaped skyscraper to a revolving house, here's our pick of the top 10 architectural oddities of 2024.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Tiny Footprint, House, Stadium

Just when you thought motorcycles couldn’t get any wilder, Yamaha has dropped the sci-fi-inspired Y/AI prototype. It’s built in partnership with Netflix for an anime called Tokyo Override, which is set in a dystopian Tokyo 100 years in the future.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Yamaha, Netflix, Concept Motorcycles, Prototype, Futuristic, Artificial Intelligence

Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look at the basics.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Nuclear, Waste, Features

The end of the year is traditionally a time for reflection, so we've gone back through 12 months of new ebike launches, tech developments and e-mobility highlights to compile our pick of 2024's top ebike innovations.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: ebikes, best-of-2024

About 20,000 components to every single BMW on the road today get put to the extreme test well beyond real-world expectations. Then again, sometimes a not-your-average-driver does subject their BMW to the same grueling conditions, like taking their M5 to Nürburgring Nordschleife for some fun weekend driving.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: BMW, Road Tests, Nurburgring

The M3 amphibious bridge and ferry system deploys in just 35 minutes and can support the weight of any of the main battle tanks in Europe. The system has recently been handed over to the Swedish military for the first time.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Bridge, Amphibious, General Dynamics UK, Warfare, Combat

On December 26, 2024, in broad daylight, China took to the skies with the test flights of two presumed sixth-generation delta-wing fighter jets. The more documented of the two, the Chengdu delta-wing craft, has been tentatively identified as the J-36.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: China, F35-Fighter, Stealth, Fighter

There’s nothing quite like a chopper. That stretched-out, low rider look, courtesy of extended forks with custom steering head angles, hardtail frames, and ape hangers. It’s like poetry in motion.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Custom, Custom Bikes, Choppers, Harley Davidson, V-Twin

Our modern lifestyles feature a lot of sitting, and while standing desks can be healthier options, they have their own problems. The new Ergo Desk combines both and adds a third option: a reclining desk, to ease chronic back pain.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Desk, Standing Desk, Desktop, Kickstarter, Home, Office, Workplace, Workstation

The first and largest of its kind: a 30 MW, pure-hydrogen electrical generator called the Jupiter One just completed its first successful full-system test.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: hydrogen-engine, Hydrogen-powered, Hydrogen, Solar-to-Hydrogen, China

Trap doors, low-profile stealth camping packages, electric expansion systems, all-terrain minivans and fully electric amphibious bicycles ... those are just a few of the ideas we saw pushed across the RV market in 2024. In fact, we found them all in the tiniest corner of the camper market – teardrop trailers, ultralight pickup campers and toppers, and mini-camper vans.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: mini-campervan, teardrop...

Though they are a standard feature in tiny houses, few people actually like to crawl into a loft-based bedroom. The Sandy tiny house addresses this issue by offering generous standing room in all three of its bedrooms.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

New research has found that an existing ADHD medication greatly reduced the number of days people with a methamphetamine dependence used the drug. With no current drug treatment to assist people in getting off meth, the study’s findings are promising.Continue ReadingCategory: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Substance use disorder, Methamphetamine, Drug dependence, ADHD

Escapod teardrops have come a long since we reviewed the original Topo trailer back in 2019. The early aluminum-on-wood design gave way to a more complex model: the all-composite single-shell Topo2, an even more stylish, colorful take on the iconic teardrop. Does the handsome arched fiberglas-composite pod hold its own on a trip through some of the rawest, most awe-inspiring terrain in the US...

Researchers have created a way to guide and control the development of stem cells into specific tissues and organs, opening the door to developing a means of one day tackling complex diseases like diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: Stem Cells, Genetic engineering, Restorative medicine, Cedars-Sinai, UCSF, Diabetes, Transplant

Working with a line of colon cancer cells, Korean researchers figured out a way to throw a few genetic switches to cause the cells to revert back to a healthy state. The technique could have major implications in the way we approach cancer treatment.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Cancer, KAIST, Genetic engineering, gene therapy, Cells, Tumors

As 2024 comes to a close, here's our pick of the best, most innovative, and most interesting tiny houses we've seen throughout the year.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home, best-of-2024

The Outlander 850 and 1000R, the largest of Can-Am’s ATVs, are new for 2025 with changes from headlights to tail lamps. I traveled to British Columbia to climb mountains on the new Outlander models. The crisp of fall had yet to turn to winter, allowing us to use snowmobile trails before the snow arrived. The heavily wooded and rocky high elevations of BC are...

As another year draws to a close, it's time to once again look back at the cycling-related innovations that made the biggest impression on us over the past 365 days. Read on, to check out a dual-chain bike, a whip-fast electronic shock, skeletal pedals and more.Continue Reading

"Go big or go home" was the motto of the ADV motorcycle industry for decades. But for a while now, a small-bore revolution has been gathering pace. The sub-500cc ADV class is now bristling with options, pointing to the next big automotive revolution.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Adventure Bikes, Honda, Royal Enfield, CFMoto, Kawasaki, Suzuki, KTM, Off-road

Nearly half of US adults admit they’d take one of the newer, injectable weight loss drugs, but that number falls significantly when they learn that the weight might come back when the meds are stopped. It’s indicative of a pattern of people discontinuing their weight loss drugs, and it’s something that has medical professionals concerned.Continue ReadingCategory: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: GLP-1,...

This year has produced a ton of excellent architecture projects, and with 2025 approaching, it's time to take a look back at some of our favorites. From skinny housing that fits into small inner-city areas, to an extraordinary pair of skyscrapers joined by a bridge, here's our selection of the best buildings from the past 12 months.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, best-of-2024,...