odd look at news on the web
Surprise winner: USA has a new top-selling motorcycle brand
7 December 2025 @ 12:03 am
Think America and motorcycles, and almost instantly, you’re bound to think of Harley-Davidson – such is the cultural weight the brand has carried for more than a century. But here’s the surprise: the Milwaukee-based bikemaker is no longer America’s top-selling motorcycle company. In fact, it’s not even second.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Kawasaki, Autofocus glasses watch your eyes, and shift their focus accordingly
6 December 2025 @ 10:00 pm
Finnish startup IXI is on a mission to reinvent what eyewear can be, and it now seems to be just a step away from turning that vision into reality. The company's autofocus glasses are currently in the final stages of development before their official launch.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Eyewear, TCab's eVTOL air taxi aces the tricky hover-to-flight switch
6 December 2025 @ 8:03 pm
China's TCab Tech has successfully completed transition flight tests for its full-scale E20 eVTOL demonstrator, a major milestone that proves its aircraft can handle the most complex part of its flight envelope.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, America's most efficient EV is nearly 6% ahead of second place
6 December 2025 @ 5:03 pm
For the second year running, the Lucid Air sports the title of the most efficient electric vehicle (EV) in the US according to new EPA ratings. In doing so, it ranks above the likes of Tesla’s Model S and Mercedes-Benz’s EQS.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Lucid Motors, Want to own your own Waymo? 2026 could be your year
6 December 2025 @ 12:03 pm
Most fully autonomous cars are being deployed in commercial settings, such as those used by driverless-ride providers like Waymo. However, a new company called Tensor plans to bring an L4 robocar to consumers next year, and it looks damn impressive.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Tensor, $3,500 café racer makes us wonder: What is a motorcycle?
6 December 2025 @ 8:03 am
There seems to be a weird trend popping up of late. Electric motorcycles packaged as café racers, bundled as more than just commuters – but rather a style statement, a fashion piece if you will. We’ve got another one of these, but to be honest, calling it a proper motorcycle would be a stretch.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransFresh or fishy: Microneedle device spots sketchy seafood in real time
6 December 2025 @ 4:03 am
When you're checking the freshness of a piece of fish that you plan on eating, you want results right away. That's where a new microneedle-based sensor comes in, as it delivers a yay or nay in less than two minutes.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: American Chemical Society, Monash UniversityUltra-rare carnivorous 'killer plant' found lurking on city's doorstep
6 December 2025 @ 2:03 am
There's an old saying that everything in Australia wants to eat you – and this apparently includes plants, with the island a global hotbed of carnivorous species. Now, scientists have made a particularly special find, stumbling across thousands of ultra-rare meat-eaters banding together close to city limits.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: If you're stuck at a desk, sit on something decent
6 December 2025 @ 1:02 am
Let's face it, most of us are spending an unhealthy amount of time seated in front of screens. That makes buying a desk chair kind of a big deal. Personally, I'm very function-over-form. It could be the most beautifully ornate throne, handmade from unobtanium and unicorn pelt, but if it's not comfortable, I want nothing to do with it. It could be the ugliest thing you've ever seen, but if it's comfy, I'm in.Continue ReadingCategory: Noble sacrifice: Sick baby ants call in the cannibals
6 December 2025 @ 12:03 am
In a wide range of social species, when an animal is sick, it takes itself away from its group. Ant pupae are unable to move, however, so they've developed a unique mechanism that leads them to sacrifice their own life for the betterment of the nest.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Ants, Disease,