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For nearly 200 years, biologists felt they had a pretty good grasp of the nudibranch genus Thecacera. Consisting of six known species found in marine habitats around the world, these shell-less molluscs seemed as small as small could be, ranging from around half an inch to an inch long.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags:

Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Holly Seale, & Md Saiful Islam, UNSW Sydney/ The ConversationContinue ReadingCategory: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and MindTags: Ebola, Africa,

Sure, space travel sounds exciting, but space travelers are still workers – workers who could ordinarily go to restaurants for lunch or go home for dinner. And while the dining habits of cosmonauts, astronauts, taikonauts, and other void-venturers might seem trivial to us Earth-bound folks who’ll never get to traipse among the stars, space travelers do face serious complications from their truly risky missions in which they sacrifice days, months, or even years away from family, friends, and Earth to expand our knowledge and prepare a multiplanetary future for humanity.Continue ReadingCate

One week the world gets shown a glimpse of the future at the launch of the Luce – the first state-of-the-art electric Ferrari – then the next week we get the ultimate retro car, a monstrous five-liter 18-mpg V8 muscle car.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: AC Cars, AC Cobra,

This extra-wide tiny house uses its generous dimensions to create a spacious interior that includes two bedrooms, a practical living area, and some unusually premium touches – as well as a storage-integrated staircase unlike any other we've seen.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags:

Remember Dust Moto? I covered the largely impressive Hightail electric enduro a while back. It looks like the folks at Harley-Davidson’s electric spin-off, LiveWire, took notice, too. The American e-moto maker has just bought Dust Moto.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Harley Davidson,

Christopher Lieu, University of Colorado Anschutz/ The ConversationContinue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and MindTags: Pancreatic cancer, Drugs,

A few years back, South Africa's Bushwakka debuted one of the more creative Toyota Land Cruiser 4x4 micro-campers the world has seen, the Kamelback camper. Though it was built to house only two people, something about the multi-expanding camper module felt like it could easily fit more people. And now it does, as Bushwakka adds the Kamelback 4 to its lineup, fitting a two-bed expandable bunkhouse atop the bare rear chassis of one of the world's most rugged and trustworthy 4x4 platforms to redefine what it means to pack up the whole family and get away from it all.

Last month, tour guides in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard made a grisly discovery, chancing upon the carcasses of a young male polar bear and an adult walrus in an advanced state of decay. They alerted the authorities, who dispatched experts to collect samples.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: polar bears,

If it's ever been your dream to spend 22 hours on a non-stop flight from Sydney to London, then good news: Airbus has announced the maiden flight of the world's longest-range airliner, the Airbus A350-1000ULR, with a range of almost 10,000 nautical miles.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Airbus,