China's colossal tunneling machine bores AND blasts through raw ground
New Atlasby David Szondy·23 Aug 2026
China has unveiled the world's largest multi-tool as it rolled out the world's first Boring and Blasting Machine (BBM) that combines a tunnel-boring machine with the ability to set explosives to...
Italian moto marque launches big US comeback with 5 limited-run bikes
New Atlasby Utkarsh Sood·23 Aug 2026
Bimota has never really been in the business of making motorcycles for everybody. Since its birth in 1973, the Italian marque has made a name for itself doing things the unnecessarily complicated...
V12 muscle car is the most powerful front-engined supercar ever
New Atlasby Abhimanyu Ghoshal·22 Aug 2026
Aston Martin's latest offering presents a radical departure from its usual design direction. If you like your cars burly and mean, you'll dig the Valen. It's also plenty fast.
New process spins nuclear waste into radioactive 'gold'
New Atlasby David Szondy·22 Aug 2026
The United States has about 94,000 tonnes of nuclear waste in storage, though that's a bit like calling all that gold in Fort Knox "waste."
Plastic-free vegan leather sees production-scale breakthrough
New Atlasby Maryna Holovnova·22 Aug 2026
Scientists have been searching for ethical, high-quality alternatives to animal leather, which notoriously comes with environmental costs and ethical compromises.
CFMoto's liter-class adventure bike lands in the USA for $12,499
New Atlasby Utkarsh Sood·22 Aug 2026
Liter-class motorcycles haven’t exactly been accessible per se. Not just state-of-the-art superbikes that look like Greek goddesses, but even something as rugged and exposed as the Honda Africa...
Review: 2026 Audi SQ5 delivers sensible misbehavior
New Atlasby Aaron Turpen·22 Aug 2026
There is a particular kind of automotive ridiculousness that I find charming. The 2026 Audi SQ5 is a family crossover with five seats, a useful cargo area, and all-wheel drive.
Ferrari just sold the wildly divisive Luce SUV for 62x asking price
New Atlasby Abhimanyu Ghoshal·21 Aug 2026
As Ferrari revealed its first electric car to the public over the last few months, it first drew immense praise for the inventive interiors with a focus on physical controls.
Boldly twisted tower lures you into its Escher-like space to spy on birds
New Atlasby Bronwyn Thompson·21 Aug 2026
A new 19.9-meter (65-ft) tower rises like a brutalist-inspired, twisted monolith above its rural surroundings, providing a space for watching migratory birds that populate Wuhan's Chenhu Wetland...
HoverAir's latest flyer eradicates divide between pocket cam and drone
New Atlasby Monica J. White·21 Aug 2026
The line between a pocket camera and a drone keeps getting blurrier, and HoverAir has just about erased it.
Tiny titanium keyring puts a versatile toolkit in your pocket
New Atlasby Abhimanyu Ghoshal·21 Aug 2026
This new piece of EDC gear we've spotted looks like a handy little screwdriver with bit storage. However, it serves two additional functions beyond fastening that make it practical for more than...
New excavator interface lets rookies match veteran operators on day one
New Atlasby Omar Kardoudi·21 Aug 2026
Watching skilled excavator operators work is almost hypnotic. They make it look so easy that the machine seems to move like an extension of the operator's own arm.
NASA abandons orbit-boost attempt to rescue Swift space telescope
New Atlasby David Szondy·21 Aug 2026
The mission to rescue NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory space telescope may be in need of some rescuing itself.
'Light pumping' bends beams in femtoseconds toward faster computing
New Atlasby Malcolm Azania·20 Aug 2026
As sighted creatures, humans have always used light for communication through body language, writing, smoke signals, and more.
Plug-n-play US camper pod turns a bare van into a homey RV in 1 hour
New Atlasby C.C. Weiss·20 Aug 2026
I want the camper van ... but without tying myself to one van. That's essentially what spinoff brand Hunker sells with its new slide-in camper system.
Tiny turtles to cuttlefish combat: 2026 photo winners revealed
New Atlasby Bronwyn Thompson·20 Aug 2026
It's that time of the year again – when nature photo competition winners are announced and we get to look at some amazing images that remind us that the world is made up of more than AI slop.
New timber office tower to become tallest in the USA
New Atlasby Adam Williams·20 Aug 2026
Plans have been revealed for an ambitious wooden high-rise in Bellevue, Washington, that will set a new height record.
Fast-fold mini e-scooter powers a smooth urban commute
New Atlasby Simon Heptinstall·20 Aug 2026
Chinese mini-transport engineering company Blizwheel has spent years evolving lightweight electric scooters that fold like origami to become small enough to vanish inside a standard backpack.
Yamaha brings its smallest roadster to the West
New Atlasby Utkarsh Sood·20 Aug 2026
Personally, I’ve always loved the Yamaha XSR lineup. I think the 700 and 900 are brilliant-looking motorcycles that most people can hop on, ride practically anywhere, and have a ball while doing...
A ‘living GLP-1 drug’ could revolutionize diabetes treatment
New Atlasby Mike McRae·20 Aug 2026
Bacteria engineered to sense and reduce glucose levels could be the future of type 2 diabetes treatments, following pre-clinical trials on animal models.
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