Northern lights enthrall in annual aurora photography collection

Auroras are among the most mesmerizing natural phenomena you can experience. To celebrate the art of aurora imagery, travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published its annual Northern Lights Photographer of the Year collection.

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3T releases a gravel bike inspired by Lamborghini’s nuttiest Huracan

The Huracan Sterrato is an odd duck indeed: a fancy Italian supercar fettled up for light dirt-squirting. But bicycle company 3T sees the Sterrato as the perfect metaphor for its high-end gravel bikes, so it's gone ahead and tarted one up to match.

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Odd, clever and crazy-light micro-camper trailers of 2022

This year saw the introduction of some of the most compact, lightweight camping trailers we've seen in decades of covering new RV launches. Some were rugged off-roaders, and others were simpler road tourers. These are our favorites.

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Stanford’s extra salty electrolyte makes for flameproof batteries

Scientists at Stanford University have cooked up a new electrolyte recipe that tackles battery flammability in a highly promising way, leaning on extra salt content to circumvent problematic chemical reactions.

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New branch on Tree of Life contains organisms unlike any others on Earth

Scientists have discovered a completely new branch on the tree of life. This “supergroup” contains an incredibly diverse range of predatory microbes that are extremely different genetically from any other form of life on Earth.

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RotorX opens pre-orders on its kit-build ultralight personal eVTOL

Kit helicopter manufacturer RotorX has stepped into the personal eVTOL fray with its own take on the manned multicopter. The Dragon promises to zip you around at up to 63 mph (101 km/h), with joystick control, auto-landing, and a ballistic parachute.

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Two studies deliver strong evidence linking depression and gut bacteria

Two new studies offer some of the strongest evidence to date for a relationship between depression and gut bacteria. The studies do not claim causality but do suggest a strong correlation that could inform novel diagnostic biomarkers for depression.

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Radical 1.5-lb Dyneema tent carries lighter than the clouds below it

Last year, Samaya impressed mountaineers and backpackers the world over with the ultralight Assaut 2 tent. Not two years later, it's back with the new Radical 1, an even lighter, smaller four-season tent that barely breaks half a kilogram.

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