After several busy years of ebike and bicycle camper debuts, the segment really seemed to slow down in 2025. In fact, we only saw one new bicycle camper debut this year, in the form of the truly one-of-a-kind Spacecamper e-cargo-integrated nano-motorhome. Before the year officially twilights, though, one more bike camper has emerged and grabbed our attention. And it's the one that bears the closest resemblance to a full-on automobile teardrop. The Bike Camper from France's Nirvana Van can be left a basic empty shell or optioned up with kitchen equipment, solar-charged battery, windows and awning.

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Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors

Tags: bike-campers, Camping, Bicycle, Bikepacking, RV, Trailer, trailers, Caravan, Outdoors and Camping, ebikes

Many of the tiny houses we see nowadays can actually be surprisingly expensive and quite spacious, with some even suitable for raising a family. However, the Ambra focuses on the basics and delivers a genuinely small, affordable home for up to two people.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

I haven't tried this product, but even through a screen, it looks like a remarkable little travel accessory for busy businesspeople.

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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Gadgets, Travel, Clothing, Kickstarter

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter research.

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Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Artificial sweetener, Brain, Cognitive functioning, Heart, metabolism, Energy, Chronic

I never once dreamed of having automated blinds until one day, when Smartwings reached out for a review. I was hesitant at first because I live in a rental, but then I thought I'd for sure get my deposit back when we eventually move out after an upgrade like automatic shades, right?

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Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle

Tags: Smart windows, Smart Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa

For nearly a century, a strange band of thousands of holes carved into a Peruvian hillside has defied explanation. Stretching for nearly a mile (1.5 km) along the edge of the Pisco Valley, Monte Sierpe – "serpent mountain" appears to be a deliberate, repetitive and almost mathematical feature – but its real purpose has so far eluded scientists.

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Category: Environment, Science

Tags: University of Sydney, Market, Agriculture, Mountain, Archeology, Farming, Mathematics

Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero's Generation 6 eVTOL aircraft has completed its historic maiden flight. On December 16, 2025 at 12:26 pm PST, the autonomous passenger carrier lifted off from the Wisk flight test facility at Hollister, California.

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Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Boeing, Wisk, eVTOL

Step aside, Van Gogh. Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival. New research shows that several orb-weaving species construct giant web-mounted “doppelgängers” convincing enough to confuse potential predators. It’s an unexpectedly clever form of deception that blurs the line between instinct and ingenuity.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Spiders, Art, Predator, Evolution

Micro RGB for TVs is a thing now, and it promises to be the next major display tech for home entertainment. We've already seen a couple of models from the likes of Samsung and Hisense, and it looks like more brands are getting in on the action next year. Whether it should feature in your checklist while shopping for a TV in 2026 depends largely on whether you're really an early adopter, and if money is no object.

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Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: TV, Samsung, LG, Hisense, miniLED, Television

Mitsubishi teased an update of its legendary, small, rugged Delica van a couple months back at the Tokyo Motor Show. Looking at the prototype it showed there, we wouldn't have pegged it as "the strongest ever," but that's how Mitsubishi announced it during the official production introduction this week.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Van, Mitsubishi, Minivan, mini-campervan, Campervan

Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and dental records – that could come in handy while investigating crimes.

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Category: Science

Tags: Forensics, Protein, Hair, Edith Cowan University, Crime, DNA, Identification

Tattoos have gained widespread popularity, with nearly one in three Americans having at least one. But beneath the colorful designs lurks a hidden journey. According to a new study, tattoo ink doesn’t stay in the skin; it travels and accumulates in the lymph nodes, potentially causing lifelong changes to the immune system. The findings offer no conclusion as to whether these changes are positive or negative, but suggest that pigment retention in lymph nodes can persistently alter local immunity.

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Category: Body and Mind

Tags: Tattoo, The Immune System, Lymphatic system

Europe's lofty plan to phase out the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars by 2035 – which was laid out back in 2022 after tense negotiations – now seems all but dead. The European Commission (EC) announced this week that it's dropping the ban on new gas-powered cars and vans a decade from now, owing to pressure from the continent's automotive industry.

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Category: Transport

Tags: Car, Europe, Pollution, Emissions Control, Emissions

It's ironic … in order for farmers to know if their fruit is ripe, they regularly have to pick and analyze pieces of that fruit, reducing their yields. Utilizing a new technique, however, they could soon leave all the fruit intact, analyzing the leaves beside it instead.

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Category: Science

Tags: Agriculture, Crops, Plants, Fruit, Food technology

Hepatitis C is a tiny virus with a significant impact. It's a small RNA virus that spreads through the blood and infects the liver. Even though today's medicines can cure it, hepatitis C remains a major global health challenge. Around 50 million people worldwide live with this infection, and every year, about 242,000 people die, mostly because long‑term infection can scar the liver or lead to liver cancer.

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Category: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind

Tags: Diagnostic tools, Diagnostic devices, Hepatitis C, Virus

Bringing a taste of Japanese camping flair and fashion to the United States, the Grayhus tent from Tokyo Crafts is a fantastically geometric wilderness abode that elevates the outdoor experience, whether you're inside or viewing from afar its juxtaposition against the organic flow of its natural surrounds. The tent smartly adapts to the situation at hand, serving as spacious open-air canopy, insect-free screen room, and guyed-out, battened-down four-person glamping shelter tested to 55 mph (85 km/h).

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Category: Tents, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Camping, Glamping, Tent, Japanese

Nobody likes potholes, nor do they like the environmental damage associated with the petroleum utilized in traditional asphalt bitumen. That's why scientists are now looking at replacing the latter with a binder derived from everyone's green friend, algae.

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Category: Materials, Science

Tags: Arizona State University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Algae, Road, Environmentally-friendly

When you're hiking or camping in the woods, a carabiner's great to have on hand for making your gear more accessible and securing items together. This rugged new one from Hong Kong-based brand Pivot X goes several steps further by cramming in a bunch of useful tools into its sturdy frame – including a knife, a hex wrench, and even a little flashlight.

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Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Outdoors and Camping, Knife, EDC, Camping, Kickstarter

When one eye is deprived of vision early in life, it can lead to amblyopia, a condition more commonly known as lazy eye. This happens because a lack of input disrupts synapse formation in the brain's primary visual cortex, weakening vision in that eye.

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Category: Body and Mind

Tags: Eye, Vision, Brain

If you're after a free, simple boost for pushing through challenges, try swearing your way to your goals. A new study has uncovered the surprising psychological effect that cursing in the heat of the moment has – for the swearer, at least.

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Category: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Keele University, Swearing, Psychology, University of Alabama, mental health