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With several major players currently working on supersonic passenger jets, Aerion and Lockheed Martin are targeting those for whom even first class commercial air travel is substandard. The pair has just announced a partnership to develop the world's first supersonic business jet.

Garmin has a new fitness tracker for 2018 for those who want the basics covered at a reasonable price. The vivofit 4 is the successor to last year's vivofit 3, adding a color screen while keeping the year-long battery life.

The first round of globally-important automobile auctions takes place in Scottsdale in January. This year the highlight of the Scottsdale sales will be a 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser Offener Tourenwagen used for several years as the parade car of Adolf Hitler.

​A team of researchers has developed a revolutionary new method for treating type 1 diabetes. Inspired by a spider’s web the team created an easily implantable nanoporous thread that can hold hundreds of thousands of insulin-producing islet cells and be easily removed when they need to come out.

According to new climate modeling data, the Northern hemisphere’s wind farms could see a dramatic downturn in productivity over the next hundred years, as climate change disrupts some of the key drivers that shape the world’s wind patterns. The news is better down South.

New high-resolution climate models are projecting that, in the not-too-distant future, America could face frequent and extreme temperatures that would take a significant toll on the nation’s water resources and agricultural efforts.

The Eucalyptus, by Minimaliste, has a total floorspace of just 285 sq ft (26.4 sq m). The towable dwelling includes two lofts and a solar power system that offers its owners the freedom to go off-the-grid while retaining some nice home comforts, like a big TV, dishwasher and washer/dryer.

​ESA’s next technology-testing CubeSat will be fitted with two tiny butane-powered thrusters, making it the agency’s first miniature satellite with the capacity to move through space under its own power.

The technology and science history auction year drew to a close last week with major auctions in London and New York by Christies and Sotheby's. Both auctions contained some important and spectacular specimens of mankind's most important discoveries.

2017 was a spectacular year for the auction of historical and storied objects. The world's most valuable painting, gemstone, earrings, wristwatch and religious document changed hands, but as usual scant regard was paid to the landmark scientific texts which underpin mankind's understanding.

After covering major international auto shows throughout 2017, we've seen a lot of concept cars. Our favorites of 2017 include past icons reinvented as vehicles of the future, electrifying ultra-premiums, hard-to-define segment-benders and utterly insane hypercars.

​Italian designer Pierpaolo Lazzarini has delivered some compellingly strange concepts over the years and his latest flying car design is no exception. The Hover Coupè is a gorgeous looking blend of retro-style with future-tech.