Motor City madness: Cars of the 2018 Detroit auto show

[AUTOMOTIVE]( [Motor City madness: Cars of the 2018 Detroit auto show]( With the start of the North American International Auto Show, another year of auto shows and advancing auto tech is officially underway. New Atlas roamed the floor of the show to bring you a look at everything from brand-new concept cars to revived Hollywood hero cars. [Read more]( [SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR NEW ATLAS READERS]( [The best VPN deal of the year]( Protect your network from third parties, stay anonymous and access any content you want on the Internet. NordVPN creates a secure connection between your computer and the Internet, guarding your data and your privacy on up to six devices at the same time. With features including Double data encryption, Automatic Kill Switch and a worldwide network covering 56 countries, NordVPN is currently offering its 3-year plan for $2.75 per month - that's a 77% discount! [Read more]( [SCIENCE]( [Ancient African arrow poison inspires prospective male contraceptive]( Finding a male contraceptive compound that is safe, effective and reversible has been relatively elusive for scientists, but a new study has revealed that the secret to a male birth control pill may lie in a plant extract that has ancient African origins. [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Land Rover celebrates 70th anniversary of the Defender in V8 style]( Land Rover's Classic division is rolling out a limited edition V8-powered beast to mark the 70th anniversary of the iconic off-roader - the Defender Works V8. [Read more]( [3D PRINTING]( [Rotational 3D printing spins out stronger structures]( Harvard engineers have demonstrated a new 3D printing technique called “rotational 3D printing,” which lets users arrange the fibers in the ink in different orientations at different parts of the printed object, boosting its strength, stiffness and resistance to damage. [Read more]( Sponsored by Taboola [GAMES]( [Wearable robot suit and piano among DIY kits for Nintendo Switch]( Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will be huge employers in the future, so it makes sense to start piquing the interest of kids. Nintendo Labo is a set of DIY cardboard construction kits that turn the Switch into things like a playable piano or wearable robot suit. [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [New Mercedes G-Class adds comfort, refinement and intelligence, keeps the look]( Whether due to its rugged off-road capability or its Kardashian-level celebrity glow, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class has never been more popular. A full update for 2018 leaves the military chic exterior mostly unchanged, but ups the ante significantly in terms of comfort, refinement and intelligence. [Read more]( [SCIENCE]( [The neuroscience of creativity: How the brains of innovators are wired differently]( The brain is more complicated than the simplistic adage that left-brain thinking is logical while right-brain thinking is creative and new research is showing how creative thought is determined by how effectively the brain can communicate between different regions that usually work separately [Read more]( [ARCHITECTURE]( [Thin-walled Flamenco Ice Tower rises high in China]( With winter in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere, 'tis the season for frozen architecture. A team of Dutch and Chinese students and professors have built a 31 m (101 ft)-tall ice tower in China that features walls with an average thickness of just 25 cm (9.84-in). [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Bentley puts V8 power in the Bentayga SUV]( Since 2015, the Bentley Bentayga has been humming along under the power of a 6.0-liter W12 engine with twin turbos. There's also a 429-hp triple-charged V8 diesel. Now Bentley's expanding the engine line-up to include a more powerful V8 option, a 542-hp twin-turbo petrol unit. [Read more]( [SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR NEW ATLAS READERS]( [Become a Data Pro with 70 Hours of Excel Training with This Bundle]( Tired of fighting Excel to get it to do what you want? Do you want to use Excel to solve complex problems, automate spreadsheets, and master graphs for presentations instead of going crazy trying to figure out how? Well, here's where you'll learn. This bundle contains 4 courses with 70+ hours of instruction to teach you how to manipulate data like a pro. [Read more]( [TINY HOUSES]( [Tub-topped tiny house is built around a whisky still]( Indiana-based firm Carpenter Owl recently completed a compact tiny house that's partly inspired by a family heirloom whisky still. Named Honey on the Rock after a whisky recipe, the towable dwelling is used as a vacation home and has an upper deck that features a vintage soaking tub. [Read more]( [ELECTRONICS]( [Learners encouraged to hit the books to uncover circuit secrets]( ​Learning about electronics from a book might seem like a step backward in a world of instructional videos and snap together kits. But Paris-based startup Papier Machine doesn't think that at all, launching the first in a series of paper books containing circuit-building projects on Kickstarter.​ [Read more]( [ROBOTICS]( [Harvard's tiny robot arm picks, packs and performs surgery on the micro scale]( Harvard engineers have developed the world’s smallest Delta robot, dubbed the MilliDelta. As its name suggests, the new robot measures just a few millimeters, and could lend a hand in precise picking, packing, manufacturing and surgery on the micro scale. [Read more]( [ENVIRONMENT]( [EU outlines strategy to wipe out plastic waste]( ​​Putting the brakes on our plastic waste is going to be anything but straightforward. Eliminating single-use plastics would be a huge step forward, and thats the direction taken by the European Union, which is launching a new strategy whereby only recyclable versions will be in use by 2030.​ [Read more]( [HEALTH & WELLBEING]( [How a few extra pounds can cause systemic changes in the human body]( Crunching massive amounts of data, involving billions of measurements, has offered up a detailed picture of the changes a human body undergoes during periods of weight gain, including affecting a person's microbiome and immune and cardiovascular systems. [Read more]( [SCIENCE]( [Anti-biofouling tech inspired by bug-eating plant]( ​If ships' hulls are covered in barnacles and other marine organisms, then those ships have to work harder, burn more fuel, and create more CO2 emissions in order to move through the water. That's why scientists have created a plant-inspired coating that keeps the critters from getting a foothold. [Read more]( [MEDICAL]( [Pressure-sensing implant dissolves when its job is done]( ​When doctors want to monitor conditions such as swelling of the brain, they'll sometimes implant a sensor that emits an electrical signal whenever it's subjected to pressure. The problem is, those sensors have to taken out afterwards. That may not be the case much longer, though. [Read more]( You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). [Update profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( Copyright New Atlas © 2018