Landmark Australian trial wipes out 80 per cent of disease-spreading mosquitoes

[ENVIRONMENT]( [Landmark Australian trial wipes out 80 per cent of disease-spreading mosquitoes]( ​An impressive Australian trial releasing millions of sterilized male mosquitoes has resulted in a more than 80 percent drop in the population of this disease-spreading insect. [Read more]( [SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR NEW ATLAS READERS]( [Get New Atlas ad-free, get New Atlas Plus!]( Over more than 15 years, New Atlas has built a reputation for unbiased and independent coverage of science, technology and innovation. With New Atlas Plus you will be able to read your favorite articles for a full 12 months in a cleaner, faster-loading, ad-free environment; all for less than a few cups of coffee. Become a member today! [Read more]( [DRONES]( [SkyGuardian drone completes historic transatlantic flight]( A SkyGuardian drone made history today by becoming the first Medium-altitude, Long-endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to complete a transatlantic flight. The unmanned aircraft touched down at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England after a 24-hour flight from North Dakota. [Read more]( [SCIENCE]( [Ancient stone tools found in China shake up human ancestor timeline (again)]( Archaeologists have discovered ancient tools and bones in China that, once again, shake up the timeline of the human origin story. The items are more than two million years old, indicating that early hominins had spread much further east earlier than previously thought. [Read more]( [MOBILE TECHNOLOGY]( [5 dumb phones that are still a luddite's best friend]( The fact is smartphones are pretty useful – but that’s as nothing compared to the phones of yore! In those days, phones were real phones – you made calls on them, sent the odd text, and anything else was a bonus. They were just better. Here are five of the finest that prove it beyond any doubt. 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[Read more]( [MEDICAL]( [Anti-aging senolytics drugs found to improve mice health and lifespan]( An emerging class of drugs called senolytics has been found to help restore the body to a more youthful state, and a new study has used a drug compound to extend the lifespan and improve the general health of older mice. [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [New Ariel Atom 4 prepares to slaughter cars 10 times its price]( Pound for pound, price for performance, there has never been a crazier production sports car than the Ariel Atom – and the new Atom 4 takes things up a notch. With a 320-hp engine, and major revisions throughout the car, you can now get 2.8-seconds-to-60 mph performance for around US$53,000. [Read more]( [ENVIRONMENT]( [Ocean Cleanup's plastic-catching barriers stand tall in Pacific tow tests]( ​​The Ocean Cleanup Project is edging ever closer to the rollout of its first plastic collection barriers, and is increasingly confident that it can make the journey, with the latest testing indicating that can stand up to stormy ocean conditions. ​ [Read more]( [SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR NEW ATLAS READERS]( [Pay What You Like for 49 Hours of DevOps Training]( The role of a DevOps engineer is to oversee the development and deployment of new software. It’s a challenging but rewarding role that is open to anyone with the right skillset. This bundle helps you acquire the necessary skills through hands-on tutorials. The courses help you master the key tools of DevOps, including Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes. You also discover how to script on Linux and build cloud infrastructure with Chef and Amazon Web Services. [Read more]( [BICYCLES]( [De Rosa and Pininfarina double up on double-duty commuter bike]( Although we're used to seeing fairly exotic-looking road bikes, city bikes generally tend to be rather boring and business-like. But that certainly isn't the case with De Rosa's new Metamorphosis, which was made in collaboration with famed Italian design house Pininfarina. [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Review: 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT Sport brings Europe to America]( The 2018 Elantra GT is effectively the European version of the Elantra, brought to the US and only lightly modified to fit the market. The GT Sport adds the goodness of turbocharging to the generally underpowered GT base model. We spent a week with this fun hatchback and were pretty impressed. [Read more]( [LAPTOPS]( [Apple launches revamped MacBook Pros with faster specs for more demanding users]( There are new MacBook Pros in town, upgraded to fit the latest i5 and i7 processor chipsets from Intel, and with extra RAM and storage capacities to boot. As for the actual design of these laptops, that remains the same for now – and the Touch Bar is sticking around, too. [Read more]( [SCIENCE]( [Giant black granite sarcophagus unearthed in Egypt]( ​​A massive black granite sarcophagus has been discovered in Egypt. It was found in a tomb 5 meters below the surface alongside an alabaster sculpture of a male head. The find occurred in Alexandria, and is thought to be the largest sarcophagus ever discovered there.​ [Read more]( [MARINE]( [Student designs and builds underwater jetpack, aims to start production in 2019]( Archie O'Brien had a dream of zipping below the waters off Iceland. He looked at contraptions that would pull him along underwater, but everything available proved beyond his reach. So he designed and built the Cuda underwater jetpack, which will be going into production early next year.​ [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Einride unveils first driverless, electric, off-road logging truck at Goodwood]( It might not be the quickest vehicle at the event, but Swedish transport company Einride has chosen the Goodwood Festival of Speed to reveal the T-log, an autonomous, electric logging truck designed to go off-road and to navigate forest roads with and without loads. [Read more]( [SPACE]( [Starlight study illuminates Earth-like traits of a neighboring rocky exoplanet]( ​​A rocky planet with Earth-like temperatures just 11 light years away from us caused quite a stir when it was discovered last year. Scientists continuing to poke around this pocket of the universe are continuing to unravel its mysteries, with new findings shedding further light on its composition.​ [Read more]( [BICYCLES]( [TyreWiz wirelessly helps cyclists handle the pressure]( ​As any serious cyclist knows, tire pressure can make a huge difference in how a bike performs. That's why most of us check it before heading out on a ride. Quarq's new TyreWiz, however, lets cyclists continuously monitor their tire pressure AS they're riding. [Read more]( [MEDICAL]( [Stanford AI can predict negative side effects of millions of drug combinations]( When a doctor prescribes a patient more than one drug they have no way to predict whether that combination will have an adverse side effect. A new system from Stanford University presents a novel solution – an AI-driven computer system than can predict the consequences of combining two drugs. [Read more]( [WEARABLES]( [iBeat smartwatch is ready to call for heart help]( ​There are already plenty of smartwatches that allow fitness-conscious users to monitor their heart rate. The iBeat Heart Watch also tracks heart rates, but it can additionally summon help if it detects that something is wrong. [Read more]( [ARCHITECTURE]( [Sustainable skyscraper is sculpted for the wind]( Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) has unveiled a new glazed skyscraper for Toronto, Canada. Due to begin construction in 2019, the building is slated for LEED Platinum (a green building standard), and will feature a tapering form that's designed to reduce the effects of the wind. [Read more]( [ENVIRONMENT]( [LEDs cut seabird death toll from fishing by 85 percent]( ​According to the University of Exeter, an estimated 400,000 diving seabirds die annually by getting caught in gill nets intended to catch fish. A new study indicates that the majority of those deaths could be avoided, however, if the nets were to be equipped with inexpensive green LEDs. [Read more]( [AUTOMOTIVE]( [Daimler previews all-electric public transport future with premiere of eCitaro city bus]( Ahead of the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicles expo in Hannover, Germany, this September, Daimler Buses has announced the world debut of the eCitaro electric city bus from Mercedes-Benz. The reveal is part of a push to eventually replace combustion engine-powered city buses in a few short years. [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