"Hover Doors" put frictionless mag-lev in your living room

[New Atlas logo]( Around The Home ["Hover Doors" put frictionless mag-lev in your living room]( [Hover Doors floats its doors on permanent magnets for super-low friction and noise]( Your roller doors might be smooth, but they'll never be this smooth. Californian company Hover Doors uses permanent magnets to float heavy sliding doors as if they're mag-lev monorails, for super-quiet, minimal-effort opening and closing. [Read more]( Sponsored Content [BLUETTI Black Friday Sneak Peek: All Doorbusters and Giveaways in one place]( BLUETTI is kicking off the holiday shopping season on November 11. Beyond tons of great deals on power stations, it also offers Exclusive Giveaways, and even arranges Lucky Draws. Score the following best-buys and freebies now or never. [Read more]( Biology [Earth's earliest mass extinction uncovered in fossil record]( [A cast of Dickinsonia, an animal that lived during the Ediacaran period]( It's thought the Earth is currently entering its sixth major extinction event, but a new study suggests it may actually be the seventh. Scientists have found evidence of a previously unknown mass extinction event that struck half a billion years ago. [Read more]( Marine [Silent carbon fiber electric mini-tender jets from land to yacht]( [The Silent Tender 400 looks barely larger than some PWCs but carries up to six people]( Silent Yachts is best-known for its impressive solarized battery-powered catamaran yachts. Now, realizing that electric yacht buyers would undoubtedly prefer a clean, quiet all-electric tender, the company presents the all-new Silenter Tender 400. [Read more]( Architecture [Off-grid A-frame home turns into a sculpture by night]( [Dune Dormer compact family home fades into its environment like an artistic sculpture]( Dune Dormer is an A-frame home which embraces aspects of sustainability, indigenous traditions and simplistic design. Located on New Zealand’s Great Barrier Island, the compact family home fades into its environment like a harbor marker at night. [Read more]( Space [James Webb captures complete chemical profile of exoplanet atmosphere]( [An artist's impression of the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-39 b, which the James Webb Space Telescope has now analyzed in detail]( The James Webb Space Telescope has provided the most detailed look at an exoplanet atmosphere ever. Studying data from four instruments astronomers compiled a complete molecular and chemical profile of the planet, including signs of active chemistry. [Read more]( Architecture [European Parliament building receiving radical green renovation]( [Europarc's European Parliament design envisions transforming the existing seat of parliament into a modern greenery filled building]( The European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, has been deemed inadequate for continued use. Rather than demolition, it will receive a radical renovation that will add sustainability features and greenery, including a rooftop garden. [Read more]( Science ["Invisible fiber" makes food healthier with no flavor or texture change]( [FibreX promises up to 20% more dietary fiber with no affect on flavor, color or texture]( RMIT researchers claim FiberX can add up to 20% more healthy dietary fiber to food, without any detectable change to its color, texture or taste. Best of all, the team says it can be made from starches that would otherwise be agricultural waste. [Read more]( Outdoors [Light, packable rotisserie raises bar for backcountry campfire cooking]( [Within seconds two Adventure Forks transform into a hand-cranked rotisserie]( The versatile Adventure Fork can cook kebabs, sausages, chicken tenders, vegetables and other delectable foods over the fire on its own or combine into a spit to hold larger poultry and roasts at campsites reached only by foot, bike or raft. [Read more]( Military [RAF makes world's first military flight entirely on sustainable fuel]( [The test flight used an RAF Voyager air-to-air refueling aircraft]( A Royal Air Force Voyager air-to-air refueling tanker made history on November 16, becoming the world's first in-service military aircraft to complete a flight using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for both engines. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [Get half off this Sam's Club Membership ahead of the holidays]( If you're interested in savings, then you're in luck. This holiday season, you can get a Sam's Club Membership for 50% off as a part of our Thankful Deals Campaign. [Read more]( Computers [CharaChorder aims to radically boost typing speed on existing keyboards]( [It may not look like much, but the CharaChorder company's CharaChorder X device could get you typing at up to 250 words per minute]( Last year we told you about the CharaChorder Lite, a special keyboard that lets users type faster by using groupings of keys to represent entire words. Well, any keyboard can now do that, if it's equipped with the CharaChorder X. [Read more]( Medical [First evidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria moving from gut to lungs]( [Researchers closely followed a single hospital patient for several weeks, tracking a specific infection moving from their gut to their lung]( A case study has tracked, for the first time, the movement of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from a patient's gut microbiome to their lungs. The research presents the first direct evidence of this transmission pathway taking place in hospital patients. [Read more]( Health & Wellbeing [Study proves chronic exposure to air pollution can weaken immune system]( [A study found long-term exposure to air pollution can impair the lungs' ability to effectively fight against respiratory infections]( It's assumed that as we get older our health will deteriorate. Our bodies age, wrinkles form, metabolism slows, and our immune system weakens. But how much of what we consider to simply be natural aging is actually due to preventable environmental factors? [Read more]( Music [Theremotion brings complex gesture control to spooky non-touch instrument]( [Pitch and volume are controlled by proximity, just like a classic Theremin, but the Theremotion can add in a filter, supersaw sound or guitar sound in response to hand gestures]( From the eerie tones of classic B-movies to atmospheric warbling on modern music tracks, the Theremin is instantly recognizable. An open-source version called the Theremotion uses a Leap controller to add a new layer of expressive control. [Read more]( Around The Home [Earzz is made to listen for important noises that you might miss]( [The Earzz device is presently on Kickstarter]( If you're at home alone, you may be reluctant to use headphones or do anything else that keeps you from hearing noises such as ringing doorbells. That's where Earzz comes in, as it's designed to listen for those noises, and alert you when they occur. 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