Wed Jul 10 2024

New species of pseudoscorpion discovered near Boulder's Flatirons

The new species, Larca boulderica, named after Boulder, is the sixth cave-ada...

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Thu Jun 20 2024

The return of pneumatic tubes

Pneumatic tubes were supposed to revolutionize the world but have fallen by t...

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Fri Jun 7 2024

The US doesn’t make bicycles anymore — here’s how to change that

Congressman Earl Blumenauer introduced a bill to suspend tariffs on e-bikes w...

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Tue May 14 2024

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Mon Apr 15 2024

Is This the End for 'Bluey'?

The third-season episode ‘The Sign’ seems to point to an ending of sorts for ...

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Fri Mar 15 2024

This Danish City is Giving Bikers the Green Light

In a pilot program underway in Aarhus, Denmark, cyclists are given RFID tags ...

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Tue Nov 28 2023

Nom Nom Nom. What’s the Deal With Cookie Monster’s Cookies?

If you have ever wondered what the “Sesame Street” muppet is really eating, w...

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Mon Nov 20 2023

Aardman is about to run out of clay – now the Chicken Run creators face a crisis

The British animators weave magic out of sugar, foil and plasticine – but tro...

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Thu Jun 29 2023

2,200 Forgotten Vintage Computers Are Being Liberated From a Barn in Massachusetts

The NABU Network was an obscure, forgotten part of Canadian tech history—unti...

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Mon Apr 17 2023

How to Beat Roulette: One Gambler Figured It Out and Won Big

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Wed Jan 11 2023

The Case for Abolishing Elections

They may seem the cornerstone of democracy, but in reality they do little to ...

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Wed Dec 7 2022

A $100 Billion Lesson In Why Building Public Transportation Is So Expensive in the US

There's a plan to spend $100 billion fixing the Northeast Corridor by 2035. S...

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Mon Aug 15 2022

The real reason American public transportation is such a disaster

Canada has twice as much transit as the US. Why?

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Wed Jun 1 2022

Bicycles Have Evolved. Have We?

From the velocipede to the ten-speed, biking innovations brought riders freed...

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Thu May 26 2022

The origins of the beloved democracy sausage? It's a long-time love affair

Where did the (Australian) election staple, the democracy sausage, even come ...

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Fri Apr 17 2020

Why Michael Jordan's scoring prowess still can't be touched

Jordan thrived in ways and in places that few players before him could match,...

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Wed Feb 5 2020

How to end traffic

European cities offer a roadmap for life with fewer cars.

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Wed Feb 5 2020

Mayor announces plans to make Paris 100 per cent cycle friendly by 2024

Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, has announced her plans to transform the st...

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Wed Dec 4 2019

These Guys Just Drove an E63 AMG Across America in a Record 27 Hours 25 Minutes

The Cross-Country Cannonball Record has been broken again.

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Mon Sep 23 2019

How tall is Joel Embiid: A Billy Penn Investigation

At games he's announced as 7'2" but the Sixers list him at 7'0". We need to f...

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Wed Aug 28 2019

The helicopter team that films the Tour de France is one of a kind

When filming this race, 500 feet is considered high altitude.

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Fri Aug 9 2019

The story behind MLB's longtime mud suppliers

MLB still leans on its suppliers who harvest the secret sauce needed on every...

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Fri Mar 29 2019

How to move a masterpiece: the secret business of shipping priceless artworks

What happens when a forklift goes through your Picasso?

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Fri Mar 29 2019

Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations

Germany’s hippest city is debating whether to seize 200,000 homes from landlo...

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Thu Mar 28 2019

This city bans cars every Sunday—and people love it

Spurred by environmental concerns, an experiment in Bogotá, Colombia, is spre...

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Fri Mar 15 2019

The ultimate guide to DuckDuckGo

By now I’m sure you’ve heard of DuckDuckGo around the web (and I’ve been ment...

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Tue Jan 15 2019

Dimensions.Guide

A comprehensive reference database of dimensioned drawings documenting the st...

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Mon Jan 7 2019

Social Media Addiction

Social media addiction awareness poster

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Fri Dec 28 2018

Very Slow Movie Player

A film watched at 1/3,600th of the original speed is not just a very slow mov...

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Mon Dec 17 2018

Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro

Service or replacement for sticky MacBook keys

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Tue Dec 4 2018

There’s an AI robot sulking in the international space station

CIMON, the floating voice assistant, was supposed to be a friend to astronaut...

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Tue Nov 6 2018

Fold N Fly ✈

A database of paper airplane folding designs and instructions

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Tue Oct 23 2018

Pictures at a Basketball Revolution

New technology could usher in a whole new way of watching the NBA, but how wi...

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Wed Aug 15 2018

How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise

The inexorable rise of identity condiments has led to hard times for the most...

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Mon Feb 26 2018

Studies are increasingly clear: Uber, Lyft congest cities

One promise of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft was fewer cars clogg...

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Mon Feb 5 2018

How to Capture Brian Setzer’s Tone

Question: What do I need to sound like Brian Setzer? Answer: Decades of exper...

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Mon Dec 4 2017

Touch ID for sudo

Use your fingerprint to authorize sudo

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Mon Nov 20 2017

Making Your Own Discover Weekly

Python scripting for using machine learning to build a Spotify recommedation ...

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Fri Nov 17 2017

That's Mr. Curry: Steph to teach online hoops

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry to teach online basketball classes f...

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Wed Oct 25 2017

RIP The Broccoli Tree

Internet kills a tree

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