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This train can launch you into space
Getting into space via shuttle is difficult and expensive. So why not take a train? Startram is a magnetic levitation train that could — theoretically — launch people into orbit […]
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The world’s most badass bike anthem
No matter what kind of tough customer you are, you will probably love this profane and catchy paean to biking.
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Out spokin’: LGBT bike group rides with pride
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cyclists find camaraderie -- and sometimes love -- in a Chicago biking club that is open to all comers.
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MIT students invent bike helmet vending machine
Bikeshares are a really smart idea, so participants obviously know how to use their brains — but they apparently don’t know how to protect them. Helmet use on bikeshare bikes […]
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Go cargo: Utility bikes take cities by storm
One of the most common excuses for using gas power rather than pedal power goes something like this: “But I can’t take the kids/dog/groceries along on my bike.” The cargo bicycle eliminates that excuse.
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Spectacular wooden bikes made from salvaged urban trees
The Giving Tree should be ashamed of herself. Oh, sure, she let herself be made into a boat and a house and an uncomfortable metaphor for maternal martyrdom, but did […]
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Hot tram! Old trolleys are the new classic cars [SLIDESHOW]
After nearly going extinct in the ’60s, vintage streetcars are returning to the rails in downtowns from Philly to San Francisco. Here's what it looks like when mass transit goes retro.
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Watch Republicans try valiantly to be funny by mocking Chevy Volt
Aw, look, they’re trying to make jokes! I’m going to print this right out and hang it on the fridge in a frame that says My First Satire.
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The rules for lady bicyclists, 1895 edition: ‘Don’t be a fright’
Here's a list of 41 "don'ts" for female bicyclists from an 1895 New York newspaper, and they are downright breathtaking in their amazingness.
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Google’s seven-person conference bike
NPR did a story about how tech companies encourage bike commuting, which: duh. But Google apparently goes a step further and encourages bike conferencing, via a giant pedaled monstrosity with seven inward-facing seats.
