Japan’s world-class transportation infrastructure couldn’t withstand this month’s 9.0-magnitutde quake, but their construction teams are still amazing. This stretch of highway was repaired in just six days by a Herculean road crew. This is the triumph of Japanese engineering. [ Jalopnik ] More

Ugh, you know, I love Facebook, but sometimes it’s really frustrating how the targeted ads aren’t relevant enough to me and my consumer lifestyle. Like, yeah, I enjoy pizza and videogames, but couldn’t it be more precise and creepy

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You know that feeling you get after burning through a thousand curls? Neither do I. But I believe the bros when they say they’re sore afterwards; and of course later, the muscles become stronger.

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Researchers Create Material That Gets Stronger With Increased Stress

If you’ve put off installing anti-theft software like Prey for so long that your laptop gets stolen before you get a chance, Consumerist reader Ryan notes that Dropbox can actually help you locate your missing computer. More

Every year, new services launch that stream movies and TV online, and we’re reaching the point that you no longer need a cable or satellite TV subscription to enjoy all the medium has to offer. But which services are the best?

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recoiledsnake writes “The upcoming release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Server will remove the formerly bundled open source Samba software and replace it with Apple’s own tools for Windows file sharing and network directory services. In both Mac OS X Server and client editions, Samba enables Macs to share files with Windows clients on the network and access Windows file servers. It has also later allowed Mac OS X Server to work as an NT Domain Controller to manage network accounts and make roaming profiles and home directories available to Windows PC users

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In a surprising show of growth, Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the last decade, exceeding estimates in most states.

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New milestone: 1 in 6 US residents is Hispanic

LogMeIn’s remote access on the PC/Mac is phenomenal, because it’s both free and allows you to control one machine from another machine as easily as anything else we’ve seen. The iPhone/iPad app has also been good, but not quite as good, until now. (It’s super-improved, is what I’m saying.) More

Like a more visual ultrasound, this PreVue abdomen strap-on concept would show your growing baby—enabling those around you meet their future grandchild/cousin/whatever, and the mother to bond with the little tyke even more. More

75 light-years away there’s a star called CFBDSIR 1458 10b. I would call it Star Latte . See, Star Latte here is a brown dwarf star so cold that you can actually drink it

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