France’s national railway operator, SNCF, recently ordered 2, 000 new trains at a cost of more than $20 billion. Now, it’s found out that they’re too big for many of the stations they’re supposed to pass through. And this isn’t the kind of order you can return. Read more…
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France Spent $20 Billion on Trains That Don’t Fit Its Stations
The Surface Pro has never been a bad idea. One device that’s both your laptop and your tablet! Sounds great! The problem was that it was just never quite either; it was awkward on both counts. The new, bigger Surface Pro 3 though, might have actually pulled it off. Read more…
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Surface Pro 3 Hands On: A Laptop Replacement That Just Might Work
To learn how the whole brain works, it doesn’t do to just record from one neuron—you want to know what every single neuron is doing every millisecond . Now scientists have invented a technique that can actually capture the 3D activity of an entire brain milliseconds at the time—possibly the most complete picture of brain activity we’ve ever had. Read more…
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Every Neuron in a Brain Recorded in 3D on a Millisecond Timescale
Restaurants know that feeding kids for free brings in parents. Many restaurants have a “kids eat free” night. This infographic tracks those days at many popular chains, along with other money-saving restaurant tips. Read more…
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This Infographic Tells You When Kids Eat Free at Chain Restaurants
If you have Celiac, this obviously doesn’t apply to you. Don’t eat gluten. But if you don’t have Celiac—and that’s 99% of the human population, mind you—there’s no reason to be gluten free. You’re wasting your time. Even the scientist who started this gluten free craze thinks it’s useless to be gluten free . Seriously. People, the father of gluten free think it’s bullshit. Read more…
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Being gluten free is dumb because gluten intolerance may not even exist
As many as 50, 000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto the streets of Los Angeles early this morning when a 20-inch pipeline ruptured. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department , the oil is knee-deep in places. Read more…
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Thousands of Gallons of Crude Oil Spill In Los Angeles
Sometimes, you need the tool that’s best suited to the job in hand. And for George R. R. Martin, that means using an archaic word processor—WordStar 4.0, running on DOS, no less—to write Game of Thrones . He explained why to Conan last night. Read more…
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George R. R. Martin Explains Why He Writes Game of Thrones in DOS
The European Union Court of Justice has ruled that people can ask Google to delete sensitive information from its Internet search results. Maybe that’ll happen in the U.S. at some point, too? Read more…
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The European Union Court of Justice has ruled that people can ask Google to delete sensitive informa
A home in Brentwood, New Hampshire, exploded today live on TV as an ABC News helicopter was flying over the area, filming as it was burning. Read more…
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Holy crap, a house just exploded live on TV
As part of the site’s ongoing Coolest Thing I’ve Ever Made series, MSN has a video about Mexico’s Richart Sowa, a former carpenter who became interested in ecological engineering and left his job to spend over six years building a manmade island made from mostly recycled materials. Read more…
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This Manmade Island Floats On Over 150,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles