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A pair of sideways-driving enthusiasts have taken to the Moscow streets with their rubber-destroying machines to prove that drifting is alive and well in Russia. Shot in high-definition, this is no shaky Flip cam-shot clip but rather a surprisingly well done video of two drivers taking control...

HondaJet tops out at 489 mph The first FAA-conforming HondaJet managed a top speed of 489 miles per hour at 30,000 feet on March 11. That mark surpasses Honda's original goal for the jet, and gets it one step closer to production. The flight tests are still in their early stages, so it will...

Just how close is the 2012 GTR to the ZR1 on the Nurburgring? Have a look at the split screen video for yourself

jump to around 2:30 in if you don't want to see his setup...:pat:

Obama: Entire federal fleet purchases to be alt-fuel by 2015 President Obama has outlined a new target for the White House energy policy, one that focuses on variety. According to news reports, the plan will include ways to generate more low-carbon electricity, reduce reliance on foreign...

maybe choose something that wouldn't draw negative attention towards yourself??

The Detroit News reports that tailgate thieves are overrunning southeast Michigan, costing truck owners and insurance companies between $1,200 and $3,600 per theft. The problem is so bad in part because stealing a tailgate only takes a few seconds when unlocked, and under a minute when they are...

Angry Chinese driver tows Range Rover back to dealer with donkeys A man in Shenyang, China was reportedly so frustrated with his 2010 Land Rover Range Rover breaking down that he towed it back to the dealer and asked for a full refund. To add a little insult to his heady request, the...

Seems 1 in 5 people may be paying for this and not even know

An Architect Squeezes 24 Rooms Into 344 Square Feet Gary Chang uses sliding walls, a tiny apartment, and creativity to force us to rethink what a home can look like :popcorn:

click to see full sized pdf with zoom capabilities small zoomed section of the previous chart: science lesson: At every point in space, there is something we call the “electric field.” It’s a tiny vector, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction. If you want to measure it, just put an...

Wake up call for our friends in the Regional Internet Registries. Nortel, the Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009, has succeeded in making its legacy IPv4 address block an asset that can be sold to generate money for its creditors...

because it's pretty awesome This image comes from a very deep Chandra observation of the Tycho supernova remnant. Low-energy X-rays (red) in the image show expanding debris from the supernova explosion and high energy X-rays (blue) show the blast wave, a shell of extremely energetic electrons...

Ford, Mercedes-Benz named top brands in new Harris polls The latest Harris polls are out, and the big winners in the automotive sector are Ford and Mercedes-Benz. The two brands made the top of the list for full-line and luxury automakers by scoring highest in terms of customer connection...

EU working to ban gas and diesel-powered cars by 2050 According to new reports, the European Union will announce plans to ban all fossil fuel-powered cars in Europe by 2050. The detailed plan will be outlined in the European Union's Roadmap on Transport, which will come out on Monday. By...

BMW gives sneak peak into Plant Zero skunkworks In the heart of Munich, hidden away from public view by corporate headquarters, is a factory that builds and develops BMW's prototypes, concept cars and test mules. The factory is a small operation, and, according to BMW, it was the first of its...

Twin-turbo Corvette's incredible crash at 230 mph The Hinson Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 flipped at a mind-bending 230 miles per hour. Amazingly, the driver wasn't seriously hurt, and we were happy to see that at least one enterprising camera man took photos of the wreck. But seriously...

America's 50 Worst Commutes Read to see how the data was established: To find America's Highways from Hell, we started with newly released data from traffic-tracking firmINRIX, which culls data from 4 million vehicles nationwide using GPS units and a smartphone application. We pared and ranked...

Kent teacher investigated for sexual contact with student Teacher, in her 30s, hasn't been charged A Kentlake High School teacher performed oral sex on a 17-year-old student after he described sorrow over a breakup with his girlfriend and detailed ways he planned to kill himself, according...