Five joy riders mountain-biked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon; five federal prisoners rode back up in shackles

The French and German central banks are helping to internationalize the Chinese currency.

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In the late 1990s, small Internet providers flourished; most eventually died …

[Tobias Kuhn] had watched a YouTube video about a robot arm which used servo motors, and wanted to try making one himself. But he found it hard to get slow or smooth movements out of the servos. Ev…

Trips down memory lane — to a highly regimented place that no longer exists — are the hallmark of this Dresden home for the elderly.

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The most perilous road in America gets 300 inches of snow a year, features 70 named avalanche paths, and has almost no guardrails. Who would be crazy enough to keep Colorado’s infamous Highway 550

Are the newest versions of insulin worth the bigger price tag?

Run Javascript programs on pieces of paper, using a projector and camera. Physically hold programs in your hand, and see them come to life, as if by magic.

In Dallas, Parkland Hospital created an information-sharing network that gets the city’s most vulnerable citizens the care they need—before they show up in the emergency room.

How health insurance companies use dark design patterns to deter patients from being reimbursed for care.

Andrew Shitov made my day with his It’s time for optimism blog post, in which he talks about some random things related to Perl 6 and its future. Well, not entirely random: the impetus for th…

When it comes to finding what direction a radio signal is coming from, the best and cheapest way to accomplish the task is usually a Yagi and getting dizzy. There are other methods, and at Shmoocon…

But will pro gaming fans ever accept Facebook as a credible source for their live streaming fix?

And a tiny Chromebox

The long read: It was to be a grand day out: a peaceful rally to call for political reform. But the authorities were spoiling for a fight. The Peterloo massacre marked a turning point in our democracy

GitLab 10.4 released with Dynamic Application Security Testing, SAST for Docker Containers, Web IDE editor (beta), and improvements to Epics, Merge Requests, Geo, Runner, Git LFS, SSH, Monitoring, and Auto DevOps!