In 1897, a Bicycle Superhighway Was the Future of California Transit
A brief history of the now-forgotten California Cycleway.
Articles tagged "bicycles"
Brazil Is Turning Inmates into Power Plants
Since the oil shocks of the '70s, Brazil has been home to a carnival of renewable energy initiatives that now generate a whopping 85 percent of the country's power. At Santa Rita do Sapucaí prison, inmates are contributing to the effort by riding sta…
Ones and Zeros: New Hot Planes, New Cold War
_The X-Men have got nothing on this precious little mutant bunny rabbit_ h3. ONE: in 2050 we'll apparently be flying around in transparent airplanes ("Guardian":http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2011/jun/14/airbus-air-transport-2050-visio…
We Still Don't Really Know How Bikes Work
We're "boxing in":http://motherboard.tv/2011/3/15/fermilab-closes-in-on-the-higgs-boson--2 the particle that makes matter possible with a multi-billion dollar, 17-mile-long accelerator; we have a telescope that can see damn near "the beginning of cre…
