How Fast Can You Travel Before It Kills You?
The human body can withstand a lot before giving up and dying: falls from second-story windows, years of fevered…
Shattering the Bike Land Speed Record at 183.9MPH Looks Weirdly Chill
On Sunday, the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah were witness to yet another land speed record being shattered. Extreme…
Nothing But Water Powers This Tricycle That Goes From 0 to 62 MPH In Half a Second
Remember that feeling of terror when a five-year-old version of you climbed aboard your tricycle before careening down…
Yup, Verizon and AT&T Are a Lot Slower After Adding Unlimited Plans
The verdict is in: Verizon and AT&T have screwed the pooch on their rollouts of unlimited data plans. Verizon was the…
The Air Force Smashed the MagLev Speed Record at 633MPH
Hold on to your hats: The US Air Force has accelerated a sled down a magnetic levitation track at an incredible 633…
What It's Like to Be in a Drag Race That Goes from 0 to 316mph in 3.77 Seconds
It’s over so fast, you don’t even know what happens. Here’s what it’s like to be inside the hot rod of 2013 NHRA Top…
A Record-Breaking 107 MPH Mobility Scooter Makes Me Excited to Be a Senior Citizen
It’s generally assumed that when you reach retirement age, life starts to slow down. But not for mechanics David…
Watch This Toy Car Reach Speeds of 204 MPH
This ain’t no regular car model car because this speed model car can hit speeds of up to 204mph on the track. Watch it…
Inside the Engineering of the World's First 1,000mph Car
Yesterday, a team of British engineers unveiled Bloodhound SSC: the world’s most powerful car, intended to reach speeds…
The Fastest Human-Powered Vehicle In the World Is a Ridiculous Bike That Just Broke 85 MPH
A group of humans put one of its humans in a crazy, covered bike. That human broke a world speed record for a…
Racing down the street on a longboard at 70mph blurs the world
I imagine when Superman flies around the world, all he sees is a blur as he zooms by. But since we can’t all be…
Infographic: What's the fastest ship in sci-fi history?
It took a little bit for us to reach Pluto but what if we had the power of our imaginations in our real life…
Sure, Racehorses Are Getting Faster, but at What Cost?
A new study shows racehorses have gotten progressively quicker over the past 160 years, and in sprint races,…
Be Your Own Action Hero
It’s Action Hero Week on Gizmodo and IO9 right now; a fun look at at the the tough guys we all like to watch in movies…
Watch this insanely fast drone fly at impossible speeds into the clouds
Holy crap. Once this drone decides to go, it just guns it like a warp speed rocket ship into the air. It’s so fast that…
Video: Insane guy breaks the world mountain bike speed record
Blink and you'll miss him. That's because mountain bike rider Eric Barone is going faster than anyone has ever gone…
This Man Rode a Rocket Bicycle 207 MPH
When you think of fast rides, bicycles usually don't spring to mind, at least not before souped-up race cars and sleek…
I Drifted Like a Madman on the Adult-Sized Crazy Cart XL
Last year's Crazy Cart gave kids the ability to drift to their heart's content, but there was one catch: with a maximum…
Peregrine falcons dive faster than skydivers and here's the proof
BBC's Steve Leonard wanted to discover who dives the fastest in free fall: A peregrine falcon—known to be fastest…
Skateboarder zips down mountains and flies by cars at insane speeds
He's going down the mountain road so fast that it looks like he's about to hit warp drive or something. I mean, damn.…