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On Sunday, the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah were witness to yet another land speed record being shattered. Extreme…

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The verdict is in: Verizon and AT&T have screwed the pooch on their rollouts of unlimited data plans. Verizon was…

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It’s generally assumed that when you reach retirement age, life starts to slow down. But not for mechanics David…

This ain’t no regular car model car because this speed model car can hit speeds of up to 204mph on the track. Watch…

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A group of humans put one of its humans in a crazy, covered bike. That human broke a world speed record for a…

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…

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A new study shows racehorses have gotten progressively quicker over the past 160 years, and in sprint races,…

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…

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…

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Last year's Crazy Cart gave kids the ability to drift to their heart's content, but there was one catch: with a…

BBC's Steve Leonard wanted to discover who dives the fastest in free fall: A peregrine falcon—known to be fastest…

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