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Never ones to turn down a chance to sing about vehicles, we can't help but take a little inspiration from Zager and Evans: "In the year 2025, if man is still alive, if race cars can survive, what will we find?" The Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge provides a glimpse, and it's freaking rad.

SECOND TEST, Mohali (day five):India 469 & 314-3 dec bt Australia 268 & 195 by 320 runs By Jamie Lillywhite Haddin's dismissal in the first over set the tone for a rapid Indian victoryAustralia succumbed to only a second Test defeat since the 2005 Ashes as India took just 18.4 overs on the final day to win the second Test by 320 runs.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France, is nearly set to begin its first particle beam tests. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is preparing for its first small tests in early August, leading to a planned full-track test in September - and the first planned particle collisions before the end of the year. The final step before starting is the chilling of the entire collider to -271.25 C (-456.25 F). Here is a collection of photographs from CERN, showing various stages of completion of the LHC and several of its larger experiments (some over seven stories tall), over the past several years. (27 photos total)

Our planet is not at risk from the world's most powerful particle physics experiment, a report has concluded.

Physics is best. Ho ho

For me, all it took was a core belief that there was no reason I couldn’t do the same. That there was no such thing as a cosmic conspiracy allowing just a chosen few to prosper and oppressing the many.

For me, all it took was a core belief that there was no reason I couldn’t do the same. That there was no such thing as a cosmic conspiracy allowing just a chosen few to prosper and oppressing the many.

On technology and optimism

Awesome programme on the Gutenberg Press hosted by Stephen Fry

This is what will happen when they turn the LHC on

James Nathan has been named this year's BBC2 MasterChef.

An eight-year-old dog is amazing her owners and neighbours with an astonishing array of tricks

Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded

Thanks to Gillette, the idea that you can make money by giving something away is no longer radical.

The next time you hear the "big but" voice in your head, confront it. Put up your dukes and pound it to pieces. Shove those poisonous buts into your garbage disposal and pulverize them. Wash the toxic remains away and watch as they swirl down the drain and become one with the rest of the sewage.

Back in November I posted about the new Joe Trohman Washburn Idol, well I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to ask Joe Trohman a few questions about his new signature model after Fall Out Boy finished their recent tour.

A new website for sharing wine reviews

Riot Prrl!

Replica Airwolf helmet. I want one (and a super turbo helicopter that hides inside monument valley too).