The Department of Transportation reports that driver error—throttles wide open and brakes not engaged—was the cause in dozens of Toyota crashes. According to the Wall Street Journal, only one fatal incident among those analyzed was attributable to a flaw in the vehicle.
Driver error blamed in Toyota acceleration accidents
Passenger nearly pulled out a Ryanair window in mid-air
A window came off a Ryanair jet mid-flight over North Macedonia on Thursday, and a passenger was partly pulled through the hole before others hauled him back by his seat… READ THE REST
Chicago storm hurls rooftop pool chairs into Lincoln Park traffic
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The chemistry behind Garden Grove's runaway chemical tank
Over the long weekend, a storage tank of methyl methacrylate in Garden Grove, California, started to warm up — and as the chemist Derek Lowe lays out in a post… READ THE REST
This $430 MacBook Pro once cost nearly $2,000
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All Babbel language courses just dropped in this exclusive offer
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