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I don't understand why it took so long for the other driver to get back behind the snow plow.

Near crash of 2 tractor-trailers, snowplow captured on video – Thunder Bay – CBC News

The near crash of two tractor-trailers and a snowplow on Highway 11 north of Nipigon, Ont., was captured on a video in one of the tractor-trailers and posted on YouTube, an incident the OPP is now investigating.

Wow! It's amazing no one got hurt through all that.

Massive boulders nearly flatten Italian farmhouse – Photo Galleries – World – CBC News

A landslide last week in Ronchi di Termeno in northern Italy sent two boulders tumbling downhill, narrowly missing a farmhouse.

Awe… These commercials are so cute! 

Hopefully this is true!

Report: Samsung Will Stop Screwing Up Android

Samsung’s super Android phones, and its Android devices in general, have long been hindered by the terribleness of the proprietary UI and apps the company insists on bundling with its hardware. Re/Code reports that Samsung’s gonna cut it out. Let’s hope so.

Good tip!
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Use YouTube for Instant and Free Transcription

Most of us don’t need to transcribe audio too often, which means that paying for a service is generally out of the question. If you just need to do it once and you’re not terribly concerned with accuracy, Andy Baio suggests using YouTube’s built-in captioning system.

It's like a miniature version of the space shuttle.

Watch the development of America’s next space shuttle

In 2016, a new kind of space shuttle will rise to the skies atop an Atlas V rocket. Developed by a private company—the Sierra Nevada Corporation—it would be able to ferry seven astronauts to orbit and back. Its name is the Dream Chaser and this video shows its (spectacular) development progress so far. A fine spaceship indeed!

This is so cool!

Chrome + LEGO: You can build whatever you like

Think back: you’ve just dumped a bin of LEGOR bricks onto the floor with a satisfying crash, and you have the whole day ahead of you to build whatever you want. There’s something pretty amazing about being able to piece toget…

Tough to get a break these days.

Falling loonie means just more milking of Canadian consumers: Neil Macdonald – World – CBC News

Canadians paid more than Americans for most consumer items — even those made in Canada — when the loonie was strong. And we’re going to pay more again now that it’s gone into a nose dive? What’s wrong with this picture? Neil Macdonald asks.

I'm sure this is part of the reason why we still don't have Google Play Music here in Canada.
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Why Do Media Companies Block Movies, Music, and TV Based on Location?

Dear Lifehacker,
I’ve always wondered why Blu-rays have regions, or why a music service is available in one country but not another. The Internet is global, right? And why are videos that stream in one country blocked in another? Is there any rhyme or reason, or is it all just to be annoying?

This is pretty amazing and all but I sure hope this leads us to better treatments for memory loss. 

Scientists watch how the brain makes memories for the first time ever

For the first time in history, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have captured how our brain makes memories in video, watching how molecules morph into the structures that, at the end of the day, make who we are. It’s there’s a soul, this how it gets made.

This sure makes me wonder what they've got planned with all these acquisitions.
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Meet Google’s Robot Army. It’s Growing.

Google can’t stop buying robotics companies. In the past two months, eight of the 12 companies the search giant has acquired have “robotics” in their name or descriptions. Here’s your complete breakdown of the robot army presently at Google’s command.

As awesome as it was to see a ship intentionally run aground, I can't imagine all that crap flowing back into the sea is environmentally friendly.

This Is What It’s Like to Intentionally Crash a Ship

When a ship comes to the end of its working life, it has to be torn apart, piece-by-piece, to be disposed of. By that point, though, little care needs to be taken in getting it ashore–so they’re just intentionally run aground. This is what it looks like.

I can't believe it's been 10 years already. 

NASA’s Opportunity Rover Celebrates a Decade on Mars

Ten years ago today, the Opportunity rover landed on Mars. In this newly released retrospective, NASA engineers reflect on the challenges they’ve faced keeping this intrepid little rover roving well beyond its original 90-day mission.

Hmmm… Might have to do some reorganizing. 

This Infographic Shows You How to Organize Your Fridge

We throw a lot of food away each year and much of that comes from food going bad due to less-than-ideal storage. We’ve talked before about how to store food in your fridge and freezer and the general basics of food storage. This graphic from PartSelect serves as a handy at-a-glance guide to keeping refrigerated food its freshest.