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Semi Truck Deaths Keep Climbing

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Semi Truck Deaths Keep Climbing We talk a lot about the ever-increasing size of passenger trucks, and their often fatal impact on pretty much everything that is not a truck. But pickups, no matter how big or how heavy, do not compare to the true apex predators of American roadways: Tractor trailers. Read more…

Jalopnik 1.1k 2024-01-31

I Love When the Leaves Turn Beautiful Colors and Fall to Their Deaths

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I Love When the Leaves Turn Beautiful Colors and Fall to Their Deaths I love this time of year, when leaves change color and die right in front of me. Nothing prettier than a deceased leaf hanging from a tree in its final few moments on earth. It makes me want to wrap an oversized scarf around my neck and take a walk through the carnage. Stunning. What I like most in this season of decay is how cozy I feel in a sw…

McSweenys 522 2024-01-17

Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths

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Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths Onewheel at CES in 2015. | Image: The VergeFuture Motion, the maker of the Onewheel electric skateboard, is recalling every one of them, including 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing vehicles in the US. Alongside the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the company now seeks to remedy the products after four known death cases — three withou…

The Verge 590 2023-11-13

Here are the details on the grisly deaths of Elon Musk’s Neuralink monkeys

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Here are the details on the grisly deaths of Elon Musk’s Neuralink monkeys Illustration by Lille Allen / The VergeElon Musk said earlier this month that “no monkey has died as a result of a Neuralink implant,” but an alarming new report from Wired seems to contradict Musk’s statement. Public documents obtained by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and seen by Wired indicate that Neuralink’s macaqu…

The Verge 458 2023-10-23