What The Same Train Ride Looked Like In 1953, 1983 And 2013

We’re all alive right now to know what 2013 is like. Some of us can tell stories about life 30 years ago. But most of us have no clue what life was like 60 years ago. This fantastic video by the BBC compares that whole timespan. It shows the same exact train ride filmed in 1953, 1983 and 2013 to reveal the difference over 60 years.
What The Same Train Ride Looked Like In 1953, 1983 And 2013

The Jaw-Dropping Winners Of The Largest Sports Photography Contest Yet

Almost 7000 people entered Red Bull’s third annual Illume sports photography contest this year, making it one of the largest photography competitions ever staged. And finally, at a ceremony in Hong Kong yesterday, the jury announced its winners. Who knew snowboarding could be so moody and artful?
The Jaw-Dropping Winners Of The Largest Sports Photography Contest Yet

Time Lapse Of Yosemite Fire Shows Nature Destroying Nature

Reminder: Fire is scary. Another reminder: It can also be very beautiful when it’s burning near one of the most beautiful places on this entire planet. Yosemite National Park just posted its time-lapse video that shows different perspective of the ginormous 2013 Rim Fire and reveals how it is burning up the wilderness.
Time Lapse Of Yosemite Fire Shows Nature Destroying Nature

How to Send Large Files Over Email

Many email servers refuse to accept email attachments over 10MB in size. While attachment sizes haven’t kept up with the times, there are other easy ways to send someone large files over email.
How to Send Large Files Over Email

Best Free Trials You Should Try Today

Any big company today has started giving trials before users end up paying for their service. We have collected some of the most greatest and the latest online offers which can save your time and money.
Best Free Trials You Should Try Today

Five Best Video Converters

If you're getting your movie and TV show library in order, it helps to have all of your video in one format that you know every device you own can play without issue. However, if your collection spans years of downloads, rips, and saved copies, your files can be all over the place. This week we're going to look at five of the best video conversion tools that can faithfully get your media library organized and ready to watch anytime, anywhere.
Five Best Video Converters

9 Crucial Tips and Tricks for Skype

Here at Mashable we use Skype on a daily basis. It's part of a suite of essential online tools that keep us connected to our friends, families and colleagues.
9 Crucial Tips and Tricks for Skype

How Do You Properly Destroy A Hard Drive?

Anyone who looked at The Guardian’s website in the last week will have seen a picture of one of the newspaper’s own laptops smashed and in pieces. Why did this Mac have to die?
How Do You Properly Destroy A Hard Drive?

Kiosks Let You Charge Your Device Wirelessly in Public

If Jeffrey Maganis has his way, you will find charging stations as often as you find ATMs. His company ChargeAll has built kiosks with bins that hold mobile devices and charge them, without requiring cords.
Kiosks Let You Charge Your Device Wirelessly in Public

Super-Accurate Gravity Map By Australian Scientists Shows You Where You Can Weigh Less

Gravity is often assumed to be constant across the entire planet, but because the Earth varies in shape and density, that’s not really the case. Now, this super-accurate gravity map reveals that the fluctuations are even more extreme than scientists previously thought.
Super-Accurate Gravity Map By Australian Scientists Shows You Where You Can Weigh Less

9 Most Amazing Train Railways

Check out some of the most unique train tracks from around the world.
9 Most Amazing Train Railways

14 Illegal Things You're Doing on the Internet

We've all done it. One day it's pirating an album, the next day it's streaming movies from a sketchy site. Of course, we know all these things are illegal.
14 Illegal Things You're Doing on the Internet

5 Amazing Facts About Tonight's Blue Moon

The Blue Moon on Aug. 20 is not the second full moon of August, but actually gets its name from a relatively obscure rule of astronomy. And there are a few other details about the full moon that might surprise you.
5 Amazing Facts About Tonight's Blue Moon

Aldi Mobile: Everything You Need To Know

Aldi’s own low-cost pre-paid mobile offerings have launched, and we have everything you need to know about the new service. In light of the recent ispONE drama taking down Kogan Mobile, it might be a good idea to look at your options.
Aldi Mobile: Everything You Need To Know

Warren Buffet explains why you can't beat the market

For openers, there is one huge, obvious pitfall. I am virtually certain that above-average performance cannot be maintained with large sums of managed money. It is nice to think that $20 billion managed under one roof will produce financial resources which can hire some of the world’s most effective investment talent. After all, doesn’t the big money at Las Vegas attract the most effective entertainers to its stages?
Warren Buffet explains why you can't beat the market

Area 51 Secrets Revealed in Unclassified Documents

Newly declassified CIA documents have revealed some of the history behind Nevada's Area 51. The area was never home to aliens or UFOs, but it was a super secret site for testing spy planes such as the U-2.
Area 51 Secrets Revealed in Unclassified Documents

A ‘no-reformat reinstall’ for Windows 8

Win8′s Refresh your PC without affecting your files feature lets you rebuild your operating system in minutes. A refresh returns Windows 8 to like-new condition while leaving users’ accounts, data, passwords, and personal files intact. But there are a few limitations to consider.
A ‘no-reformat reinstall’ for Windows 8

Things The Authorities Say To Mislead People About NSA Surveillance

It’s been two months since US President Barack Obama first said that he welcomes a debate about NSA surveillance, which he once again reiterated last week at his press conference. Unfortunately, it’s very hard to have a real debate about a subject when the administration constantly and intentionally misleads Americans about the NSA’s capabilities and supposed legal powers.
Things The Authorities Say To Mislead People About NSA Surveillance

How to Let Someone Else Use Your Computer Without Giving Them Access To All Your Stuff

If you let someone use your computer, they could gain access to your saved passwords, read your email, access all your files, and more. Instead of looking over their shoulder, just use your operating system’s guest account feature.
How to Let Someone Else Use Your Computer Without Giving Them Access To All Your Stuff

The English Language Is Pretty Crappy When You Think About It

They say that the hardest language to learn is English, what with all its crazy silent letters, weird tenses and other strange rules. There’s no denying it: the English language is just a little bit rubbish as The Fresh Gentlemen explain.
The English Language Is Pretty Crappy When You Think About It

Approaching Darkness: One Man Blogs His Descent Into Alzheimer's

Retired physician David Hilfiker, 68, has invited me to his Washington, D.C. home to discuss the blog he’s operated for the past 10 months. David has Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia that causes memory deficits and difficulty performing everyday tasks. This cognitive disorder manifests variably across patients, and its symptoms can appear in people as young as 30 or as old as 90.Approaching Darkness: One Man Blogs His Descent Into Alzheimer's

Truckload of gas cylinders explodes 39 times

On a Russian highway, a truck filled with propane cylinders explodes 39 times, boom, boom, boom, each explosion more spectacular than the last.
Truckload of gas cylinders explodes 39 times

How to Photograph Sports

Have you ever seen sports advertisements in magazines and wondered how you could take pictures like the pros? After reading this article, you'll be well on your way to producing quality sports images.
How to Photograph Sports

The Most Bonkers Scientific Theories (Almost) Nobody Believes Anymore

In this gallery we present to you the silliest of the silly scientific theories, some of which you’ll no doubt recognize because for whatever reason people refuse to give up on them. So remember, there are no dumb theories, just dumb reasons to keep believing in long-discredited theories.
The Most Bonkers Scientific Theories (Almost) Nobody Believes Anymore

More on the Fukushima water leaks

The New York Times has a story that ties together several reports of contaminated, radioactive water leaking into the ground and the nearby harbor at the site of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan.
More on the Fukushima water leaks

Town swallowed by sinkhole

Bayou Corne, Louisiana is being swallowed by a massive sinkhole. Yes, the whole town. OK, it is a small town. But it's definitely a massive industrial disaster.
Town swallowed by sinkhole

How To Extend Your Wi-Fi Network With An Old Router

When you upgrade to a faster, better router, don’t throw out your old one. You can turn it into a repeater that will carry your Wi-Fi signal to the dark corners of your home.
How To Extend Your Wi-Fi Network With An Old Router

How To Fix 11 Of The Most Common Household Appliance Problems

At least a quarter of all appliance repair calls are resolved with no-brainer solutions like pushing a button or flipping a circuit breaker. The team at Family Handyman shares what to look for and how to avoid these expensive lessons.
How To Fix 11 Of The Most Common Household Appliance Problems

Vintage celebrities' passport photo-pages

The Guardian rounds up the passport photo-pages of various glamorous and celebrity personages of the 50s and 60s.
Vintage celebrities' passport photo-pages

Fisherman cuts self out of shark, Sharknado-style

A fisherman from Victoria, Australia, climbed inside the shark he had captured, poked an arm through its lifeless gills, and staged this incredible shot for posterity.
Fisherman cuts self out of shark, Sharknado-style

Meet The Amazing Aussie Kid Who Won The Rubik's Cube World Championships

Meet Feliks Zemdegs. He’s a 17-year old kid from Melbourne, and he’s the new world-champion of the Rubik’s Cube, with the ability to complete the cube in less than eight-seconds, and what incredible seconds they are to watch.
Meet The Amazing Aussie Kid Who Won The Rubik's Cube World Championships

Giant panorama of Tokyo from the Tokyo Tower

Jeffrey from 360 Cities sez, "I have spent the last few months working on the Tokyo Tower Gigapixel. This is the second-largest panorama I have ever made, but it is my #1 favorite overall.
Giant panorama of Tokyo from the Tokyo Tower