Although the human brain is capable of sifting through a billion bits of information per second, scientists recently found that the top speed of human thought only comes in at roughly 10 bits per ...

Just outside Battle Mountain, Nev., there is a stretch of road called Route 305 that, according to some, is one of the straightest and smoothest roads in the world. That makes it the ideal venue for ...

Since our distant forebears first leaped from high rocks into water, tamed horses, or strapped strips of wood to their feet to slide down snowy mountainsides, humankind has found speed thrilling—and ...