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In Maskull Lasserre's world, you never know what bit of human or animal anatomy is hiding in your everyday objects.

The video from this year's No Pants Subway Ride has been released. Pantless fun awaits you.
With oil running out and the planet heating up, there's a lot of interest in new public transportation systems these days. But some existing...
We've brought you the interstate highways as a subway map, and now here is the galaxy. In case you were confused how to get from here to, say...

See Amtrak's entire passenger rail system laid out like a subway map.
Not metro. Sandwich. Subway restaurant chain was accused of baking a giant knife into a loaf of bread. The would-be sword swallower, a 26-year-old...
Check out this amazing recreation of the highways as a subway map. While there are no geographic features, it sure makes it easier to envision any...
What if the systems of the human body were depicted as a subway map? It would look something like this amazing map by Sam Loman. Insert your own...
At the Subway across the street from Tokyo Station, the catchphrase "Eat Fresh" has taken on new meaning. The store recently installed a...

Should the subway have a conversation car? An urbanist argues for making public transit more social.
New York City's Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, recently announced a massive plan to dramatically increase the city's level of sustainability by...
The ridership of L.A.'s subway system grew by an incredible 14% in the first three months of 2008, according to this report. The numbers were...
We've posted before about the nation's proposed new high-speed rail network, and today Obama gave a speech about his plans to implement such a...
TreeHugger turns us on to a great video about food waste: Every day, New York City residents waste 270,000 pounds of food. Want to know what that...

From Pink Tentacle comes this colorful image, "Three Annoying Train Monsters," a vintage subway-etiquette poster from Tokyo that warns riders...
New York rock band Atomic Tom performs on the subway using just iPhones for instruments. Viral marketing genius.

The food is bad and the atmosphere is rotten, and yet I still can't drag myself away.

“Mediterranean food is delicious,” Zaibak says. It’s about time everyone knew it.

Think living in a city is better for the environment than country living? Think again.
Anyone who has ever lived in or traveled to New York City can relate to the experience of staring into the city's iconic subway map in an effort...