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As Venezuela's economic and humanitarian crisis spirals out of control, members of the elite spent a week competing in the world's longest speedboat race on the Orinoco River—but on whose dime?

In this episode of Speed Daemons, we explore how Miami's natural environment and complex history led to its love affair with speedboats.

What kind of foam is strong enough to survive a car crash?

The Danube flow through Serbia is 600 kilometers long and a lot of international transport goes along the river. Serbia has been blacklisted by a number of international companies because of illegal river trade or, more commonly said, piracy.

Motherboard visits the laboratory of Nikhil Gupta, a professor who is currently working on creating lightweight metal foams.