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Environment + The Body
Base Camp Mars
Forget Moon outposts, meet the people already living on Mars. . .in Utah.
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Wonderful
Failure to Launch
The British graphic novelist and space-bound futurist Warren Ellis returns Newt Gingrich to Earth.
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Art + Design
Lord British In Space
Gaming impresario Richard Garriott talks about dropping $30 mill on a Soyuz ticket, space diving, and the coming era of space travel.
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Music
Organic Sound
An interview with Bartholomäus Traubeck, who developed a turntable that plays tree rings like vinyl.
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Wonderful
Sudan's Private Eye
The Satellite Sentinel Project, an NGO started by George Clooney, has found images of Sudanese tanks readying for battle.
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Wonderful
The Best of Mars
A new series of Mars photos are some of the most stunning we've ever seen.
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Wonderful
The Internet, IRL
With all this talk of SOPA, censorship, and piracy, we ought to remember that the Internet is a physical thing.
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Wonderful
The iPhone's Consumer Problem
Cheap Chinese labor isn't the only reason iPhones aren't made in the U.S.
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Environment + The Body
Why You Trippy
Here's the neuroscience behind a mushroom trip.
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Wonderful
Spy Vs. You
A handy video guide to how you're being spied on right now.
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Environment + The Body
Your Friends are Lies
Forget Facebook. It's psychologically impossible to have more than 150 friends.
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Wonderful
The Dumb Computing Dream
How the quantum supercomputers of the future might not even know what they're computing.
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Art + Design
When the Religious Right Wins
In Sweden, being trans and legally changing your sex means forced sterilization.
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January 20 in History: The National Good Day Day Petition
Burning up the Internet right now is the official proclamation that Ice Cube’s Good Day occ...
Jan 27, 2012
by DerekMead
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(video)The Internet Has Pinpointed Ice Cube's Good Day
Donovan Strain, of Murk Avenue, is currently blowing the Internet’s mind (to the point that... (video)
Jan 27, 2012
by DerekMead
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(video)Want to Build a Death Star? Here's How
Want to destroy planets but don’t know how? Build a Death Star! (video)
Jan 27, 2012
by Amy_Teitel
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Warren Ellis on Newt Gingrich: Deathmatch on Mars
Whenever Newt Gingrich talks about lunar colonies and conquering Mars — and he certainly wa...
Jan 27, 2012
by Abraham_Riesman
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Bad Infographics and Space Shuttle Challenger
The U.S. is no stranger to the collapse of complex systems. But two decades before the break-up o...
Jan 27, 2012
by Alex_Pasternack
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(video)Motherboard TV: Motherboard Meets Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog on his new documentary, how to have a conversation on camera, and the limits of doc... (video)
Dec 01, 2011
by Alex_Pasternack
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(video)Courtney Love on Googling Herself, at the Guggenheim
It was half past one in the morning last Sunday when the fearless Courtney Love took the stage in... (video)
Jan 27, 2012
by Alex_Pasternack
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(video)Ambient Mars Metal Videos Created by a NASA Research Group
Currently spinning around the red planet is the Mars Research Orbiter, a satellite that’s b... (video)
Jan 26, 2012
by DerekMead
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Everyone Should Learn How to Code This Year
Back in December, you probably made all sorts of promises to yourself about eating healthier, get...
Jan 26, 2012
by Joshua_Kopstein
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He Flew a Balloon into Space and Jumped: Joe Kittinger Q+A
Interview by MASON ANDERSON-SWEET / VICE. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin gets all the credit for ...
Jan 26, 2012
by DerekMead
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Life’s a Game and Then You Die on Mars (Q+A)
Richard Garriott launched his career by creating giant, wild virtual role-playing games, and his ...
Jan 26, 2012
by Alex_Pasternack
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(video)Neil Armstrong: The Ohio Years
Awooooooooooo. Also: Lorne Michaels is apparently having some serious Kids In the Hall flashbacks... (video)
Jan 26, 2012
by Videodrome
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(video)Making Tree Rings Sing via a Super-Modified Turntable (Q+A)
Imagine musical trees made of vinyl, year-rings functioning as grooves of audio information. Reco... (video)
Jan 26, 2012
by Michael_Byrne
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(video)Best of Tech Talk, Part 1
Because digging through the sorrow and frustration of the winter months is a pain in the neck, ba... (video)
Jan 26, 2012
by Sean_Yeaton
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Clooney's Satellites Found Sudanese Tanks Heading to Battle
A new report released by the Satellite Sentinel Project, a human rights campaign started by Georg...
Jan 25, 2012
by LaraHeintz
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The Government Doesn't Need Laws to Censor the Internet
Ever since last week’s historic web blackout rattled the cage in Washington, droves of lawm...
Jan 25, 2012
by Joshua_Kopstein
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(video)Motherboard TV: Upgrade: Flying Around The World In A Sol...
It can’t be very hard for Bertrand Piccard to explain to his family why he wants to fly aro... (video)
Nov 29, 2011
by Motherboard
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These New Mars Photos Aren't Just Sciencey, They're Gorgeous
Bring on the conspiracy theories: Were the ripples in these Martian dunes created by wind, water,...
Jan 25, 2012
by DerekMead
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The Internet in Your Hands
A lot of people are talking about “the Internet” right now. You know, the series of tubes? That o...
Jan 25, 2012
by Brian_Anderson
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Once Wetlands are Gone, They're Gone
When it comes to wetlands, once you lose them, they’re gone. So says a new study from UC Be...
Jan 25, 2012
by DerekMead
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(video)Making Sense of Why Mushroom Trips Make No Sense
Cognition is a sense that, when functioning properly, makes sense of things so we can navigate th... (video)
Jan 25, 2012
by Sam_McDougle
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Programming Note: Bye Submissions, Hi New Twitter Handle
After much discussion, we here at Motherboard have made the decision to take down our post submis...
Jan 24, 2012
by Motherboard
