MARTIN CONNELLY
Propaganda Posters For the Social Network War
You may have heard that we're in the midst of a war. A war between superpowers hellbent on global domination. A war in which you, my friend, must play your part, take sides, and once there, share as many links as you can. And don't even think of asking...
There's No Sex OR Pizza in Space (and the List Goes On)
Before he returned to Earth on the Space Shuttle for the last time, Andrew Feustel got something stuck in his eye. On earth, a couple tears would have solved the problem (unlike Chuck Norris, astronauts can apparently shed tears) but the thing is, in...
The Finest Images of Black Holes: When Hard Science Turns to Photoshop
NASA-funded astronomers made minor history May 20th when they released the “Best-Ever Snapshot of Black Hole Jets” assembled from radio telescopic images collected in the southern hemisphere.
How to Brand Human Rights
In an era when your blog isn't just a diary but is, rather, that platform for _your personal brand_, the idea that something as important as Human Rights doesn't have a symbol is baffling. But then again, logos are usually a sign of a group or...
Hubble's Most Mind Expanding Photos of the Universe
The just-turned-21 Hubble Space Telescope has spent its entire life taking photographs of such enormous, otherworldly things that words stop working.
Meet the DOK-ING Robotic Fire Fighting System
According to the AP, the US sent two fire trucks to Fukushima to help with the situation at the Dai-ichi power plant.
Gallery: Charity Posters For Japan
I've noticed that, now, almost as soon as the dust has settled from any major catastrophe, as the calls for relief teams and aid donations go out something else tends to pop up: the relief poster.
Good Technology: The Satellite Sentinel Project Watches Over Sudan
h4. *There are first world problems like, "should you go for sushi or bánh mi when you get lunch with your ex?" or "which of the six parties happening this weekend is really worth going to?" And there are third world problems, like the lack of clean...
Out Of Context Science Is the Best Tumblr You Will See Today
Single serving Tumblrs certainly capture some of the essentials of our (or at least, my) day. They showcase the obsession with filtration, curation, and, perhaps most importantly, the totally inane. "Hipster puppies":http://hipsterpuppies.tumblr.com...
Good Technology: Envaya Builds A Civil Society Platform
A lot of the technology we talk about on Motherboard solves first world problems, some of which didn’t even exist before the technology itself (admit it, whether or not you can check your email from your phone hasn't been a pressing issue in your life...
Father of Great Firewall Speaks Out, Is Promptly Censored
A couple weeks ago, the "Global Times":http://www.globaltimes.cn/, a Chinese international affairs newspaper run by the "People's Daily":http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/, ran a profile of Fang Binxing, the father of the Great Fire Wall. Fang is...