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Elon Musk Is Still Insisting Mars Will Be Settled in 2024 and Then Terraformed
The basis of Musk’s project rests upon ethical problems that haven’t been figured out yet.
How Karaoke Secretly Became a Major Driver of Innovation
From 8-track to Laserdisc to CD+G to ISDN lines to YouTube, a bunch of different technologies have made karaoke possible. (Alcohol helps, too.)
Everything I Know About Mindfulness I Learned From Pulp Fiction
Harvey Keitel's Wolf has influenced my direction more than any sage in any Buddhist text.
Maths Predicts Global Mass Extinction Event in 2100
If we put another 310 gigatons of carbon into the ocean by 2100, which we’re well on track to do, we enter “unknown territory.”
What Happens When We Find Unknown Life?
Lynn Rothschild is engineering microorganisms in her NASA lab to understand the potential for life on other planets. Watch the full video.
Do You Want to Go to Space? Here's Your Chance
Motherboard got a ticket aboard a future space vehicle, and we're giving it away to one reader.
An Ecologist Became a Drone Engineer to Save Our Food Supply
Greg Crutsinger develops drone technology to help farmers struggling to grow produce in a world affected by climate change.
Is This Seal Slapping Heavy Metal Beats on Its Belly GOOD or BAD?
Does this viral video, now remixed into music, hold any value?
Meet the Floridian 'Riverkeeper' Fighting Back Monstrous Algae Blooms
The Indian River Lagoon has been overrun with toxic algae. Marty Baum is trying to save it.
Inside the Dark Matter Lab Buried Over a Mile Underground
Motherboard visits SNOLAB, where scientists are searching for dark matter, supernovas, and neutrinos inside an active mine.