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The Solar-Powered Airplane Reaches the End of the Sky Road
We swung by its last public meet-and-greet Sunday, to see the semi-famous airplane in person, and take part in—what we assumed would be—screaming, adoring crowds.
Ben Richmond and Derek Mead
7.15.13
Music

Turning Folded Paper Into Psychedelic Visuals [Music Video]
Filmmaker Jesse Yules uses origami and mirrors to create kaleidoscopic collages for DIANA's "Perpetual Surrender".
Kevin Holmes
7.15.13
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From the Ashes of the Mars Volta Rises One Great Band and One Crappy, Sad Band
Here's what happens when Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's new band plays the same venue two days after Cedric Bixler-Zavala's band plays it.
Philip Cosores
7.15.13
Words

B.Traits' Shoe Collection is Out of Control
From Kenzo to Air Max, Digital Soundgirl B.Traits shows us her colorful shoe collection.
Jessica Gentile
7.15.13
Features

Insane Clown Posse Release the Infomercial for 2013's Gathering of the Juggalos
They guarantee "wet slippery nipple buttons poppin' out of titty bras."
Ezra Marcus
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

Could Living as a Virtual Cow Make You Go Vegan?
Researchers hope that by spending a few moments in a cow’s hooves, his subjects will gain a sense of empathy about what the animals experience.
Lex Berko
7.15.13
News

Another Year of Booze and Bruises at the Belfast Twelfth
July 12 is probably the biggest date in Northern Ireland’s political calendar. Each year, hundreds of Orangemen and loyalist marching bands descend upon Belfast to parade around the city in commemoration of a Dutch Protestant defeating an English...
Matthew Francey
Matthew Francey, Photos: Lewis Rankin
7.15.13
The Creators Project

The Collective Mood of China Expressed as Monumental Light Display
Nature and Man in Rhapsody of Light at the Water Cube was unveiled last month at the Beijing National Aquatics Center (known as the Water Cube). The installation uses a computer program to translate the I Ching and the collective mood of...
The Creators Project
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns'
The problem isn’t coming up with ideas--it's getting people to buy them. After 15 years of innovation, personalized guns still haven't penetrated the marketplace.
Meghan Neal
7.15.13
Tech

Canadian Scientists Built a Virtual Map of the Human Brain
Your brain is a complex and marvelous creation. One hundred billion interconnected nerve cells, entangled in a bewildering network of 100 trillion synapses. To help untangle all of that, Canadian scientists have built a new virtual map of the brain...
Paul Tadich
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

DNA Sequencing Led Researchers to Discover "Microbial Dark Matter"
We still know barely anything about the genetic makeup of bacteria.
Jason Koebler
7.15.13
Words

Ducky - Air (Night Version) [THUMP Premiere]
NYC songstress and downtown club kid Ducky is at it again.
THUMP Staff
7.15.13
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