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AD HOC - Foreign Mothers' Debut Album 'Duh'
Foreign Mothers prove through song that there's power in owning your gender identity, identities, or lack thereof.
Michael Kasparis
7.24.12
Gaming

Gamer's Paradise: Mass Entertainment Doesn’t Need To Be Mindless
In the debut of her new column, gaming journalist Leigh Alexander discusses how video games are transforming into the vanguard of our culture.
Leigh Alexander
7.24.12
Motherboard Blog

YouTube Wants to Know Who You Are
Reading YouTube comments is a hell of an adventure. The delightful mix of misspelled insults and expletive laden vitriol probably wouldn't be possible if the site weren't so liberal with its anonymity policy. For whatever reason, though, YouTube now...
Adam Estes
7.24.12
Music

Nu Sensae "100 Shades" Premiere, and Prize Pack Contest!
Win a Nu Sensae prize pack, and possibly a pair of dirty underpants from each member of the band. Oh, and there's a song premiere too.
Kelly McClure
7.24.12
Stuff

How I Pulled Off a $300 Million Drug Deal
From 1972 until the late 80s, Brian O’Dea was one of the world’s most successful drug smugglers. Then he got addicted to coke, and although he cleaned up following an overdose and a heart attack, the DEA tracked him down. So, throughout the 1990s...
Oscar Rickett
7.24.12
Motherboard Blog

Silicon Valley's New Boom Pits Doctors Against Insurance Companies
Doctors in Silicon Valley are fighting back against the insurance companies in their quest to “earn a decent living,” setting a nasty precedent in the country’s already beleaguered health care industry.
ALEC LIU
7.24.12
Photo

Photos from Benicàssim 2012
Attractive people making friends in Spain.
Oscar L. Tejeda/FIB
7.24.12
Travel

Religion in Monterrey
I saw the devil's finger in Monterrey.
Bruce LaBruce
7.24.12
Sports

Before Andruw Jones Was Fat, He Was Good at Baseball
Not to get all James Murphy on you or anything, but I was there. I was there, in 1996, at the first World Series that Andruw Jones ever played in. I told him, “Adjust your stance. You’ll never even tip it away.”
Drew Millard
7.24.12
Motherboard Blog

Opportunity Is Close to Finishing the First Martian Marathon
Opportunity is about to finish a full Martian marathon.
Amy Shira Teitel
7.24.12
Design

DIY Holodeck Gaming System To Be Built By University Students
Project Holodeck aims to bring immersive 360-degree, full-body virtual reality into your living room.
Kevin Holmes
7.24.12
News

Ai Weiwei Still Knows How to Piss Off the Chinese Government
A friend of his just made a film about him called "Never Sorry." The movie follows the artist around for several years from 2008 and ends shortly after Weiwei returns from a shady 81-day disappearance/detention.
Joshua Haddow
7.24.12
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