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Investigating Global Warming's Absolute Worst-Case Scenario, Venus Syndrome

When we think of global warming, we think of things really sucking: rising oceans, catostrophic new weather patterns, disrupted food supply chains, Alaskan beach resorts. It's all awful and very likely to happen, for global warming to hit its current...
Michael Byrne
1.17.12
Stuff

Nikanor Teratologen’s Rolodex of Atrocities

"Assisted Living" is a nonstop stream of human cruelty led by Grandpa, one of the more repugnant characters ever put on paper.
Blake Butler
1.17.12
News

Quango - Yacht Rock Anthem

The Great British public are a bunch of penny-pinching prole-mouths who want The Queen to cry.
Gavin Haynes
1.17.12
Motherboard Blog

Jason Silva's PSAs for the Future

Our friend "Jason Silva":http://motherboard.vice.com/search/posts?keyword=silva&commit=Search - the futurist media personality, model, death-hater, likely cryonics / cyborg candidate - recently spoke at Lucid NYC with a couple of his recent videos...
ALEX PASTERNACK
1.17.12
Motherboard Blog

AT&T Could Have Bought the Internet in 1971

Recent victories over Hollywood's Stop Online Piracy Act have reinvigorated the fight against a corporate takeover of the internet.
Janus Rose
1.17.12
Motherboard Blog

Despite Delays, the SpaceX Dragon Capsule is Still the Future of Private Space Transport

If Elon Musk can take over delivering payloads to low Earth orbit, NASA will be free to focus on long-term goals like interplanetary flight.
Amy Shira Teitel
1.17.12
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Rainbow Cake

No one should have to go through a seizure on an empty stomach.
Jo Fuertes-Knight
1.17.12
Menk, by John Doran

No Way to Control It, It's Totally Automatic

If I go on TV, will people end up dying?
John Doran
1.17.12
Stuff

Michael Holden's Deleted Scenes - Pram War

Mother-in-law versus mother-in-law - it's a pram pissing contest.
Michael Holden
1.17.12
Motherboard Blog

SOPA Is On The Chopping Block, But The Fight Has Only Just Begun

After increasingly cacophonous online outrage, it’s finally looking like the momentum behind the internet censorship bills is beginning to wane. But don’t get too excited — there is still a long fight ahead.
Janus Rose
1.17.12
Stuff

The Golden Globules

Awards season is well on its way to using up any spare oxygen left in Los Angeles.
Bruce LaBruce
1.17.12
Tech

The Internet Monopoly That Could've Been

In 1971, AT&T passed up the opportunity to own the Internet. Oops?
Janus Rose
1.17.12
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