Claire Evans
Terraform Is Back With a Book. Join Us As We Watch Worlds Burn
Motherboard’s short speculative fiction imprint is publishing an anthology of our best work with MCDxFSG Originals.
Worshipping Immortality at the Church of Perpetual Life
Motherboard explores a unique church in Florida that believes immortality is imminent, through the progression of science and technology they believe they can live forever.
Inside the Surreal, Self-Invented World of Pamela Anderson
Twenty-seven years after she transformed herself from a Canadian model into a bombshell all-American celebrity, Pam Anderson is trying another transformation.
Resurrecting the Man Behind the Penthouse Empire
Jeremy spotted the boxes, piled up near the trashcans. The Russian contractor “thought the slides were garbage and didn’t give a shit about them,” Jeremy told me. The boxes were filled with the treasure he had been hoping for: the personal photographs...
Before Peter Gabriel Jammed with Monkeys, John C. Lilly Tripped with Dolphins
As Gabriel said recently, "If aliens do exist…we expect them to treat us as smart creatures that are worth listening to, and I would ask, 'like we have with the other species on this planet?'" It's pretty bleeding-edge (and bleeding-heart), but it owes...
'OMNI' Magazine Will Rise Again
The magazine's been out of print for 15 years, but while it lasted it was a gonzo blend of science and science fiction. It was sexy, irreverent, scarily prescient, and I never imagined that I'd find myself elbow-deep in the biggest 'OMNI' collection in...
A Eulogy for Skeuomorphism
With its new OS, Apple is finally killing those leather-bound calendars, wooden bookshelves, and tech's most quietly controversial design element. But skeuomorphism deserves a proper send-off.
Philip K. Dick's 4-Dimensional Gun
3D-printed guns? Please. Here's what the late sci-fi master had to say about the ultimate weapon.
The Great American Hack: David Foster Wallace and Aaron Swartz
I just finished 'Infinite Jest.' Like anyone who's spent months reading a 1,008-page book, particularly this one, I'm at a loss. It's sprawling, and by this point, all the important details from the novel's opening pages are teetering on the foggy...
A Pharmacopoeia of Speculative Drugs
Inventing drugs is a tradition that dates back to Homer. Here's how the future got high.
A Mind Forever Voyaging: The Lost and Found Art of the Text Adventure
700 lines of code. No graphics.
What's My Face Is Yours: A Chat With Artist Megan May Daalder
Inside the Mirrorbox, a hands-on piece that uses two-way mirrors and a lighting sequence to give two participants the temporary sensation of embodying another identity.