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Men Cheat More Because They Have a Stronger Sexual Impulse, Claims Study
But are we so sure they even cheat more?
Ruth Reader
9.22.13
News

Massachusetts Might Force a Woman to Share Parental Rights with the Rapist Who Impregnated Her
In Massachusetts, it is perfectly legal for a man to seek custody of a child he fathered by raping a woman. As strange as this sounds, a woman is currently fighting to prevent this scenario from becoming her reality.
Gideon Resnick
9.22.13
INSOMNIA

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia Goes in Search of the 'Ambien Effect'
Is a sleep drug also reversing brain damage?
Hamilton Morris
9.22.13
Motherboard Blog

Saturn's Moon Titan Might Explain How Life Started on Earth
With just the right building blocks for life, the moon could be a giant lab to study abiogenesis.
Amy Shira Teitel
9.22.13
Travel

I Grew Up in a Trailer Park in the Everglades
One time, a Local Boy Bludgeoned His Father to Death with a Baseball Bat
Falyn Freyman
9.22.13
WEEDIQUETTE

A Muslim's Adventures in Pork
Although my family was never terribly religious, I was brought up Muslim enough to not eat pork. Several years ago, I broke with this tradition. I was doing boring freelance writing and wanted to create a personal project that would be both interesting...
T. Kid
9.22.13
Comics!

Pizza Weather
The True Story of a Pizza
Keith Pakiz
9.22.13
Motherboard Blog

Remembering the One Colorado Flood To Rule Them All—Still
When a foot of rain fell over Big Thompson Canyon in 1976, it killed 144 people with no warning.
Michael Byrne
9.22.13
Motherboard Blog

Enjoy This Simple and Uncondescending Animation Explaining Evolution
Even you might learn something.
Michael Byrne
9.21.13
Motherboard Blog

'This Charming Charlie' Tumblr Creator Won't Go Without a Fight
Universal files a DMCA takedown request, but Lauren LoPrete claims fair use.
Fruzsina Eordogh
9.21.13
Motherboard Blog

The Effects of the Cat Mind-Control Parasite Might Be Permanent
This is bad news for mice and some human schizophrenics.
Michael Byrne
9.21.13
New music

Premiere: Raz Fresco, John River, Rich Kidd & Blake Carrington - "How Could You Judge Me?"
We're thrilled to premiere this brand new posse cut--that asks the essential question, "How Could You Judge Me?"--from four of our favourite Canadian rappers: Rich Kidd, Raz Fresco, John River, and Blake Carrington.
Noisey Canada
9.21.13
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