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A Brief History of Godzilla, Our Never-Ending Nuclear Nightmare
Here's the thing about the original Godzilla movie: It's arguably the best window into post-war attitudes towards nuclear power we've got—as seen from the perspective of its greatest victims. It's an unflinchingly bleak, deceptively powerful film.
Brian Merchant
8.25.13
Motherboard Blog

The Vacuum Tubes That Ate L.A.
Hyperloop and the myth of the benevolent inventor.
Michael Byrne
8.25.13
News

Chelsea Girl
I didn’t know who Chelsea Manning was until she told everyone yesterday. The trans* community (the asterisk stands for all kinds of queer, including those like mine which lie outside of the gender binary) is a smallish and semi-tightly-knit community...
Hari Nef
8.25.13
Motherboard Blog

Cocaine Rewires the Brain After Just One Hit, Makes the Sober World Boring
Just look at that poor mouse.
Michael Byrne
8.25.13
Comics!

Facebook Funeral
Your funeral has a Facebook event. We're going to geo-tag the location and read your draft tweets aloud. Your urn is a hot spot, because of a Kickstarter you forgot about, and we built a bot from your web presence. It's almost the same as having you...
Maré Odomo
8.25.13
Motherboard Blog

Cloned Horses Are Taking Over the Track
A US court has ruled the American Quarter Horse Association must accept cloned horses' applications to join their exclusive club.
Rebekah Marcarelli
8.25.13
Tech

This Satellite Could Be Beaming Solar Power Down from Space by 2025
John Mankins is a NASA veteran, aerospace entrepreneur, and space-based solar power expert, and has designed the world's first practical orbital solar plant. If all goes to plan, it could be launched as early as 2025, which is sooner than it sounds...
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8.25.13
WEEDIQUETTE

Jummy's Infinite Stash
In retrospect, my mom was probably right about Jummy being a bad influence. One summer, he always had weed. I had no clue where it came from, but Jummy said I could continue smoking it without smoking him out in return if I never asked him where he got...
T. Kid
8.25.13
A Small Minority of Idiots

Arsene Wenger Needs to Stop Being Football's Lou Reed
He's a football manager, and football managers are supposed to win.
Clive Martin
8.25.13
News

Twin Blasts in Lebanon Signal Intensifying Unrest
Two car bombs rocked Tripoli—Lebanon's second largest city—Friday outside mosques frequented by Salafist preachers who have been vocal in their support of the Syrian opposition and critical of Hezbollah’s military intervention across the border.
Martin Armstrong; photos by Collette Hogg
Martin Armstrong, Photos: Collette Hogg
8.25.13
Stuff

No Matter What I Do, I Feel the Pain
Rumors are flying that ’N Sync will be reuniting tonight at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. It’s been a while since we’ve heard about most members of the band, so I wrote fan fiction about what they’ve been doing with...
Emalie Marthe
8.25.13
Photo

Marco Hernandez: The Skate Life Photography King of Staten Island
For this week's Mahal, I caught up with skate-life photographer, Marco Hernandez. A native of Staten Island, home to one of the world's largest landfills, Marco snaps pics of skateboarders, bums, dead animals, girls, and anything else that catches his...
Taji Ameen
8.24.13
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