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China Quietly Announced It's Going on the Biggest Solar Blitz Ever

Between now and 2015, China aims to quadruple the amount of solar power it produces. Yes, quadruple. By the time it's done, it will be pumping out almost enough solar power to run England.
Brian Merchant
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

Incredible Video Shows Civilian Traffic Passing Through a Syrian Tank Battle

The bloody two year conflict in Syria has not let up for the holy month of Ramadan, with Syrian troops currently attacking a rebel-held region of Damascus.
Derek Mead
7.15.13
Greg Palast's Column

My War On Stupid Is Facing Defeat On Every Front

From the NY Mayoral race, to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to the NSA.
Greg Palast
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

Even Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Tracking You While You Shop

Future brick-and-mortar shops could essentially simulate the Amazon experience, on the ground.
Meghan Neal
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

The Scientific Assassination of a Sexual Revolutionary: How America Interrupted Wilhelm Reich's Orgasmic Utopia

Did the U.S. kill the man who wanted to take the stress out of sex and use orgasms to heal the world?
Jason Louv
7.15.13
Nocturnal Submissions

Fuckin' Nothing

I'm unlocking my car door when a hooker materializes like a broken fairy princess, looking like she’s been kicked to all corners of the kingdom. I smile at her but she doesn’t smile back. She has a loud voice. "You lookin’ for something, White Bread?"
Scot Sothern
7.15.13
VICE News

Egypt After Morsi

On June 30, exactly one year after Egyptians voted for Mohammed Morsi to become their first-ever democratically elected president, millions of protesters filled central Cairo and town squares across Egypt demanding his dismissal. Was this another...
Aris Roussinos
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

At Colombia's Military Air Show, Even Kids Can Practice Shooting Drug Traffickers

Welcome to F-AIR, the Colombian Air Force's time to show off.
Jason Koebler
7.15.13
New York State of Mind

A$AP Ferg and A$AP Nast Got Jiggy in Great Britain, Bruh Bruh

This week photographer Verena Stefanie Grotto was in London putting in work with two of Harlem's favorite MCs, A$AP Ferg and A$AP Nast. Verena's pictures highlight the energy of an A$AP Mob show overseas and showcase what it's like shopping with a Trap...
Verena Stefanie Grotto
7.15.13
Interviews

Meet Viper, the Genius Rapper Behind "You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack"

We interviewed this meme in the making over text message about smoking crack, being a real estate dealer, and his astonishingly pleasurable music.
Jeremy Gordon
Jeremy Gordon
7.15.13
News

Zimbabwe Has Its Own Anti-Mugabe Whistleblower

A taste for whistleblowing, recently reignited by Edward Snowden, has spread down to the bottom of Africa into the corrupt corners of Zimbabwe. With less than two weeks to go until the nation attempts to topple Robert Mugabe from a 33-year rule of...
Olive Hoover
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

The Robot Film Festival Hopes to Make Bots Friendlier by Telling Happier Stories

How we frame our storytelling will shape how we develop bots in the future.
Lex Berko
7.15.13
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