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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Broke the Sound Barrier During Its First Rocket Test

The company claims it's now on track to complete its first full space flight by the end of the year.
Brian Merchant
4.29.13
Photo

Jonathan Hobin Re-Creates the World's Most Infamous Tragedies with Children

Jonathan Hobin has made a name for himself by dressing kids up as infamous players from history and placing them in re-creations of tragedies that range from 9/11 to the JonBenet Ramsey murder. Some people are kinda mad at him for that, so we gave him...
Brad Casey
4.29.13
Tech

Did Boards of Canada Create the Weirdest Musical Rabbit Hole Ever?

A casual observer of the Boards of Canada numbers station mystery might be either vaguely amused or generally disinterested. BoC fans, on the other hand, are of a different breed.
DJ Pangburn
4.29.13
Motherboard Blog

What Untold Thousands of New Yorkers Shuffling Through Turnstiles Looks LIke

Oh, sonder.
Brian Anderson
4.29.13
Nocturnal Submissions

Goodbye, So-Long, Motherfucker

1987. It’s summertime on Victory Boulevard, 101 degrees, dry and windy. I’m in the Camaro with the air conditioner on, playing in traffic. I’ve got $200 and I’m on my way to buy some cocaine. At a light I see a working San Fernando Valley girl. She’s...
Scot Sothern
4.29.13
Motherboard Blog

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Nerd

We’re at the point now where the Internet underwrites many of our experiences when we're not online. This holds true for art as well.
Cameron Cuchulainn
4.29.13
Motherboard Blog

The Atmosphere Now Holds 14 Percent More Carbon Than Science Says Is Safe for Human Civilization

There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than there has been in 3 million years. And there were no humans back then.
Brian Merchant
4.29.13
Motherboard Blog

The UK Finally Dedicated a Wildlife Agent to the Internet Trade

Alldridge also notes that the Wildlife Crime Unit is "aware" of trade going on in the dark web.
Derek Mead
4.29.13
Ragecoach 2013

Stagecoach, Day One - There's a Barrier Between Freedom and Evil

Meet Stagecoach, the country music festival that happens in Indio, California the weekend after Coachella.
Kyle Kramer
4.29.13
Film

New Cinema: Dance Like Michael Jackson... Using Your Face

As part of our hackathon that explored new forms of cinematic storytelling, Supermarche hooked up with some creative coders to bust some MJ moves using facial expressions.
Kevin Holmes
4.29.13
News

Hungary Is Destroying Itself from the Inside

Although Hungary isn't a country famed for its defenses, in 2013 it's not alien armies they have to worry about: it's the burgeoning far-right movement, a worrying level of state control, and an increase in censorship all brewing within its own borders.
Nathalie Olah, Photos: Zsofia Palyi
4.29.13
New Cinema Hackathon

New Cinema Hackathon: Dance With Your Face

As part of our hackathon that explored new forms of cinematic storytelling, Supermarche hooked up with some creative coders to bust some MJ moves using facial expressions.
The Creators Project
4.29.13
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