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In The Club... With Jon Hendren

Bad Religion and Green Day Remind Me of Butt Things

It can be startling how a song, a voice, or a sound can stir up memories I hadn't thought about in a while. Seems like I can be minding my own business when "Dragula" comes out of nowhere and reminds me of the day I got my cat and she threw up all over my
Jon Hendren
1.24.13
Motherboard Blog

A Nuclear Power Plant Made Snow Fallout in Pennsylvania

If you live in Pennsylvania, some of the snow that gently fell across upon town last night was probably made by a nuclear power plant.
Brian Merchant
1.24.13
Art

Artist Collects And Analyzes DNA Samples To Create 3D Portraits In "Stranger Visions"

Heather Dewey-Hagborg is turning DNA from found hair samples into portraits.
Julia Kaganskiy
1.24.13
Tech

Hunting Rhino Horns in the Deep Web

Rhinoceros horn trafficking has become a billion-dollar business and the scourge of a threatened species. With law enforcement cracking down in many countries throughout the world, vendors have taken a cue from the drug trade and moved deeper into the...
Derek Mead
1.24.13
security

A UK Company Proposes Using Smoke Screens to Prevent School Shootings

The solution "caters to every side," the company says.
Greg Thomas
1.24.13
Art

A Kickstarter Campaign Where The Backers Become The Art Project

Jeremy Bailey takes his augmented reality madness to the next level.
Abdullah Saeed
1.24.13
Features

A Eulogy for The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta broke up. We got Patrick McGuire, who for whatever reason loved them in high school, and probably still does, to write them a farewell letter.
1.24.13
Motherboard Blog

The Deadliest Natural Disaster in Human History

830,000 souls in the Ming Dynasty.
Michael Byrne
1.24.13
Ask The Internet

Ask The Internet - What Song Did You Lose Your Virginity To?

Your answers...really bummed us out.
1.24.13
Stuff

Hollaback and the War Against Street Harassment

Despite the insistence that cat calling is a form of flattery, it’s actually sexual harassment and most women wish it would stop. Emily May is the Executive Director of Hollaback!, an organization working to fight street harassment. Hollaback! educates...
Lilly O'Donnell
1.24.13
Features

The Fossils Of Post-Punk, Wire, Are Back At It With Upcoming 'Change Becomes Us'

And judging by their new press shots, change...definitely became them.
Mish Way
Lara James
1.24.13
Instagram Report

DJ Khaled in a Bathtub

There's wisdom in those bubbles, trust us.
Drew Millard
1.24.13
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