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Watch a Drone Harass the French Police

Team BlackSheep trolls the French police with a quadcopter.
Brian Merchant
12.31.12
Two Truths and a Lie

Two Truths and a Lie... with Femi Kuti!

The son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti steps out from his father's shadow, and plays a stupid icebreaker game with us in the process!
David Johnson-Igra
12.31.12
Features

Was Guided By Voices the Hardest Working Indie Band of 2012?

Or were they just lazy, opportunistic hacks?
Jeff Ogiba
12.31.12
Motherboard Blog

"An In-Depth Analysis of a Piece of Shit" Is the Weirdest Title for Research This Year

As you might have guessed, the study looks at methods for quantifying parasite load in the poop in residents of the Ivory Coast.
Derek Mead
12.31.12
Motherboard Blog

The Year in Hobby-Drone Crash Porn

Before looking up at all the hopes, fears, and uncertainties that 2013 may hold for civilian and hobby drones, let's remember some of those small-fry unmanned aerials that tumbled down to Earth in 2012.
Brian Anderson
12.31.12
Holy Shit

Holy Shit, Kanye And Kim Kardashian Are Having A Baby

In case you were wondering, this has everything to do with the Illuminati.
Drew Millard
12.31.12
videos

Watch These Giraffes Duke It out on Film, and Other New Year Reflections

Reflections on the New Year, ass-kicking giraffes, Darwin and Kurt Vonnegut.
Austin Considine
12.31.12
Comics!

Guilt Trip

Dr. Brewster, you have a phone call from your mother. She says it's extremely urgent. "Andrew this is your mother. I need you to give me a ride."
Johnny Ryan
12.31.12
Motherboard Blog

A South African Rhino Farmer Is Trying to Buy U.S. Drones to Fight Poachers

This year saw the rise of eco-drones.
Derek Mead
12.31.12
Motherboard Blog

This Is Why We Can't Drill in the Arctic: Shell Lost Its Oil Rig at Sea

It looks like Shell is capping off its embarrassing, disaster-prone year of trying and failing to drill in the Arctic with yet another high profile mishap.
Brian Merchant
12.31.12
Motherboard Blog

Meet Roboy, the First Service Android Born with Corporate Tattoos

Want to get your company's logo on "the first truly anthropomimetic robot"? It's cheap.
Brian Merchant
12.31.12
Travel

Christmas in Palestine

I spent Christmas in Bethlehem, Christ's birthplace, first in the international tourist hotspot of Manger Square, then in the hills surrounding it where there's fewer Nativity scenes and more posters honoring Palestinian martyrs and Fatah graffiti.
Mat Wolf
12.31.12
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