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The Devastating Effects of Pollution in China

We travel to the single most polluted place on earth, the coal-mining town of Linfen in Shanxi Province, China.
Motherboard Blog

Future Sex: D.C. Kids Take Nation's First-Ever Sex Ed Standardized Tests

Perhaps even more surprisingly, the scores are encouraging.
Kelly Bourdet
12.14.12
Music

The Rise Of The Album Trailer

And why 2012's hip-hop mini-movies ruled the pack.
Ryan Bassil
12.14.12
NSFW

The Best Places to Stash Used Condoms

All human activities produce waste. When one drives an automobile, carbon monoxide is expelled. After eating a meal, a person tends to create what most reputable scientists refer to as “shit.” Sexual relations are not exempt from this rule.
Dave Schilling
12.14.12
Tech

Smart Drugs and Cybernetics Are Creating a Superhuman Workforce

Imagine becoming superhuman. Or, at the very least, becoming superhumanly good at your job. Imagine a drug that would give you total focus, total composure, genius-level clarity of thought, and the ability to stay up and in the zone for two days...
Jason Louv
12.14.12
Motherboard Blog

Kim Jong-un Photographed Watching His Rocket Launch While in Flavor Country

If this picture from the KCNA, North Korea's state news agency, isn't perfect, I don't know what is.
Derek Mead
12.14.12
Motherboard Blog

Richer, More Mobile Americans Prefer Shallower, More Plentiful Friendships

BFFs are for poor people who stay put, suggests a new study.
Austin Considine
12.14.12
Friday Thinks With Luke Winkie

Friday Thinks... With Luke Winkie - Songs That Eating Poutine Made Me Think Of

Why? Because Friday, that's why.
Luke Winkie
12.14.12
motherboard show

Tipping TVs Are Killing Children in Record Numbers

The government is issuing warnings to parents who let their kids sit right in front of their unmounted flatscreens that TV tipping is a life-threatening hazard.
Greg Thomas
12.14.12
Music

In Honor of Sacred Bones' EOTW Show and Compilation, Here's the Premiere of VAR's "The Boy or the Boot"

Brooklyn label Sacred Bones is celebrating their five-year anniversary with an end of the world freak out show, and compilation in the desert. To celebrate, they gave us the exclusive premiere of VAR's "The Boy or the Boot" off of the comp.
BEVERLY HAMES
12.14.12
New music

Aaron Cohen Feat. Spaceman & ABGOHARD: "Unemployment" Video Premiere

Cohen and co. go on a recession hustle around the city in latest video.
Jo Fuertes-Knight
12.14.12
Features

The Erotic Art of Skrillex/Deadmau5 Fandom

Meet the Skrillmau5 fan community, an online nexus of digital librarians who collect art and literature devoted to fantasy erotic encounters between these two EDM luminaries.
Lil Internet
12.14.12
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