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I Watched Chris Matthews Eat a Sandwich at the RNC
At the RNC, go to the stage in the weird outdoor mall area near the convention center, where you can watch Chris Matthews watching speeches. It's sort of like he’s an animal in a zoo.
Kyle Kramer
8.30.12
News

What You Need to Know About the Québec Elections
Take note and brace yourself for more Peppers rioting in the streets of Montreal.
Matthieu Caron
8.30.12
jose can say so

Lance Armstrong, Steroids, and Why I’d Become a Vampire
One thing I never understood is why anyone wouldn’t want to be bitten by a vampire. It’s like, what the fuck? Are you kidding me? I’d become a vampire in a heartbeat.
José Canseco
8.30.12
Motherboard Blog

Apple Would Prefer You Didn't Track Drones on Your iPhone
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you're going to have to cancel your mobile drone tracking plans for Labor Day weekend. It was a really fun plan, I know. Pull out the lawn chairs, find a sunny spot in the grass — beer in one hand, iPhone in the...
Adam Estes
8.30.12
Film

The Dark Knight Returns Animated Film Brings To Life Frank Miller's Grizzled Batman
See the first scenes of the upcoming animated film adaptation of the classic 1986 comic.
Abdullah Saeed
8.30.12
Motherboard Blog

An 18th-Century German Prince's Artificial Volcano Is Erupting Again
Sorry, but this destroys any science project you've ever come up with: In the 18th century a German prince, who apparently thought "his garden realm":http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/534/gallery/ wasn't fancy enough, had his own artificial volcano built...
Derek Mead
8.30.12
Motherboard Blog

Is Allowing 911 Calls Through Twitter a Terrible Idea?
in case you haven't heard, social media is kinda popular, and landlines and phone booths are kinda not. Meanwhile, as anyone who's lived in a population-dense area (and more of us are every day) knows, cell networks can get overloaded whenever a big...
Derek Mead
8.30.12
Music

Revolution, Evolution, and Rock 'N' Roll: An Exclusive Interview with Plasmatics Founder Rod Swenson
We talked to the reclusive Rod Swenson about the Plasmatics. This is his first interview in 20 years. It will certainly give you a headache.
Jason Webber
8.30.12
Stuff

Sweden's Politicians Are Spending Tax Money on Piss-Ups
How the Swedish louse mafia partied its way to a new Scandi scandal.
Caisa Ederyd
8.30.12
Stuff

We Told Some Italian Men That They Don't Have Any Balls
A law was recently passed in Italy's highest court that outlaws citizens from accusing Italian men of having no balls. If you're caught flouting the new law, you can be taken to court and punished with a fine and, presumably, an overbearing sense of...
Nimrod Kamer
8.30.12
Motherboard Blog

The San Diego Zoo's New Biomimicry Center Is Set to Cash In On Nature
The most enduring designs on our planet are in nature. Sharks have been more or less the same for millions of years; mountains endure for magnitudes longer than that. And all along those designs are refined by the pressures of nature itself. So why...
Derek Mead
8.30.12
The Sprinkles of the Sandman Issue

Dear Mexican Cartels: Don’t Fuck with the Angels
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, has become known as the “murder capital of the world” thanks to the seemingly endless string of drug-cartel-related killings, and the law-abiding portion of the population is ready to try almost anything to stop the violence.
Bernardo Loyola
8.30.12
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