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The Creators Project Lecture Series

The Creators Project Lecture Series: MEGAFORCE™ Panel Paris 2012

   
The Creators Project
8.27.12
Motherboard Blog

Compared To Past Mars Rovers, Curiosity Is Cruising

Curiosity took it's first drive this week, and it was way simpler than the rover that roved before.
Amy Shira Teitel
8.27.12
eye for an eye

Master Legend Unmasked - Part 1

Citizens of Orlando, Florida need not fear because real-life superhero Master Legend is protecting their town… or something like that.
VICE Staff
8.27.12
Motherboard

Blowing Up Asteroids with Neil deGrasse Tyson

What are the chances of an asteroid colliding with earth and causing hundreds of millions of people to drown in tidal waves the size of skyscrapers? For this piece, we talked to science's No. 1 booster, Neil deGrasse Tyson, about what it would take to...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
8.27.12
Motherboard Blog

This Really Has Been the Hottest Year Ever of All Time (for Peppers and iPads Too)

Ever since CERN found the Higgs boson, they seem to just be showing off their giant science brains just for fun. A few weeks ago, the European megalab hosted American "Congress folk and Astronauts":http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57479585/gabrielle...
BEN MAJOY
8.26.12
Music

The Best Unknown Brooklyn Bands

Rock n’ roll is still alive, well, and following a strict P90x workout regimen. There’s no reason to write it a eulogy. Everybody knows Brooklyn is the place to find awesome new bands, because that’s what they say on music websites. I give you the top...
Mikey Asserrad
8.26.12
Stuff

Republicans Need to Start Using Rap Campaign Songs

Ever since Bruce Springsteen blasted the Reagan campaign for misappropriating “Born in the USA,” liberal musicians have been slamming conservative candidates who used their tunes. So what songs are left for Republicans? The Silversun Pickups? Forget...
Maggie Serota
8.26.12
Sports

Clyde’s Corner – Andy Macdonald Is Not a Kook

I’m sick of y’all disrespecting the Gawd Andy Mac. What does this dude have to do to get that Kevin Garnett respect in the game? But all the while y’all been treating this dude like the Rodney Dangerfield of skateboarding. I’m personally gonna detail...
Clyde Singleton
8.26.12
Comics!

Woe Is Me

Muscle Competition
Nichole Senter
8.26.12
The Mercy Rule

Unlimited Juice

The last week or so has been a bad one for athletes who take drugs. These are not the rare and random wild-card athletes who get nailed for "drugs of abuse," these are athletes who, for reasons that usually come down to making more money playing sports...
David Roth
8.25.12
Motherboard Blog

Neil Armstrong's One Small Misstep

_That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind._ It's one of the most historic and recognizable statements ever made. But Neil Armstrong likely flubbed his lines as he made those momentous steps onto the moon. After all, he was only...
ALEC LIU
8.25.12
Motherboard Blog

One GIF To Explain the Multiverse of the Microscopic

Even if cosmic multiverse theories turn out to be bunk -- probably not -- it's worth considering that we live in at least a few multiverses already. You might say that the narrow band of visible light that allows the set of things we can see with our...
Michael Byrne
8.25.12
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