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The Amazon Is a Dangerous Place If You Live on a Bunch of Gold
Last week, news broke that back in July illegal goldminers allegedly wiped out an entire village of indigenous Yanomami in the Amazon. Reports suggest that they did this by raining down machine gun fire and crude explosives from helicopters.
Joanna Eede
Joanna Eede, Photos by Claudia Andujar
9.6.12
Stuff

The Imposter Who Had Over 500 Fake Identities
See that guy in the picture above? He doesn't look like a 17-year-old, blond, blue-eyed American boy, does he? But, that's exactly what he managed to convince a lot of people, including the boy's family, that he was.
Joshua Haddow
9.6.12
Motherboard Blog

DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt
I really want to get excited about the DARPA-funded robot that's faster than any man on Earth. But then I imagine it's chasing me.
Adam Estes
9.6.12
Motherboard Blog

Rank War: Cracking Open the Lid On Militarized Stink Bombs
For all the visible horror and concussive din of combat, smell is war's lingering sting. Burning vehicles, fuel, and flesh. Fresh, spent cordite. Salt water. Opium. Sewage.
War reeks. And no matter that so much of war is being robotized to the...
Brian Anderson
9.6.12
Music

Nations of Asia, Surrender Your Girlfriends!
After all, all men may be created equal, but no one said anything about their girlfriends. So consider this as something of a handy guide to choosing the best racial flavor for maximizing your cool points.
Alex Koenig
9.6.12
Motherboard Blog

Somebody Please Punch Us in the Gut With Climate Change
The Arctic is melting. Everybody knows this, on some level, and everybody has some way of rationalizing that concept to themselves, whether or not it is the scientifically correct rationalization. 'It is because of global warming' would be the most...
Brian Merchant
9.6.12
Photo

Breakin', India Style
Photographer Sunny Shokrae introduces us to Tiny Drops, a crew of kids from New Delhi trying to overcome a lack of stability and order through breakdancing and hip-hop culture. Let's hope the floors can handle it.
Sunny Shokrae
9.6.12
Beauty School Dropout

The La-Z-Girl Makeover
Don't worry, slobs, the future is here to make you "beautiful".
Bertie Brandes
9.6.12
Music

Here's Why Ariel Pink, Odd Nosdam, Jello Biafra, And Japanther All Make Music With Michael Alan
The New York artist’s deranged performance art, drawings, and paintings draw together an eclectic mix of musical collaborators.
Abdullah Saeed
9.6.12
Motherboard Blog

Watch 49 Technicolor Drones Fly-Dance In Unison
Look at the screenshot I shared above. That's what the end of the world will look like, when Skynet finally launches the missiles. The disco drone party is courtesy of a recent by German art collective Ars Electronica, and it may or may not be called...
Derek Mead
9.6.12
Motherboard Blog

The Deep Sadness of Elk That Don't Run
I don't particularly like being shy. I don't think it benefits me in any way, whether in terms of regular ol' evolutionary selection or in terms of post-nature meta-survival (broad-spectrum human fulfillment, say). Shyness in humans is undesirable to...
Michael Byrne
9.6.12
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Pins: "LuvU4Lyf" Track Exclusive
Thumping drums from the Mancunian four-piece.
Noisey Staff
9.6.12
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