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Counterpoint: Guns Aren't the Problem

Toronto is clearly in the midst of a gang problem, which I would say is not a gun problem.
Ben Makuch
7.25.12
Motherboard Blog

The Inventor of the Treadmill Passed Away, So You Can Stop Pretending to Work Out

To all you goofball exercisers who drive your giant honkin’ SUVs to the gym to fart around on a piece of cardio equipment indoors on a sunny day, here’s one near and dear to your heart: the inventor of the home treadmill passed away last week. William...
Derek Mead
7.25.12
News

Point: Jobs Aren't the Problem; Guns Are the Problem

Now, I'm not usually one to bull-bait Ford and his Will Sasso impressions, but exactly how the fuck would JOBS have prevented this shooting, given that the shooting was at 10:45 at night on a Monday?
Andrew Rennie
7.25.12
Motherboard Blog

Motherboard TV: A Death on the Frontier

The hunt for the Higgs boson, god particle or goddamn particle, the one that gives things mass, came closer to an end on July 4. Physicists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider in Europe, the world's largest particle accelerator, found evidence of the...
ALEX PASTERNACK
7.25.12
Motherboard Blog

Sally Ride's Astronaut Class Completely Changed NASA's Demographics

Though Sally Ride was the first woman in space, her astronaut cohort marked a number of important changes in NASA's astronaut selection.
Amy Shira Teitel
7.25.12
Music

VICE Premiere: "The Apostate" by Swans

Watch the very special VICE premiere of Swans' live performance video of "The Apostate" off of the DVD included in The Seer deluxe edition package coming out on August 28th.
Kelly McClure
7.25.12
Tech

RIP Sally Ride

Remembering the first American woman in space.
Kelly Bourdet
7.25.12
The Photo Issue 2012

Asylum

Roger Ballen has been shooting with black and white film for over 50 years and we can't thank him enough for continuing to create and break new ground in that medium. Unlike some photographers who are obsessed with trying to capture what they see with...
Roger Ballen
7.25.12
Art

Virtually Paint A Masterpiece With Picturae 2.0, An Interactive Digital Canvas

This project from Taprik brings tangibility to digital painting,
Kevin Holmes
7.25.12
Design

Translate Spoken Foreign Languages In Real-Time With These DIY Augmented Reality Glasses

Will Powell’s turning science fiction into science fact.
Kevin Holmes
7.25.12
World Peace Update

World Peace Update

Last week, Satan and his evil minions just barely managed to quench their thirst on a limited supply of human slaughter. Lucky for them, this week is a veritable bloodbath of failed peace attempts from an eclectic band of stooges including California...
Henry Langston
7.25.12
Question Of The Day

Would You Rather Be Deaf or Blind?

Eyes or ears, one or the other, you can't have both.
Kareem Ghezawi
7.25.12
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