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How Science Lost a PR War and We Lost a Lyme Disease Vaccine

No idea where you live, but here in my current home state of Maryland we have ticks just, like, materializing out of thin air. Merely seeing a spot of grass in the distance makes you tuck your pants into your socks and reach for the Deep Woods Off...
Michael Byrne
5.22.12
Art Hack Weekend San Francisco 2012

3D Earthquake Data Visualizer soundQuake, Winner Of Our San Francisco Hackathon

The seismic history of San Francisco comes to life.
Abdullah Saeed
5.22.12
Motherboard Blog

SketchSynth Lets You Draw Your Own Synth on Paper

For those who regularly (or even no so regularly) like to mess around with noise, you know that the equipment that comes with it is sometimes cumbersome and often comes with annoying fixed interfaces. That’s one of the things SketchSynth, a new project...
Lara Heintz
5.22.12
Reviews

Gossip - 'A Joyful Noise'

Not the first time indie artists have fallen for Xenomania's cred-pop charms, but hopefully the last.
Gavin Haynes
5.22.12
Film

Motherboard TV: The Creature Shop Is the Scariest Place in Johannesburg

Last year Motherboard traveled to Johannesburg to check out South Africa's top fright factory, known to those in the horror biz as The Creature Shop.
Derek Mead
5.22.12
Question Of The Day

Would You Have Been Ian Curtis's Pal?

Because he really could have used a friend to talk to.
Elise Connor, Kareem Ghezawi
5.22.12
Motherboard Blog

Bombers in Hollywood: The Price of Military Tech Assistance in Movies

If the most powerful armed force in history isn’t winning in reality, it certainly is on the big screen. And like so many problematic aspects of late capitalism, the military-Hollywood complex has a grimly understandable logic. For example, consider...
Abraham Riesman
5.22.12
Art

Have That Gallery You've Always Wanted With The Online Gallery Playset

The paper doll is alive and well and it’s saving the digital arts market.
Abdullah Saeed
5.22.12
Music

We Interviewed Teri Gender Bender From Le Butcherettes

Teri Gender Bender talks about hydration, blood, and feminism.
Stephanie Dubick
5.22.12
Music

Artist-Owned Alcohol: An Investigative Report

Or "that time I got black-out wasted for the sake of music journalism."
Joey Paradise
5.22.12
Music

New Teengirl Fantasy - "Motif"

After romancing us with their first album, Teengirl Fantasy returns with 12" release, "Motif."
Joanna Fuertes Knight
5.22.12
Music

Has Spector Saved Indie Music

We corner some Spector fans after their Camden gig to ask: is Indie still dead or was it just sleeping?
Clive Martin and Oscar Rickett
5.22.12
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