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Why Our Dark Matter Ghost Hunting Expeditions Might Be Failing
Dark matter is thought to be the ghosts that helped build the structured universe, ghosts that the universe _needed_ to make galaxies happen. I say "ghosts" because dark matter doesn't interact with the universe in ways beyond gravity; the...
Michael Byrne
4.18.12
Film

The Making-of Vincent Morisset's BLA BLA
The web-based film’s transition into an interactive installation at the Gaîté lyrique in Paris.
Kathleen Flood
4.18.12
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Research Proves DJ Drivers Are All Going to Die
It's time for us all to admit that driving and the "I Want A Song To Exactly Fit My Mood" disposition don't mix.
SAM MCDOUGLE
4.18.12
Sports

The Golden Gloves Aren't Golden Anymore
In New York City, boxing has gone the way of the Italian mafia, the Times Square porno theater, and the checkered cab.
Andrew Pry Ortega
4.18.12
Motherboard

Swarming Robots Won't Kill Us All: An Interview With Quadrotor Inventor Vijay Kumar
I was sitting at my desk, munching an embarrassingly-gargantuan chocolate-granola cookie and musing, “What on Earth are the latest developments in the infinitely fascinating field of robotics?” (This is something I think about a lot.) Then I vaguely...
Michelle Lhooq
4.18.12
Question Of The Day

What Do You Miss Most About Being Young?
We asked some people to pine for something they can never have again.
Darren Wee
4.18.12
Art

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Graphics Designer Jean-Michel Verbeeck
Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Kevin Holmes
4.18.12
Motherboard Blog

Metamaterials Are the Wolf in Electromagnetic Clothing
Invisibility is one of the oldest concepts in our mythology. Years before Harry Potter put on his cloak or Tom Cruise pranced behind an invisibility tarp, Plato recounted the myth of the ring of Gyges, a poor and honest shepherd who discovers a ring...
Zak Kiernan
4.18.12
Music

Mimic Is A Series Of Ultra-fast Visual And Sonic Eruptions
Take time out to experience these two minutes of madness.
Kevin Holmes
4.18.12
Music

White Lung Is Playing in NY This Weekend
Hot Canadians screaming in your face. It's a date!
Kelly McClure
4.18.12
Motherboard Blog

Ditch the Electrical Umbilical
For those of you keeping track at home, this is apparently the sort of electro-intestinal carnage that one can expect from a years-long Royal Rumble starring, in no particular order, one high-definition television, one Nintendo Wii, one Blu-ray player...
Trevor Macomber
4.18.12
Design

Designer Werner Aisslinger Grows A Chair In His Greenhouse
We grow our own vegetables, so why not furniture?
Kevin Holmes
4.18.12
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