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The U.S. Endangered Species List is Missing Hundreds of Animals
The Endangered Species Act was landmark legislation for conservation when it was enacted in 1973. Since then it's been a rather contentious bit of law, but its provisions—classifying species by amount of extinction risk, and enacting corresponding...
Derek Mead
12.13.11
Tech

Is the Higgs Boson Here?
Please try not to panic.
Michael Byrne
12.13.11
Music

The Year In Lists: 2011's Best Music Videos
What did you enjoy this year? Here are our top picks.
The Creators Project Staff
12.13.11
Stuff

The Brutality Report - Force Majeure
Force majeure is a standard feature of contract law, freeing both parties from legal obligations in the event of acts of God (volcano, asteroid, zombies) or man (strikes, riots, robots).
Sam McPheeters
12.13.11
The Creators Project France 2011

We Love 1024 BOOM-Box Overview
Last June, The Creators Project and WeLoveArt teamed up to bring Richie Hawtin to Paris' <a href...
The Creators Project
12.13.11
Music

The Creators Project And WeLoveArt Put DJs Inside A BOOM-Box [Video]
Miss Kittin, Jackson, Actress and LFO perform inside a massive projection-mapped ghettoblaster.
The Creators Project Staff
12.13.11
Motherboard Blog

The Living Earth Simulator is a Large Hadron Collider for Human Civilization
As if re-creating the origins of the universe or reverse engineering the human brain weren't hard enough, European scientists are also launching a brand new video game. The latest project in massive simulation is called the Living Earth Simulator, or...
Lara Heintz
12.13.11
Motherboard Blog

The Terrible Thrill of Looking at the Ugliest People on Dating Websites
According to commercials, online dating is the hot new thing. Ads from OK Cupid, Match and the like all proclaim that if you go to their site and let their computers find the perfect partner for you.
Derek Mead
12.13.11
Cliterature

House of Holes
The best way to describe what "House of Holes" is about is if your Writing 101 professor made you write 20 stories about headless women fucking Dali's iron-dog-lampshade-penises.
Michelle Lhooq
12.13.11
Motherboard Blog

Hot Links: FBI Defends Carrier IQ, Newt's Apocalypse
The FBI rejected an FOIA request about "Carrier IQ":http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/12/1/carrier-iq-big-brother-s-hidden-tracker-app-must-be-stopped, saying that it would "interfere with law enforcement proceedings.":http://www.computerworld.com/s...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
12.13.11
Motherboard Blog

Do I Detect a Hint of Higgs Boson in This Universe?
CERN researchers announced this morning the barest of hints of the Higgs boson at the Large Collider. It's not a discovery, and anyone that pays any sort of attention to this stuff knew just as well there wasn't going to be a "discovery" announced...
Michael Byrne
12.13.11
Music

Kelly's Krush Korner - Jemina Pearl
Jemina Pearl is like a hot and loud unicorn that trampled down from the stars to sing in Be Your Own Pet, and then release one solo album that was so good I carried it in my bag for months.
Kelly McClure
12.13.11
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