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Genetically Modified Spider Silk-Producing Worms Will Destroy Us All

The hot news in the insect world today is that University of Wyoming researchers are trying to genetically modify silkworms to spin spider silk, which is pound-for-pound stronger than steel. Unlike the silk that silkworms normally spin, which is...
Derek Mead
1.4.12
Greetings From My Mind

Human Tragedy

What is human tragedy? How often does human tragedy happen? That's a simple question with a not so simple answer.
Brett Gelman
1.4.12
Music

Musician Goes Inside The Cell Phone File Sharing Networks Of Western Africa

Christopher Kirkley gives us two digital mixtapes of Music From Saharan Cell Phones.
Motherboard.tv Staff
1.4.12
Music

Sweden Grants File Sharing Group Religious Status

Torrenters, come take shelter in The Missionary Church of Kopimism.
Kevin Holmes
1.4.12
Motherboard Blog

MBTV: Immaculate Telegraphy: Building a Stone Age Electronic Network

This week is host to the 173rd anniversary of the first test of the telegraph, which was one of the biggest communications breakthroughs in human history. On January 6, 1938, Samuel Morse first successfully sent out some bleeps and bloops in Morristown...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
1.4.12
Boyle's Brains

What New York City Public Sleepers Think About Everclear

It would be easy to assume an old man with a large plastic bag containing a smaller paper Cinnabon bag sleeping in a library next to a liter of club soda would have a limited awareness of Everclear.
Megan Boyle
1.4.12
Music

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Shantell Martin

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
1.4.12
Design

Real-Life Anti-Gravity Race Track Or Cunning Viral Video?

If it’s real, maybe flying cars are finally within our grasp.
Kevin Holmes
1.4.12
Sheppard’s Video Game Pie

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

My long perspective on the Zelda series is this: There are hits and there are misses, and just because the latest installment is the latest doesn't mean it's the best one yet.
Stephen Lea Sheppard
1.4.12
The Moral Compass Issue

Don't Fear the Square and Compass

Conspiracy theorists have been accusing Freemasons of being an evil secret society long before that freaky pyramid eye showed up on the $1 bill.
Stefan Lauer, Photos by Albrecht Fuchs
1.4.12
Photo

Sex and the Single LOLdog

Making dogs look like sluts is a timeless human tradition.
ALEX HOBAN
1.4.12
Motherboard Blog

Topsy: Edison's Failed and Disturbing Power Grab

You know who sucks? Thomas Edison. 'Ol boy is arguably the most undeserving "inventor" in American world history. Don't believe me? Not only is Edison believed to have lifted plans for his most famous reveal, the light bulb, from his...
Brian Anderson
1.4.12
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