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Total Progressive Collapse: Why Buildings Sometimes Crumble

h3. (Image: "David Carriel":http://www.flickr.com/photos/15765624@N08/) _ODDITY examines strange and esoteric phenomena and events from the remote, uncanny corners of technology, science and history._ There’s no mystery, no great and shadowy...
Brian Anderson
9.7.11
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Ones and Zeros: U.S. Scientist Pleads Guilty to Espionage Charge, Sony Hires Former Homeland Security Employee as Head of Network Security, Sexism Cries Begin After Carol Bartz's Yahoo Firing

h3. One: For better or worse: Famous photos "Instagramed":http://mastergram.tumblr.com/ (Mastergram) h3. Zero: Bill Gates and Microsoft patent "'virtual entertainment'":http://www.geekwire.com/2011/microsoft-bill-gates-patent-virtual-entertainment...
Ones Zeros
9.7.11
Art

Sick And Tired Of Your Lame Country? Just Build A New One

PayPal founder Peter Thiel is looking to create his own country off the coast of California.
Kevin Holmes
9.7.11
videos

The Tinkering Pyromaniac Auteur

If you’ve seen his car or his flamethrower, you know that Evan Glodell is pretty good at turning hunks of metal into roaring, fire-breathing, machines.
ALEX PASTERNACK
9.7.11
Tech

Two Software Developers Are Making Sure You Never Get Ripped Off For Weed Again

Which is pretty nice of them.
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
9.7.11
Photos

Blinkart Exhibition And JaguarShoes Collective Film Gallery Launch

Last week, the JaguarShoes collective launched their brand new Film Gallery with an exhibition of animations, film art and music videos curated by blinkart, in the basement of their Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes bar in Shoreditch.
Daniel Pacrami
9.7.11
Design

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Bill Smith

Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Kathleen Flood
9.7.11
Photos

Noisey Nights Presents Iceage, Eagulls and Young Liar

Saturday night was another Noisey Night, this time in Leeds’ Nation of Shopkeepers with live music from Young Liar, Eagulls and Iceage.
Jake Krushell
9.7.11
Music

The Music Video Premiere Of Battles' "My Machines" Featuring Gary Numan

We enlisted directorial duo Daniels to direct Battles’ new music video, produced by The Studio in collaboration with Warp Records.
The Creators Project Staff
9.7.11
News

Quango - A Political Column

A look at memoirs written by the unmemorable.
Gavin Haynes
9.7.11
Motherboard Blog

Stephen Hawking is the Funniest Physicist on Earth

Scientists aren’t known for their humor. Stephen Hawking is an exception. As the most renowned physicist and cosmologist in the world, Hawking has shown his funny side in best-selling books, television appearances and singing (or talking, rather) with...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
9.7.11
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The Story of Jailbait

In 2006, Condé Nast, home of The New Yorker, Vogue and Vanity Fair, bought Reddit, a content aggregation website run by a small staff and fuelled by a loyal fan base. A sizable portion of whom are pretty excited about underdressed underage girls.
Vice Magazine
9.7.11
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