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Finally, A Mars Mystery We Can Believe In

And it's not a "lens artifact":http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/07/137027443/mars-space-station-discovered-earthlings-tune-in-to-see-it, nor is it just a hill that might kinda "look like a face":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia from...
Michael Byrne
8.4.11
Music

Byte The App: Must See Apps Of The Week 8/4

The app stores are teeming with new releases, but who has time to go through them all? We do. Bringing you a selection of the most interesting, creative, and innovative apps each week.
Kevin Holmes
8.4.11
Nick Zinner

41 Strings by Nick Zinner

Nick Zinner (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) is a musician who ceaselessly surprises us with his versatility. Last...
The Creators Project
8.4.11
Motherboard Blog

Ones and Zeros: Earth's Two Moons, a Net Neutrality Weapon, and Belly Button Bacteria

_Obama turns officially old, and other news._
Ones Zeros
8.4.11
Motherboard Blog

We're All Doomed: Dialing Up Our Evolution On the Brain Party Line

_In his weekly column, amateur futurist (read: paranoid alarmist with access to Wikipedia) Ryan Broderick will be dissecting the news of the week in an effort to prove that the world is probably going to end very soon and we're all doomed._ Whenever...
RYAN BRODERICK
8.4.11
Motherboard Blog

Can the Shark Week App Smell the Period Tracker App On My iPhone?

Its Shark Week! Right now! AAAAH! Shark Week, Discovery Channel’s programming tradition of kindergarten nightmare fodder, is 24 this year. That means it pre-dates the internet. I remember gathering around the TV with my entire family, including my...
Lexie Mountain
8.4.11
Art

Amorphous Sculptures From Sound And Vibrations

Artists OpiumBlue and ZIZIZIC demonstrate sound three-dimensionally.
Kyuhee Baik
8.4.11
Motherboard Blog

You Can't Raise the Debt Ceiling On Nature

Newsflash: Ours is a universe of limits. "Physics," as Adam Frank "writes for NPR":http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/08/02/138917521/the-physics-of-real-debt-ceilings-when-nature-says-no?ft=1&f1001, “has known for a long time that there are real...
Brian Anderson
8.4.11
Motherboard Blog

The Biggest Hack Ever, or How I Learned To Live With Asymmetric Cold War

Cybersecurity geeks without security clearance are spending today thinking about the biggest-ever cyber attacks. That we know of, that is. Dubbed Operation Shady RAT, the series of victims "include":http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2011/08/biggest...
Graham Webster
8.4.11
News

The Angry Tent Cities Of Israel

This is what happens when you keep raising taxes to buy more tanks, walls and guns.
Henry Langston
8.4.11
Music

Chuck Dukowski From Black Flag Has A New Band With Eugene Robinson

Andy Capper
8.4.11
Motherboard Blog

Motherboard TV: How Lo-Fi Wizards Peaking Lights Turn Junk Into Musical Magic

A re-run of our March 2010 interview with the band, which kicked off our Sound Builders series.
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8.4.11
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