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Motherboard Presents: Humans of the Year 2017

11.29.17

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Aubrie O’Rourke Trained Dolphins, Researched HIV, and Is Helping NASA Get to Mars

04.30.17

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Carrie Goldberg Is Fighting Revenge Porn One Court Case at a Time

04.30.17

By Farnia Fekri
Tech

Kendra Kuhl Is Building a Device That Turns Pollution Into Products

04.28.17

By Farnia Fekri
Tech

Christopher Emdin Is Teaching Public School Kids Science Through Hip-Hop

04.23.17

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Startup Founder Thuy Truong’s Latest Venture Is Giving People the Will to Fight Cancer

04.21.17

By Farnia Fekri
Tech

Angelica Ross Wants to Use Tech to Help People in Transition

04.16.17

By Samantha Cole
Tech

If We Colonize a Neighboring Solar System, Thank Guillem Anglada-Escudé

04.13.17

By Liv Grant
Tech

Christine Curry Is Helping Expecting Mothers With Zika Prepare For an Uncertain Future

04.12.17

By Meredith Rutland Bauer
Tech

Ellen Stofan Left NASA But She’s Still Trying to Push Humanity Forward

04.09.17

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Kevin Horton Is a Cryogenics Engineer Turned Retro Gaming Savior

04.04.17

By Nicholas Deleon
Tech

Hacker Runa Sandvik Went From Hijacking a Smart Rifle to Securing The NYT

03.27.17

By Joseph Cox

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Sonos Beam (2nd Generation) – Credit: Sonos

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Want a Sonos Home Theater Upgrade on a Budget? The Beam Soundbar Is Just $369.

Want better audio without having to sell a kidney? Sonos’ semi-affordable soundbar is on sale for a price that goes full-blown affordable.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
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News

Scientists Used Mushrooms To Invent a Plastic That’s Alive

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
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News

Dji Is… Happy That the White House Will Decide Next Week on Whether To Ban Its Drones?

DJI has swagger as the US government fulfills it wishes and takes a rumored imminent look into whether the Chinese company can keep operating as usual in the US.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
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News

There Are 8.2 Billion People on Earth—but There Might Actually Be Billions More

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
Photo by Rijksmuseum/Kelly Schenk

Life

Rare 200-Year-Old Condom Goes on Display at Dutch Museum

A Dutch museum decided to put quite an unusual object on display in its most recent exhibit—a 19th century condom.

06.05.25

By Paige Gawley