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Richard Garriott
Richard shows us the grounds of Britannia Manor, an elaborate house combining the teenage fantasies of like five separate breeds of boy.
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The Thankless Search for Intelligence Out There... Somewhere
Adora Svitak, a 12 year-old prodigy who has been declared "the most clever child in the world," is the host of our new Motherboard series. Full story
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The Singularity of Ray Kurzweil
Despite being perceived as an extreme optimist, Kurzweil is the first to admit that this technology could very quickly bring an end to the world as we know it. Full story
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Backyard Rocketeer
Juan Manuel Gallegos has a full stable of rocket-powered conveyances in the backyard of his Morelos home/laboratory.
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The Body Farm
A hectare of fine East Tennessean woodland is home to the nation’s oldest and largest open-air collection of rotting corpses. Full story
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Brian Gibson: A Total Change in Lifestyle
To brew his distinctive earth-crunching, head-banging bass sounds for noise band Lightning Bolt, Brian Gibson constructs some of the most complex playing techniques and pedal arrangements known to rock. Full story
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Sid Meier and the 48 Hour Game
Always a true believer in the idea that games will one day rule the world, Sid Meier wants to inspire a new generation of game designers. Full story
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Space Shuttle Parking Lot
A shuttle launch is still one of mankind's most complex and massive undertakings, a carefully-primed $1.3 billion event that turns years of planning and construction into a spectacle that lasts only a few minutes. Full story
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The Aquatic Life of Dennis Chamberland
Chamberland is not only certain that the colonization of the ocean floor is imminent; he's making it happen. Full story
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The Madagascar Institute
What you need to know about the Madagascar Institute, first of all, is that it’s not a collective. That word’s too hippy, too emotional, not active enough. They’re a “combine,” says co-founder Chris Hackett, a group dedicated to building unlikely, ne… Full story
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Colombian Narcosubs
Colombian drug traffickers up the ante with homemade coke-smuggling submarines.
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Electric Independence - JD Samson
JD Samson is the awesome, pubestachio'd beat-maker behind Le Tigre and MEN, and the leading lesbian of her charitable volunteer group Dykes Can Dance. Full story
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Black Holes and Big Bangs
VBS explores CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, to determine whether its 17 miles of tubing buried under the Franco-Swiss border will reveal the origin of mass in the universe – or generate an earth-devouring black hole. Full story
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Television Meltdown by Soso Limited
Sosolimited is a crew of MIT grads turned audio visual artists – Eric Gunther, Justin Manor and John Rothenberg – with backgrounds in physics, architecture, computer science, media arts and music. They say that TV is garbage – and they want to turn that shit int… Full story
Thought and Memory
New Fiction by Ed Park
Malaysian Neo-Nazis
Fighting for a Pure Malay Race
The Strongest Dwarf in New Jersey
Remembering My Tormentor
Gay Men and Their Misogyny Problem
It's Not Cute Anymore
Snooping Around Nicolas Cage's House
So Many Bummers
Saudi Arabia's Feminist Revolution
It's Not Happening