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The Weird Legacy of Gordon Brown
Populist? The last man of substance? Nutter? As the former Prime Minister bows out of political life, you wonder how the world will remember him.
Oscar Rickett
12.2.14
Science

Evolutionary History Will Soon Be Written by Machines
Natural language processing comes to paleontology.
Jordan Pearson
12.2.14
Premieres

Beware Internet Stalking: Here's Francisco the Man's "It's Not Your Fault"
You know, like Weezer and Superchunk. Swapping flannel.
Kim Taylor Bennett
12.2.14
THE MAKERS

Meet the Mechanical Golem of Calgary
It's bigger than Shaq.
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
12.2.14
#THISISLIVE

Retrospective Review: SNFU - ‘…And No One Else Wanted to Play’
Do you know how many great punk albums came out of the Canadian West Coast in 1985?!
Jason Schreurs
12.2.14
VICE News

How The US Created the Islamic State: Talking Heads
VICE News sat down with Mark Danner to discuss his New York Review of Books essay that forecasted the formation of the Islamic State over a decade before it happened.
VICE News
12.2.14
Travel

The Shared Experiences of Teenage Girls in Iraq and Chicago
In an effort to find out how life in Chicago and Iraq might be similar beyond bullets and blood, I talked with two teenage girls who hail from those locales about everything from crushing on boys to religion and music.
Rula Al-Nasrawi
12.2.14
Narcomania

Is a 'Death Dealer' Poisoning Cocaine Tourists in Amsterdam?
Three Brits have died in the past couple of months after snorting white heroin that they believed to be cocaine. Is this the fault of an inexperienced, idiotic dealer, or someone deliberately doling out death?
Max Daly
12.2.14
Film

Watch 3D-Printed Bears Get Down at a Stop-Motion Holiday Party
Get into the holiday spirit with a 3D-printed bear dance party from the guys who made 'Bears On Stairs.'
Beckett Mufson
12.2.14
uk

What the Frack?
VICE News travels to Blackpool, Lancashire, to see how the UK is about to get fracked.
VICE News
12.2.14
americas

Gay and Trans Immigrants May Not Find a Reprieve in Obama’s Executive Action
Undocumented LGBT migrants often don’t have the family ties that are protected under the new legislation, in part because some states won't recognize gay marriage or adoption.
Colleen Curry
12.2.14
Premieres

Introducing Her Habits and the Electro-pop Gem "Faster Than Sound"
This Brooklyn based artist (via Japan, China, Paris, and Toronto artist) is scrutinizing women's idiosyncrasies and making music that pops.
Kim Taylor Bennett
12.2.14
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