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We're All Just a Bunch of Waves, According to the Fourier Transform
Life is a spectrum, literally.
Michael Byrne
10.18.14
News

Will a Lawsuit Revive Humboldt County's Legendary 420 Bash?
A decade-long tradition of gathering among Northern California's Redwoods to smoke pot on April 20 was systematically destroyed, a marijuana activist claims.
Allie Conti
10.18.14
future

NASA's Latest Virtual Reality Is Designed to Soothe Homesick Astronauts
In the future, astronauts won’t just be using virtual reality for training.
Don Melanson
10.18.14
Interviews

Hipster Metal Bands Have Meshuggah to Thank
We talk to drummer Tomas Haake about continually pushing the envelope, the band's influences, and their next album.
Jonathan Dick
10.18.14
thump video

Faded Ranger's 'Get Together' Vid Features Hallucinogenic Whales
And the tune has some latent Kraftwerk vibes
Jemayel Khawaja
10.18.14
ebola

Obama Taps Government Insider as Ebola Czar
Weeks before the elections, Obama is set to create the post to help manage Ebola response in the US, where a total of two people are known to have contracted the disease.
Jason Leopold
10.17.14
Art

It's Art: Resuscitated CPR Dolls & Dante's Divine Comedy
Today, The Creators Project presents Thomas Zipp's "Effects of Stimulus-Range and Anchor Value on Psychophysical Judgement (The Laerdal Rehearsals)."
Emerson Rosenthal
10.17.14
africa

Congo Officials Blame Machete Attacks in North Kivu on Allied Democratic Forces
The machete and hatchet attacks carried out in northeast of Congo on Wednesday killed at least 29 and left a dozen people injured.
Melodie Bouchaud
10.17.14
the internet

This Real World Alum Is Now an Amazingly Sexual YouTube Chef
We discovered that a Real World cast member of yore is now making psychedelic sexual recipe videos in the weird world of YouTube. You'll never look at butter the same way again.
Hilary Pollack
10.17.14
Art

Thousands Of Fireflies Illuminated The Circle Of Light Festival
Visitors to Moscow’s 4th Annual Circle of Light Festival were treated to an installation filled with the majestic, glowing bugs.
Sami Emory
10.17.14
asia & pacific

Painful Chikungunya Outbreak Reaches French Polynesia
The excruciating mosquito-borne virus has reached now the French archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. And its spreading like wildfire.
Virgile Dall’Armellina
10.17.14
Internet

FCC Chief Says He Agrees With Obama on Net Neutrality. Critics Are Skeptical
“Wheeler is playing word games,” said Marvin Ammori, a prominent First Amendment lawyer who supports net neutrality. “It doesn’t make sense. There’s a huge difference between Wheeler's rhetoric and his proposal.”
Sam Gustin
10.17.14
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