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Music

Yet More Science Backs Musical Education as a Path to Better Brains

Researchers find better executive functioning in musically-trained kids and adults.
Michael Byrne
6.18.14
Stuff

Why Stoners Should Want to Implement the New Weed Breathalyzer

So what’s a responsible stoner to do about the looming threat of an accurate field test for stoned driving? Go with it. Make that tiny sacrifice and stop being stoned while driving, and at the same time push for a field test that's even more accurate...
Mike Pearl
6.18.14
Travel

I Took a Trip Down Tajikistan's 'Heroin Highway'

The proliferation of flashy cars in one of the poorest countries in the world has led to a new local saying: “It is no longer ‘How much did it cost?’ but ‘How many kilos did it cost?’" A study released in 2007 estimated that drug money added up to 3...
Stephen Bland
6.18.14
VICE Australia

Darren Sylvester and ENESS Built the Dancefloor of the Future

Watch the making of video for the coolest dance floor ever.
VICE Australia
6.18.14
Sports

Australia - Win Tickets To A Free Screening Of 'All This Mayhem'

We spoke to Tas Pappas about putting out his version of the story, without any soft, sponsor-pandering bullshit like many of the skate docos that preceded it.
Max Olijnyk
6.18.14
News

Sent to Nauru with No Training and No Answers - Part 2

In part 2 of our interview with Nicole Judge and Chris Iacono, two former support workers at Australian offshore detention facilities, the pair discuss their time at Manus Island and their decision to break confidentiality agreements and speak at the...
Emilia Terzon
6.18.14
iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki Ignores Calls to Build Bridges With Sunni Peers

Dozens died in Iraq today as the country threatens a return to the brutal sectarian violence which once threatened to destroy it.
John Beck
6.18.14
Music

Aphex Twin's Caustic Window and the Mythos of Lost Media

Why we need to lose things.
Michael Byrne
6.18.14
budlight-mixes

Expect the Digital Dreams Trance Stage to Reach ‘Code Red’

Super8 & Tab are dropping new exclusives at their Canadian festival debut.
Ani Hajderaj
6.17.14
Words

And The Funkiest Airline is...Mallard Air

Chromeo's Dave 1 and P-Thugg just became the prime equity holders in this new Canadian airline.
Lauren Schwartzberg
6.17.14
motherboard show

Insect-Inspired Vision Helps These Tiny Robots Fly

For the first time, researchers have built a honeybee-sized robot that can fly using nothing more than feedback from an onboard sensor.
Sandeep Ravindran
6.17.14
Politics

The Plan to Save Net Neutrality Has No Chance in Congress

More likely, the bill exists as a measuring stick—if it does come to a vote, Democrats will have many Republican lawmakers on the record as opposing net neutrality.
Jason Koebler
6.17.14
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