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Stratfor Founder George Friedman Says PRISM Is American Citizens' Fault
What's Stratfor, LulzSec's most famous victim, up to? Defending the NSA, naturally.
DJ Pangburn
7.18.13
Stuff

Stoya in Praise of the Posterior, AKA the Butt
On Tuesday I was in Las Vegas again, and my trip had me thinking about butts. The vast majority of the butts I see in person belong to people who work in pornography or are involved in other sorts of work in front of cameras or on stages. Which is why...
Stoya
7.18.13
Interviews

The World's First Album Made on Vine
With a running time of less than one minute, 'The Eternalist' is not what you'd think of as a studio LP. But then Aidan did put the record out through social video site Vine, with each track taking the form of a video loop which you can listen to for as l
sam wolfson
7.18.13
Motherboard Blog

Every Time We Look at Neptune, We Find More Moons
Neptune now has a fourteenth moon, and there are probably more to find.
Amy Shira Teitel
7.18.13
Stuff

On Cory Monteith and What It's Like To Relapse
"Oh man, the guy from Glee is dead," said a friend of mine while staring down at his iPhone. It was 1:30am Sunday morning on the dance floor at Toronto’s Augusta House. As a recovering alcoholic and prescription pill addict, I rarely stay out past...
Vicki Hogarth
7.18.13
Motherboard Blog

Björk's Musicology App-Album Biophilia Is on Android Now
It's a mind-meld of art, stunning visuals and, of course, Björk's eclectic music.
Meghan Neal
7.18.13
Motherboard Blog

New FDA-Approved Brainwave Hat Tests Kids for ADHD
While the NEBA cap may not be the perfect solution, there is clearly a need for more accuracy in diagnosing ADHD.
Grace Wyler
7.18.13
WEEDIQUETTE

Butane Hash Oil
Butane hash oil is made by blasting marijuana with butane, a solvent that takes all the THC with it and nothing else. Evaporating away the butane leaves only the resin, a viscous, amber-colored, waxy substance that can get you extremely stoned.
VICE Staff
T. Kid
7.18.13
Motherboard Blog

Lost in a Loop: A Chat with Andrew Bujalski About 'Computer Chess' and Other Things
The director tells me he has, among other things, "little conscious memory of how any of these pieces started to fit together."
Tao Lin
7.18.13
Motherboard Blog

Will Augmented Reality Books Bridge the Digital-Physical Divide?
The technology behind something like Disney's new 'Hideout' projector-reader is pretty simple, even if it is a one-way street.
Meghan Neal
7.18.13
Tech

Meet the Team That Built the World's Greatest Human-Powered Helicopter
33 years ago, the American Helicopter Society established the Igor I. Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Prize—which called for a team to design and build a working, non-motorized helicopter that could fly above three metres for a minute or longer. A...
Patrick McGuire
7.18.13
Motherboard Blog

If You Love Spicy Food You Just Might Love Adventure
New research suggests that apparently sensation-seekers also seek to explore flavor country.
Ben Richmond
7.18.13
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