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Getting Ripped Off

A good chunk of learning about the world involves getting duped. We’ve all been had, ripped off, taken for fools by the more conniving members of our society, and I’m willing to bet that at least 65 percent of those incidents in people's lives involved...
T. Kid
7.14.13
Motherboard Blog

Is Your Kid an Indigo Child? Congrats on Birthing the Next Stage of Human Evolution

How some parents are denying ADHD in the saddest way possible.
James Tennent
7.14.13
Motherboard Blog

Agricultural Overuse Is Earth's Hidden Water Crisis, But Help May Be Coming

Can an app save nearly a quarter of the planet's wasted water?
Michael Byrne
7.13.13
Motherboard Blog

Wildfires Influence Climate Change More Than We Think

It turns out we've grossly underestimated the amount of climate-warming particles that wildfires emit.
Mat McDermott
7.13.13
Stuff

They Still Call Me Daddy

Marcus was nine and Nick was four when their dad explained that he was going to start a new life as a woman. In several conversations, Dio Dipasupil, married and in his early 40s, would sit down with his boys at the family’s home in New Jersey and...
Trevor Bach
7.13.13
taji's mahal

Lost at Sea with Adam Mignanelli

After designing for VICE for many years, Adam Mignanelli has moved on to creating fine art and founding the Ballast Projects, an organization that curates exhibitions of artwork created by young and emerging artists. When he’s not championing the works...
Taji Ameen and Jade Katzenellenbogen
7.13.13
Motherboard Blog

Most Gang Members Have a Diagnosable Mental Illness

And a third have tried to kill themselves, a new British study finds.
Daniel Stuckey
7.13.13
Motherboard Blog

Telecommuting, Bikes, and Cleaner Cars Can Save Cities $70 Trillion by 2050

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is worried that city-dwelling humans are soon going to be sucking down too much power to get around.
Brian Merchant
7.13.13
Stuff

I Sacrificed a Chicken and Drank Vinegar in the Name of Megan Fox

As a feminist, I want to love Megan Fox for calling out Michael Bay's sexism, but as a sane human being I struggle to love a woman who considers Red Lobster her favorite restaurant. But eccentricity is a quality we tolerate in male stars, so I decided...
Emalie Marthe
7.13.13
Stuff

Bag It Up, Grandpa

The idea that people lose interest in sex as they age is more or less a myth—seniors are having a bunch of sex, even swinging with each other. The problem is, a lot of this sweet bang action is unprotected, and STIs like gonorrhea, syphilis, and...
Noah Tavlin
7.13.13
VICE Meets
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Kim Hye-Sook

VICE Travels to South Korea to meet with Kim Hye-sook, a defector from North Korea's Camp 18.
Words

RL Grime Interviewed By Ryan Hemsworth

Live from the Infinite Daps tour! Canada's emo-rap dude and the king of the tarp chat about Gatorade and Game of Thrones.
Ryan Hemsworth
7.13.13
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