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Wikipedia's 'Human' Entry Is Charmingly Alien

Sobering, too. Choice excerpts from the one Wiki article most assuredly written by either extraterrestrials or our reptilian, shape-shifting overlords. Or both.
Brian Anderson
6.17.13
News

There's a Plan to Bury Nuclear Waste a Kilometre Away from Lake Huron

Choosing a site to permanently store Canada’s nuclear waste is all about finding the community that is most willing to host it. Ontario Power Generation and the federal Nuclear Waste Management Organization are planning to build two underground storage...
Michael Toledano
6.17.13
VICE on HBO Extended

Lunch with the North Korean Basketball Team

After making basketball history playing alongside the North Korean National Team, VICE correspondent Ryan Duffy and the Harlem Globetrotters sat down for a meal with the North Korean players.
Ryan Duffy
VICE Staff
6.17.13
Music

The Totally Unnecessary DJs of E3

Perhaps playing loud dance music inside a giant convention center where everyone else is also playing loud dance music and no one is there to dance is a waste of time. I don't need the "bass to drop" while I'm waiting in line to see the new XBox or to...
Dave Schilling
6.17.13
Interviews

Meet A$ton Matthews, West Coast Gangster Rap's Best Kept Secret

He's been tipped by the likes of A$AP Yams and Action Bronson. Can this West Coast rapper be next?
Frances Capell
6.17.13
Noisey

Noisey Are Throwing a 'You Need to Hear This' Party This Week

The drinks are free and you're all invited.
VICE Staff
6.17.13
Really, Ryan?

Try Not to Destroy Your Life

A few months ago I tried molly for the first time in the bathroom of a bar in Brooklyn. I dissolved the powder in water, drank it, and waited till I felt different. A short while later, fireworks exploded all over my brain. Then, just like that...
Ryan O'Connell
6.17.13
Features

The Conspiracy Theorist's Guide to Kanye West's 'Yeezus'

It's a multiple personality record that's as much of an assimilation of his previous work, as it is a mission statement for DONDA.
Ryan Bassil
6.17.13
News

James "Whitey" Bulger Isn't Very Popular in His Hometown

Whitey Bulger’s long-awaited trial started last week. Until his 2011 arrest, Bulger was one of America's most-wanted men (second only to Osama bin Laden after 9/11), living on the run for 16 years before authorities eventually caught up with him in...
Danny McDonald
6.17.13
Art

The Fathers Of Video Mapping? Klip Collective Claim The Ubiquitous Art Form

Ricardo Rivera and the Klip Collective patented the art of projection mapping.
James Carter
6.17.13
Motherboard Blog

In 72 Hours, These Hackers Invented Bizarre New Ways to Interact With Music

At a 72-hour hackathon, the nation's top makers built a bevy of strange musical instruments that seek to change the way we experience sound.
Kevin Lee
6.17.13
Bad Cop Blotter

Stop SWAT Raids

Introducing Bad Cop Blotter, a new column where dangerous, arrogant, and stupid police behavior gets shamed, and good officers—on occasion—get praised. This week, we're looking at horrifically botched SWAT raids and more than one case of cops shooting...
Lucy Steigerwald
6.17.13
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