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In Cuba, Tattoo Artists Make More than Doctors and Lawyers
Although tattoo artists operate on the margins of society, they make good money. Most Cubans working official, on-the-books government jobs earn only about $30 per month. “Being a tattoo artist, I can make more money than being in the government,” Sosa...
Jasper Craven
4.29.13
Motherboard Blog

Meet Morphees, the Tech That's Already Made Google Glass Obsolete
Interfaces move into the real third dimension.
Michael Byrne
4.28.13
Motherboard Blog

Researchers Discover How Exhaust Turns Tree Friends Into Clean Air Enemies
A new study points to trees as smog conspirators.
Michael Byrne
4.28.13
Comics!

Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #86
Dear Comicos, My name is Nicholas Gazin, and this is my weekly comics column for VICE in which I share and discuss news pertaining to comics, illustration, fine art, ephemera, and general nerdery.
Nick Gazin
4.28.13
Motherboard Blog

It's Time To Start Taking Seriously MDMA as a PTSD Treatment
After years of battling with the government, a small clinical trial is underway in Vancouver.
Dave Dean
4.28.13
Motherboard Blog

Did Boards of Canada Create the Weirdest Musical Rabbit Hole Ever?
Going viral the hard way: numbers and more numbers.
DJ Pangburn
4.28.13
Film

Terrence Malick’s Crisis of Faith
What Terrence Malick film would be complete without a dreamlike sequence of an ethereal woman running through a field, her limbs flailing unencumbered, her white clothing catching the wind and drinking in the sun? 'To the Wonder,' the existentialist...
Jarrod Shanahan
4.28.13
The Grievous Sins Issue

Start Spreading the Nuge
"Good evening, welcome to the six o'clock Nuge. I'm Ted Nugent. Today, Ted Nugent shot a stupid chipmunk in the face. Ted Nugent is live on the scene. Ted?"
Johnny Ryan
4.28.13
Stuff

I Was Kidnapped by a Bulgarian Human Trafficking Ring
Of the estimated 30 million people trapped in slavery around the world, only about 140,000 of them come from Europe. While that might make some Europeans feel a little better about the continent they're dwelling on (bankrupt and increasingly irrelevant...
Krista Georgieva, Translation: Viktoria Kirkova
4.28.13
WEEDIQUETTE

Thoughts on the Pothead Terrorist
The last flecks of THC-crystal pixie dust flaked off the myth of the innocuous brown stoner last week when news outlets reported that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers, turned out to be a Muslim who, like any normal American...
T. Kid
4.28.13
Motherboard Blog

Eight Years Later, Gizoogle Is Still Amazing
This is not a new tool, but it is a consistently hilarious tool.
Adam Clark Estes
4.28.13
Motherboard Blog

How Life Harvests Light Even in Total Blackness
Should we be hunting a whole new sort of alien life?
Michael Byrne
4.27.13
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