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Half of England's Tamiflu Prescriptions Were Wasted in the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic
By receiving and then not using prescriptions, people are drawing away limited resources from people who potentially need it more.
Mat McDermott
4.17.13
Motherboard Blog

PSA: Meet THUMP, VICE's New Electronic Music Channel
Enter THUMP, VICE's new electronic music channel.
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
4.17.13
New music

Macklemore's New Music Video is Crazy and Dumb so We Liveblogged It
Within the depths of “Can’t Hold Us” lies a very important truth: Macklemore isn’t “problematic” as many cultural hand-wringers like to paint him, he’s just stupid.
Drew Millard
4.17.13
New music

Watch Icky Blossoms Cover Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Arabian Knights" (Official Video)
Ditching the sword-fighting and desert life in the original, the High5Collective have glammed up the tune with neon lights and fabulous costumes.
4.17.13
Motherboard Blog

The Nation's Top Climate Scientist Predicts an "Ice-Free, Human-Free" Planet
Bear in mind, these are the words of a scientist, not a preacher going on about the rapture.
Brian Merchant
4.17.13
Photo

See Donald Weber's Brutal Ukrainian Interrogation Photos Tonight at the Foley Gallery
Donald Weber spent nearly a year hanging out in a dirty Ukrainian police station, watching petty criminals get interrogated by pistol-whipping, beatings, and Sharpie humiliation. The result was a groundbreaking photo book called 'Interrogations.' An...
VICE Staff
4.17.13
Stuff

The Unrelenting Novels of Thomas Bernhard
Often characterized by a seething loathing of social decor, patriotism, and ego, and fed by years spent suffering from tuberculosis and a gathering madness that would eventually force him to spend two years in a sanatorium, Bernhard's work is some of...
Blake Butler
4.17.13
Motherboard Blog

The ESA's Proba-3 Satellites Will Fly in Tandem to Block Out the Sun
Spain heads a mission where a pair of satellites move in tandem like expert tango dancers.
Ben Richmond
4.17.13
News

Who Won Thatcher's Funeral: The Lovers or the Haters?
I went along to find out.
Simon Childs, Matthew Francey and Ronan O'Kelly, Ph
4.17.13
Features

VICE Has an Electronic Music Channel Now
Welcome to THUMP, your one-stop resource for electronic everything.
4.17.13
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll

The Lipstick Vibrator, Crossing the Line, and Big Deal
I was ready to toss this vibrator under the abyss of my bed never to be seen again, until I realized the usefulness of such a covert vibe! Sometimes you have to masturbate in inappropriate places. I know boys secretly jerk it all the time at work, but...
Sophie Saint Thomas
4.17.13
Music

The RCMP Thought Rita MacNeil Was a Communist
What do you know about Rita MacNeil? Probably not much.
KATIE HEINDL
4.17.13
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