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If An Asteroid Were Going to Smash Into Earth in Two Months, This Is What a NASA Engineer Says Would Happen

Hint: It wouldn't stay secret.
Brian Merchant
2.27.13
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Democratized Energy Is the New 1996-Era Internet. Expect a Boom Soon.

How solar power, wind turbines and residential heat power have turned energy into the 1996-era internet.
Brian Merchant
2.27.13
Question Of The Day

How Would You React If Someone Stole Your Hair?

"If someone wanted my hair, I would tell them to take it."
VICE Staff
2.27.13
Motherboard Blog

Thanks to the Supreme Court, We Get Warrantless Wiretaps Forever

Tuesday was a sad day for America. It was the day a little bit of freedom died.
Adam Clark Estes
2.27.13
Instagram Report

Here's that Picture of Tyler, the Creator Photobombing Donald Trump that Everyone's Been Talking About

So good.
Drew Millard
2.27.13
Motherboard Blog

Brain Cells May Live Longer When Not Tied to Their Weakling, Mortal Flesh

Bring on the Krang-style immortality.
Austin Considine
2.27.13
Travel

I Went to a Futuristic Hippie Commune in the Desert

An hour or so outside of Phoenix, Arizona, lies the town of Arcosanti. According to the sign on the way in, Arcosanti is an "urban laboratory," which sounds like a church-run program to trick inner-city kids into becoming Christians, so I'm not sure...
Jamie Lee Taete
2.27.13
Motherboard Blog

Meet A1 MoufPiece, the Search-Optimized Rapper

You probably haven't heard of A1 MoufPiece. But if you're not careful, you might accidentally listen to his music.
Abraham Riesman
2.27.13
News

The Burned and Bloodied Sex Workers of South Mumbai

An estimated 100,000 sex workers currently earn a living working in the brothels of South Mumbai’s red-light districts. Most of them are not there voluntarily, but, rather, have been sold into sex work, sometimes by a relative or trusted family friend...
Helen Rimell
2.27.13
Music Video Premieres

Retox - "Congratulations, You Are Good Enough" (Official Video)

You should probably watch the premiere of "Congratulations, You Are Good Enought," because these days it's getting harder and harder to find music that'll bash your fucking brains in.
2.27.13
New music

Camera2 - "Just About Made It" (Official Video)

Check the video from the new group featuring members of Smashing Pumpkins and Stellastarr*.
2.27.13
Motherboard Blog

The US Is Underprepared for the Cyber Cold War with China

The future won't be decided by how many tanks we've got, but by how smart our programmers are.
ALEC LIU
2.27.13
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