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The Silent Dish

In 1956, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory was formed in rural Green Bank, West Virginia, and became the hotbed of radio astronomy in the United States. But now, with cell phones, wi-fi, and radio stations emitting massive amounts of radio waves...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
9.28.12
EPICLY LATERD

Elissa Steamer

It is with a heavy heart that we say this is the last part of the Elissa Steamer Epicly Later'd series.
VICE Staff
9.28.12
Motherboard Blog

Look Inside North Korea's Insane Ryugyong Hotel for the First Time

There’s no more fitting metaphor for North Korea’s Ryugyong Hotel than the fact that it’s shaped like the Simpsons’ Enron ride.
Derek Mead
9.27.12
Motherboard Blog

14 Years of Feeling Lucky, Happy Birthday Google

It's been 14 years since the emergency rafts full of netizens started to ditch the sinking ships of websearch services Altavista, Yahoo, AskJeeves, WebCrawler, MSN and AOL Search.
Daniel Stuckey
9.27.12
Question Of The Day

Would You Rather Fight a Horse-Sized Duck or a Hundred Duck-Sized Horses?

Today’s question is a debate as old as horses, or ducks, or debates. It’s been a staple of Reddit AMAs for some time and its origins are shrouded in mystery. Undeniably, it gets at something at the core of our humanity.
VICE Staff
9.27.12
Adult Problems

Adult Problems - Mark Eitzel: Let’s Hear It For Love

“If it’s gonna be sad anyway, make it soulful.”
Zachary Lipez
9.27.12
Motherboard Blog

Mercedes' 2014 Electric SLS Comes With an Imagination

If you haven't already seen it in a malaise of this morning's headlines, Mercedes-Benz has just unsheathed its electric sex machine in Paris. The "$579,417":http://www.egmcartech.com/2012/09/27/mercedes-benz-sls-amg-coupe-electric-drive-740-hp/ 201...
Daniel Stuckey
9.27.12
space out

The Giant Endangered Cosmic Ear Inside America's Cell Phone Black Hole

In the early 1930s, physicist Karl Jansky published "stunning results":http://cosmology.carnegiescience.edu/timeline/1964/karl-janskys-radio-antenna of a study in which he detected radio waves emanating from the center of the Milky Way. Jansky's work...
Derek Mead
9.27.12
Motherboard Blog

OK, This Samuel L. Jackson 'Wake the F*ck Up' Pro-Obama Ad is Pretty Good

So, yeah, it was paid for with a big chunk of that ubiquitous, democracy-eroding Super PAC cash that's sloshing around, but this pro-Obama ad starring Samuel Jackson at least provides a strong exception to our rule: it's not "boring as hell":http...
Brian Merchant
9.27.12
Fashion

Fashion Photographer Simon Cave Gives Us The Full 360-Degree View

Fashion, the Next Dimension shows us what goes into building a 3D fashion model.
Kathleen Flood
9.27.12
Features

Remembering Paul McCartney, 1942-1966

43 years of 'Abbey Road' and the Paul is Dead Hoax.
Jeff Ogiba
9.27.12
Stuff

The Globe and Mail Inspired Us to Have a Fire Sale

If the Globe and Mail allows its columnist to sell their personal property in print, why can't we get rid of our shit too?
VICE Canada
9.27.12
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