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At the Institute for Interstellar Studies, Researchers Unite to Conquer Deep Space



For six decades, warring factions of space nerds have toiled away on various plans for heading out into deep space to explore the stars.
Chris Hatherill
9.17.12
Noisey

Who is your country's favourite artist, and why?

Clive Martin
9.16.12
Motherboard Blog

"Is Facebook Changing Our Identity?" (Singularity Content Within)

Posed by the newest video in the PBS Idea Channel series (above), it's a good question. Facebook has almost a billion users, storing on the site some 250 million photos daily. archiving a past (of sorts) along a neat timeline. In an idealized world, we...
Michael Byrne
9.16.12
Motherboard Blog

Lower Dens' Jana Hunter Writes Cyborg Music for Techno Fear: Interview

Electronic rock has never felt so much like cyborg rock as on Lower Dens' new record, _Nootropics_. It's an aesthetic as much as a concept, a delicate and subtle mingling of synthesized or processed or programmed sounds with a rock scheme nodding...
Michael Byrne
9.16.12
Motherboard Blog

The NYPD Gives Us Another Great Reason To Update Our Facebook Privacy Settings

NYPD police commissioner Ray Kelly issued a five-page memo last week, giving officers permission to created fake Facebook profiles to assist with electronic probes. Officers will be able to register their alias with the department and obtain a laptop...
Michael Arria
9.16.12
Photo

Salafists in Sidon: Not as Bad as You Think

In Sidon, a coastal Lebanese city south of Beirut, a crowd of several hundred people gathered on Thursday night to protest "Innocence of Muslims"--the film created by right-wing zealots and a soft-core porn director that has sparked violent protests...
Jeff Neumann
9.16.12
Sports

Raiders Games Are Like Bad, Unsafe Indie Shows

This past Monday's game between the Chargers and Raiders was like going to a Lightning Bolt show in 2003 or trying to find a death-crust gig in East Bed-Stuy. Gnarly and awesome, and the indie-sports nexus.
Ben Johnson
9.16.12
News

Craig Unger Wrote a Book About Karl Rove

'Vanity Fair' contributing editor Craig Unger just published a book with Scribner's on Rove's consolidation of influence in the GOP called 'Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power.' I met Craig by chance at the DNC, and we hit it off when...
Ray LeMoine
9.16.12
Stuff

I Interviewed a German Record Store Owner About America

There are very few places where kindness to your fellow man or woman exists anymore. As I walked around Hannover on a blue-skied sunny morning, I discovered the excellent Rockers Records and chatted with the owner Chris over a coffee to find out what's...
John Liam Policastro
9.16.12
Music

Hydra Head Records Tricked Me into Liking Nu Metal

Earlier this week Hydra Head Records announced they were going out of business… kinda. I got sad—not because I was a huge fan of beard metal—because Hydra Head was a well-run label that spared no expense on their releases, supported their artists, and...
Anthony Pappalardo
9.16.12
Fashion

London Fashion Week Roundup: Day Two

Chris Eubank, Patrick Bateman and your grandma were all in attendance.
VICE Staff
9.16.12
Fotos

Nick Gazins Fotos von Girls at Shows - Teil 14

Fotos von Mädchen bei Konzerten. Für euch. Zum gucken.
Nick Gazin
9.16.12
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