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Coma Niddy Is Going To Rhyme At You About String Theory

In these here days of dark matter, the Higgs boson, and the multiverse, poor string theory often gets left out of the pop science news cycle. Maybe that has something to do with string theory being incomprehensible to just about everyone beyond its...
Michael Byrne
9.4.12
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Ocean Cleantech Hits the Prime Time: Five Ways Waves Might Power Our Stuff

There's great potential in the rolling waves, and we humanfolk have sensed it for years. The force of those crashing waves, their limitless supply—if we could only tap into the power of that interminable motion, the energy latent in each cresting water...
Brian Merchant
9.4.12
space out

Meet the Guy Who Hunts Space Bears in Rural Virginia

_Episode 5 of our space show, Spaced Out. See other episodes "in the video room":http://motherboard.vice.com/video/series/spaced-out_Mike Shaw is a quiet, unassuming man in love with the wilderness. He also knows far more about tardigrades then almost...
Erin Lee Carr
9.4.12
Stuff

Who Is the Small-Handed Vaginal Fister of East London?

We got your message and we're keen to talk.
Griselda Blanco
9.4.12
News

Griselda Blanco: So Long and Thanks for All the Cocaine

Griselda Blanco was killed outside a butcher shop in Colombia yesterday when two men on a motorcycle put two bullets into her head. Despite the location, this was unlikely a beef about beef (zing!), and probably had more to do with the scores of people...
Billy Corben
9.4.12
Motherboard Blog

"The Heist" Is An Environmental Documentary That Promises Action

Oceanic Preservation Society, Louie Psihoyos' non-profit organization that was responsible for producing Academy Award-Winner The Cove is making a new film, and it looks pretty damn exciting. If you've never seen The Cove, I'm guessing that a) you...
Daniel Stuckey
9.4.12
Question Of The Day

Question of the Day - What Would You Save in a Natural Disaster?

Hurricane Isaac has just finished popping in to say "Hi!" to the Gulf Coast, and has undoubtedly destroyed many people's worldly belongings. If you lived in its path, what would you have saved?
Rosie Parry
9.4.12
Jamie XX

Stream The xx's Upcoming Album Coexist And See Yourself On A Global Map Of Listeners

Get a full dose of the record and join the global community of The xx fans.
Abdullah Saeed
9.4.12
Motherboard Blog

How Did AntiSec Score 12 Million Apple IDs from the FBI?

The fun-loving, government oppression-hating hackers at AntiSec are back in action with the release of over a million Apple user IDs. The encrypted file hit the web late Monday night along with a characteristic rant against everything from the NSA to...
Adam Estes
9.4.12
Motherboard Blog

Kubrick Is Always Leading Us Into the Distance With the Forbidden Fruit of Filmmaking

Turn off that unstoppable strain of now fully-schlocked music (try "this":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPgwF3G5i4k instead) and see the linchpin that binds many of Stanley Kubrick's iconic shots in this "fan-made trailer":https://vimeo.com/kogonada...
ALEX PASTERNACK
9.4.12
Music

Bringing Big Time Projected Visuals To The Live DJ Set: Q&A With Techno Producer Agoria

The French producer discusses his collaboration with the Scale collective that brings life to his live DJ sets.
Julie Le Baron
9.4.12
Stuff

Islam for Xenophobes

I throw up a little when I hear the term “progressive Muslim,” even though some might label me as one. It's the bigotry inherent in this scene that particularly makes me sick.
Michael Muhammad Knight
9.4.12
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