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Capturing the Violent and Complex Birth of South Sudan

Two investigative journalists need your support in documenting the tumultuous inception of Africa's war-ravaged new country.
VICE Staff
6.20.12
Features

Beating June Gloom At June Gloom

Fiending for "meth rock" at San Diego's experimental noise mini-fest.
Shane Roeschlein
6.20.12
Chunklet to Go Go

Regular Human Beings

We just buy CDs at Target and play them in the car.
Ben Johnson
6.20.12
Motherboard Blog

Is China Really a Threat to the U.S. in Space?

What does China advancing in space mean for the U.S.? Nothing. Or something. It's hard to say.
Amy Shira Teitel
6.20.12
Art

Tennessee's Baby Drum 'N' Pulse Machine

Pulse Machine is an electromechanical sculpture with an expiration date.
Nicholas Smaller
6.20.12
Motherboard Blog

This Robotic Finger Blows Yours Away

n light of fears that technology is “terrkin our jerrbs”, a new invention called the BioTac is kind of off-putting at first. Created by Scientists and USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering bypasses the tactile function of human fingers, instead using...
Rachel Walden
6.20.12
Reviews

Bobby Womack - 'Bravest Man In The Universe'

Another fixer-upper for Richard Russell.
VICE Staff
6.20.12
Music

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Music Video Director Nic Brown

Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Abdullah Saeed
6.20.12
Motherboard Blog

Glomar: The Ship That Sinks FOIA Requests

The CIA's covert targeted drone killing campaign throughout the Middle East is an open secret. As much as the Obama administration wishes it could blot out recent leaks surrounding kills lists and chains of commands and those nagging, sour accusations...
Brian Anderson
6.20.12
Motherboard Blog

33 Years Ago Today, Jimmy Carter Put Solar Panels on the White House

On this very day, June 20th, 33 years ago, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House roof. Seven years after that, Ronald Reagan took them down. It was the end of 70s, a decade wracked with stagnant economic growth and a pair...
Brian Merchant
6.20.12
Features

SSION's Cody Critcheloe Isn't Afraid Of Justin Bieber

We talked to the man of many mediums about his new video for "Earthquake," his Riot Grrrl days, and going head-to-head with the Biebz.
Shriya Manian
6.20.12
Motherboard Blog

Bioenergy Can't Compete With Our Taste for Meat

Biomass fuels have long been hailed as a real solution to carbon emissions, and theoretically it makes total sense: If you grow crops like switchgrass to produce biodiesel, carbon that’s released from burning the fuel was old carbon dioxide that had...
Derek Mead
6.20.12
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