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"First Orbit": The Mind-Expanding, Astronaut-Shot, Real-Time Film of What the Earth Looked Like to First Space Man Yuri Gagarin (Video)

With direction from documentary film maker Christopher Riley, astronaut Paolo Nespoli carefully matched the orbital path of the International Space Station as closely as possible to that of Yuri Gagarin's first manned orbit around the Earth. Using HD...
ALEX PASTERNACK
4.12.11
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On Badoo, the Social Network for Sex, Users Pay To Get Noticed (And To Get Other Things Too)

Combine the brazenness of Cragislist claissifieds with the power of a web app - and the libidos fo eager twentysomethings across Europe - and you've got Badoo, the millions-strong social network dedicated to hooking up. Thanks almost solely to word of...
ALEX PASTERNACK
4.12.11
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Donald Weber - Trailer

VBS travels with Canadian photographer Donald Weber to Fukushima, Japan to document the effects of the ongoing nuclear crisis. Premieres April 19th.
VICE Staff
4.12.11
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Chris & Cosey

We got the chance to spend some time at the country house of the music making powerhouse – and long time couple – Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti.
VICE Staff
4.12.11
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Beautiful Liverpool

For the third episode of Beautiful Liverpool, we are at the Mr Liverpool contest at The Plaza.
VICE Staff
4.12.11
Art

Seeing With Your Hands: Eric Siu's Optical Handlers

How would the world look if we had eyes in our hands?
Xue Tan
4.11.11
Fashion

The Original Creators: Diana Dew

We take a look at some iconic artists from numerous disciplines who have left an enduring and indelible mark on today’s creators.
Kathleen Flood
4.11.11
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The Season Finale of Electric Independence: Chris & Cosey

Genre-bending iconoclasts, Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti changed electronic music forever with Throbbing Gristle.
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
4.11.11
Vice Blog

NOTES FROM A LIBYAN LURKER XII - THE PALACE AND THE PRISON

VICE Staff
4.11.11
Music

Black Metal Forever Turns Up The Volume On Generative Music

In his latest installation, Mickaël Sellam pays tribute to the quiet Norwegian forests, the infinite vastness of sorrow and burning churches.
Morgan Poyau
4.11.11
Art

Barcelona Street Installation Lets You Print A Mini-Me In 3D

blablabLAB combine the holiday photo with street performance to create a 21st century art souvenir.
Kevin Holmes
4.11.11
Motherboard Blog

Go Linux, It's Your Birthday

The versatile open source operating system - well, "kernel":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel - is 20 years old this week. What you probably didn't know: it runs the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world. See Eric Steven Raymond's essay on Linux...
Videodrome
4.11.11
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