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Festival Season!

10 Artists to Check Out at Movement Detroit 2014

A guide to checking out some of the festivals best acts for the new techno enthusiast.
Serena Passion
5.13.14
Russian Roulette

Russian Roulette (Dispatch 38)

Detained in Donetsk on Referendum Day.
VICE News
5.13.14
machines

The Building Blocks of Circuits, Now Ready to Wrap Around Your Internal Organs

New transistors are flexible enough to become part of your guts.
Michael Byrne
5.13.14
Opinion and Analysis

Drones Are Just Airpower Without All the Adult Diapers

The basic difference between a drone and an aircraft is a bathroom, and making it easy for pilots to pee doesn't make war any more evil.
Ryan Faith
5.13.14
Power

Bugged Routers, Spy Sales Pitches, and Other New NSA PowerPoint Bangers

Glenn Greenwald's new book about the Edward Snowden affair is already breaking new revelations of NSA spying programs.
Ben Makuch
5.13.14
Ukraine

Gunfire Edges Towards Sloviansk as Ukraine’s Rebels Consolidate Their Grip

Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed and one seriously wounded in an ambush by pro-Russia militia near Kramatorsk.
Harriet Salem
5.13.14
nasa

Russia's New Space Sanctions Mean SpaceX Is About to Get Paid

Russia wants to close the ISS and stop the sale of Russian-made rockets for US military satellite launches.
Jason Koebler
5.13.14
africa

UN: The Capture of Joseph Kony Is 'Coming Pretty Soon'

Kony and the remnants of his Lord's Resistance Army are now thought to be somewhere in the Central African Republic.
Olivia Becker
5.13.14
Art

Photography Series Captures Explosive Science Experiments

Warning: do not attempt to recreate any of the above science-art photography.
Emerson Rosenthal
5.13.14
Culture

Death of an Alien Sex Machine

The cyberpunk life and times of HR Giger.
Claire L. Evans
5.13.14
thump video

Watch the Dark, Twisted Sónar Festival Film for 2014

A bit more macabre than your average festival footage reel.
Max Pearl
5.13.14
beer

What the Hell Happened to All of New York's Breweries?

New York City used to be the brewing mecca of the United States. I visited the brewery ruins (now parking lots, laundry mats, and music venues) around the city and talked to locals about why we're not the American beer capitol in 2014.
Alex Forbes
5.13.14
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