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Blasting Mars with Missiles Is the Latest Hope for Finding Martian Life

There's a plan to send a fleet of probes to burrow deep under the Martian surface.
Jason Koebler
4.24.14
Gaming

Dogecache Is Geocaching for Dogecoins

A group of high school students just used dogecoin to reinvent geocaching.
Daniel Stuckey
4.24.14
VICE News

Simon Ostrovsky Has Been Released

VICE News is delighted to confirm that our colleague and friend Simon Ostrovsky has been safely released and is in good health.
VICE News
4.24.14
Simon Ostrovsky

The Best of Simon Ostrovsky's Reporting for VICE News (So Far)

Simon Ostrovsky has travelled around the world reporting for VICE News. Here are some highlights of his work.
VICE News
4.24.14
Art

Exhibition Turns Gallery Into Full-Fledged Candy Factory

Oscar Murillo is channeled some Willy Wonka vibes at his show at David Zwirner.
Ella Riley-Adams
4.24.14
Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez's Birthplace Pays Emotional Tribute to its Most Famous Son

As Aracataca remembered García Márquez it rained for the first time in eight months, taken by locals as a heavenly sign.
Simone Bruno
4.24.14
videos

These Cyborg Legs Were Made for Walking

The CYBERLEGs project aims to develop robot legs to help amputees walk.
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
4.24.14
Sittin' Sidewayz... With Skinny Friedman

Hipsters Can't Ruin Hip-Hop Because Hipsters Don't Exist

"Hipsters" are a fictional construct, an army of imaginary scapegoats in trucker hats perched perilously on top of both a five-panel and a snapback.
Skinny Friedman
4.24.14
Tech

Do Independent VR Developers Care that Facebook Bought Oculus Rift?

We went to meet some virtual-reality developers to talk about what happens when the biggest trailblazer in independent VR gaming gets bought by Facebook for $2 billion.
Zack Kotzer
4.24.14
Stuff

A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion

The French Foreign Legion is where criminals and transients go for a new identity that's fraught with intense military training. "Dave" from Ottawa jumped into the fray before escaping in dramatic fashion.
Joshua Rapp Learn
4.24.14
Science

An Astronomical First: Binary Black Holes Devouring a Star in an Inactive Galaxy

The celestial oddity was found because astronomers happened to catch the black holes ripping a star apart.
Amy Shira Teitel
4.24.14
Design

Philip Johnson's Iconic Glass House Becomes A Fog Sculpture With "Veil" Installation

Though it may sound like the ideal setting for a horror film, the 65-year-old, fog-covered Glass House is stunning.
Zach Sokol
4.24.14
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