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Let's Get Even More Unreal About Mass Transit

Here's eight people movers of the future to shrivel your Hyperloop dreams.
Bogar Alonso
8.17.13
News

Obama Blames Kimye, Not Corrupt Politicians, for the Death of the American Dream

In a recent interview, Obama blamed Kimye for the death of the American dream. But Obama should probably look past the relatively harmless world of reality-television materialism and examine his administration and the leaders that have come before him...
Emalie Marthe
8.17.13
into the weird

Taco Bell and Broken Hymens

My relationship with Brad started at Taco Bell. Taco Bell was a big part of our love. Fast food was a huge aspect of my relationship with Brad in general. For example, after Brad broke my hymen, we decided to go to the Waffle House. This is when our...
Sophie Saint Thomas
8.17.13
vice shorts

'The Cub' by Riley Stearns

Filmmaker Riley Stearns traveled deep into the woods to find his story. The Cub is the story of a five-year-old girl who's turned over by her middle-class parents to a pack of wolves to learn “strength, self-reliance, and cunning behavior." The...
Riley Stearns
8.17.13
videos

Edward Teller, the Real Dr. Strangelove

He would be more vilified than any other American scientist in the 20th century, but he always dismissed his critics as naive or unpatriotic or unaware of what science actually is.
ALEX PASTERNACK
8.16.13
Words

No One Can Resist John Foxx

John Foxx, the "Marcel Duchamp of electro-pop."
Ariana Paoletti
8.16.13
Motherboard Blog

These Images Show the Harsh Reality of NYC's Income Inequality

The American Dream doesn't always become a reality for some New York City residents.
Tatiana Baez
8.16.13
This Week in Racism

Orson Scott Card Is Officially the Most Racist Sci-Fi Author

The author of Ender's Game continues his bid to be the most hateful man in America by inventing a scenario in which Barack Obama becomes a Hitler-like dictator who uses street gangs to pacify the country.
Dave Schilling
8.16.13
Words

The World's Top DJs Prepare to Save Lives

Breaking news from Dance (RED) about their star-studded compilation to help end AIDS in Africa.
THUMP Staff
8.16.13
Motherboard

Edward Teller, the Real Dr. Strangelove, Never Met a Thermonuclear Bomb He Didn't Like

He would be more vilified than any other American scientist in the 20th century, but he always dismissed his critics as naive or unpatriotic or unaware of what science actually is.
ALEX PASTERNACK
8.16.13
Motherboard Blog

Soda Makes Five-Year-Olds Break Your Stuff, Science Finds

When children do too much dew.
Daniel Stuckey
8.16.13
News

Death Toll Rises on Egypt's "Day of Anger"

A "Day of Anger" was called for by the Muslim Brotherhood today, in response to the murder of more than 600 Mohamed Morsi supporters on Wednesday. Cairo still remains engulfed in a sea of fire and violence.
Adam Ramsey; Photos by: Ariana Drehsler and Mosa'a
8.16.13
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