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How Kiyoshi Izumi Built the Psych Ward of the Future by Dropping Acid

Inside the late Canadian architect's quest to design an "ideal mental hospital" with a little (OK, a lot) of help from LSD.
Brian Anderson
7.15.13
Art

Vintage-Looking Light Painting Experiments Made With Programmed LEDs

Using long exposure photography in combination with LEDs, interactive designer David Cruz created experimental light paintings.
The Creators Project
7.15.13
Interviews

Fat Tony Talks Houston Rap And How Screw Is Everywhere Now

The rapper talks extensively about what his hometown means to hip-hop and music as a whole.
Eric Sundermann
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

For Every Degree the Global Temperature Rises, the Sea Level May Rise Over Six Feet

The only way to prevent over twenty feet of sea level rise over the coming centuries is to limit temperature rise by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Mat McDermott
7.15.13
Features

Skaters' Guide to Touring England

Skaters recently returned from touring England where the trio played 24 dates, in 28 days and miraculously, they didn't kill each other. In fact, they had a good time sperm-sprayed accommodation excepting…
Kim Taylor Bennett
7.15.13
Premieres

Here's the Odd Future Remix of Trinidad Jame$' "I Need Mo'"

Plus an interview with Odd Future's Mike G. We checked in with Mike when he was touring overseas, and he came bearing gifts.
Kathy Iandoli
7.15.13
Interviews

Beyond the Valley of the Dismemberment Plan

We speak to one of the pioneers of indie about, well, everything.
Dan Weiss
7.15.13
Motherboard Blog

A Century Before Reddit, We Shared Photos of Kittens and Puppies in Clothes

It was the LOLcat equivalent of splitting the atom.
Ben Richmond
7.15.13
Question Of The Day

What Would Someone Have to Do to Stop You Being Friends with Them?

"Realistically, releasing a cheetah into my house would make me pretty angry."
Jack Barry
7.15.13
Bad Cop Blotter

Asset Forfeiture, the Cash Cow of the Drug War

Cops routinely seize assets—like cars, money, and even hotels—that are linked to criminal activity, even if the property owner hasn't been convicted of a crime. This leads to a dangerous system of incentives whereby cops seize property in drug busts so...
Lucy Steigerwald
7.15.13
Stuff

Rob Ford Has Some Cruel Twitter Followers

We know we’re tough on Rob Ford when it comes to his social media presence, but his Twitter mentions are teeming with dark-hearted individuals trying to crush his triumphant reign.
Patrick McGuire
7.15.13
Stuff

How America Interrupted Wilhelm Reich's Orgasmic Utopia

In July of 1947, Dr. Wilhelm Reich—a brilliant but controversial psychoanalyst who had once been Freud’s most promising student, who had enraged the Nazis and the Stalinists as well as the psychoanalytic, medical, and scientific communities, who had...
Jason Louv
7.15.13
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