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To Hunt Chinese Hackers, Exploit Their Human Flaws
Hackers are human beings, just like you and me.
Adam Clark Estes
2.15.13
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The Last Sea Lab Just Barely Floats On, as NASA's Wild Asteroid Simulation Sinks
Also expensive, on top of climate change: getting hit by an asteroid. Let me explain.
ALEX PASTERNACK
2.15.13
Friday Thinks With Luke Winkie

All the Songs I Listened to and What I Was Doing While Listening to Them Instead of Writing a Paper for My Southeast Europe in the 20th Century Class
Another Friday, another Thinks.
Luke Winkie
2.15.13
News

What Really Happened in Russia This Morning?
As you've probably heard already, a meteor exploded above the Chelyabinsk region of central Russia earlier today. It injured over 900 people, at least two of them seriously. But what the hell was it? UFOs? A missile test gone wrong? Or... an American...
Henry Langston
2.15.13
field

FIELD's Energy Flow: How Animators Rendered The Digital Dreamscape
Vincent Houze, technical director at FIELD, takes us behind the scenes for a run-down of what went into the creation of the 3D animation for generative film Energy Flow.
Nicole Disser
2.15.13
Adult Problems

Adult Problems - Throw Punches, Not Tweets
Am I advocating less online feuding and more real world violence? Maybe, yes, not really, but sort of.
Zachary Lipez
2.15.13
Motherboard Blog

Why Your Television Needs to Stop Playing Doctor
A new report slams Big Pharma's direct-to-consumer advertising "self-regulation."
Michael Byrne
2.15.13
Art

New Cinema: How Do You Make An Interactive Narrative?
How the team behind We Make The Weather utilized interactive narrative in New Cinema hackathon project.
Karolina Sobecka
2.15.13
Fashion

Romanian Prison Vogues
For the last few years, prisoners in Romania have been able to dress however they want as long as they maintain minimum standards of decency. This got our Romanian counterparts wondering: What do chicks wear when they're surrounded by the awfulness and...
Ioana Moldoveanu
Vice Style
2.15.13
Music

Sound On Intuition Generates Music Through Body Movements
Pieter-Jan Pieters’ thesis project enables people to make music by tapping their finger.
Antoine Carbonnaux
2.15.13
Stuff

We Spoke to Nick Kroll About TV, Feces, and Weirdos
Since Nick Kroll has been absolutely killing the comedy game with his new show "The Kroll Show," we spoke to him about the weirdos in his life and the weirdos he becomes on TV.
Jordan Sowunmi
2.15.13
Motherboard Blog

The Biggest Climate Protest in U.S. History Will Hit the White House this Weekend
Unfortunately, the "biggest" isn't all that big.
Brian Merchant
2.15.13
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