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Why Do So Many Liberals 'Like' Mitt Romney on Facebook?

A typical election season comment drifted through my Facebook feed the other day: "Just got the shock of seeing how many of my friends 'like' Mitt Romney's page. Wow." I laughed, made a sarcastic remark on the post, and then read the comments that were...
Brian Merchant
10.10.12
Motherboard Blog

Listen As Cops Threaten Young Men During a Stop-and-Frisk

NYPD officers stopped a record "684,330 people":http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204795304577221770752633612.html last year for questioning. The tactic, in which around half of those questioned are frisked, is credited by proponents for...
Derek Mead
10.10.12
News

Chavez Has Six More Years in Power

This past Sunday, amid a political climate so polarized that it makes Romney and Obama look like sexed up newlyweds, Venezuela celebrated their presidential elections. Hugo Chavez beat opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, giving him another six...
Paul Geddis
10.10.12
Tech

Ya Got Any Gum?

Here are three tips to make your breath smell all nice and pretty in the future.
Michelle Lhooq
10.10.12
New music

Angel Haze - "Werkin Girls" (Official Video)

Angel gets her Wolverine swag on in the dark new video for "Werkin Girls".
Noisey Staff
10.10.12
Art

65,000 CDs Create Memorial Disco Lilypads

Bruce Munro’s installation uses discarded CDs to capture sunlight.
Jennifer Mills
10.10.12
Music

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Brainfeeder's David Wexler AKA Strangeloop

Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Abdullah Saeed
10.10.12
Motherboard Blog

Why Do Elephants Have Hair? To Stay Cool

All mammals have hair, even "naked mole rats":http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/smallmammals/nmrfaqs.cfm. Hair is one of the characteristics that binds all of us together, from whales to puppies. And for a lot of mammals, thick fur is important for...
Derek Mead
10.10.12
Features

On Thursday, October 11, Noisey Presents Chain Of Strength in Brooklyn

Tomorrow night, we're teaming up with the So-Cal straight edge legends for a show in Brooklyn, with Clear and Cream.
Benjamin Shapiro
10.10.12
Motherboard Blog

Is Facebook the New Philip Morris?

As if you didn't know it already, there's now yet another psych study detailing the addictive qualities of Facebook. Researchers from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business recently enlisted 205 Germans and monitored them for an entire week...
Adam Estes
10.10.12
New music

Triad God - "Remand"

Barren warehouses and bedding down homeless are briefly illuminated with this soft haze of a track.
Suze Olbrich
10.10.12
Motherboard Blog

The Best Part About Winning a Nobel Prize? Autographing a Chair in the Museum Cafe

Aside from the assurance that you've made a genuine contribution to humanity, winning the Nobel Prize has an upside.
Ben Richmond
10.10.12
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