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Computer Chips Will Be "Invisible" Thanks to Those Wonderful Carbon Nanotubes
By their very nature, microchips are little bitty things, but scientists wants to make them downright invisible – and they’re getting pretty close!
Adam Clark Estes
10.29.12
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Watch Japanese Acrobats Tumble in This Film by Thomas Edison
This short was published by Thomas Edison’s film company in 1904, and shows a Japanese man flipping a boy around in the air with his feet in front of a background that looks like a virtual reality version of a Roman-themed acid trip.
Derek Mead
10.29.12
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The Hell Portal Where NASA's Rocket King Hung Out With L. Ron Hubbard
We hop a chain-link fence. A riparian zone rich in massive willows and various wildlife, this area is a magnet for hikers, joggers, paranormal enthusiasts, equestrians, graffitists, young people tripping acid, assorted weirdos.
Brian Anderson
10.29.12
Motherboard Blog

Tech Support: Technology For Getting Really Intimate in A Long-Distance Relationship
All this access to easy communication only magnifies the true thing you’re missing: SEX. Okay fine. Let’s call it “intimacy.” Or just, “not having to wake up in an empty bed, cradling your cold laptop.”
Michelle Lhooq
10.29.12
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Awaiting Hurricane Sandy in 10 GIFs
I eventually had to go up to the roof to capture some GIFable images of the coming storm.
Daniel Stuckey
10.29.12
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8 Hurricane Sandy Memes: The Internet Gets Wet
So here is how we go online to distract ourselves from the biggest storm in history.
Brian Merchant
10.29.12
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Iran Claims Its Drone Beamed Sensitive Pictures from Israel Before Being Shot Down
The Sunday Times previously reported that said drone transmitted pictures of sensitive Israeli locations before being shot down, and now Iranian leaders claim that did indeed happen.
Derek Mead
10.29.12
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There Are Four Coal Plants Worth of Solar Power On America's Rooftops
The Energy Information Administration estimates that there is 3,500 MW of solar capacity—rooftop panel arrays, big fat solar plants in the desert, concentrated solar, etc—currently laid out in the US of A.
Brian Merchant
10.29.12
Motherboard Blog

There Are 26 Nuclear Power Plants in Hurricane Sandy's Path
If it knocks out power to any of the power plants that lie directly in its path, the frankenstorm of the century will ruin Tuesday, too. Heck, a nuclear meltdown would probably screw up the entire week.
Adam Clark Estes
10.29.12
Stuff

The VICE Guide to Voting - Otherkin
The deciding day of the 2012 election draws near, and as a politically undecided man-dolphin, you're not sure where to cast your vote. Where do the candidates stand on the right to life for demonkin? It's a complicated world, and you may have a fake...
Amelia Gray
10.28.12
Stuff

The Legend of Baiowolf
A beat cop jumped out of a hedge holding a sneaker. “We got something!” “Looks like a Skechers Shape-Up,” said Sgt. Wender. Blood dripped from its bloated heel. “Whatever this thing is,” said Lt. Finazzo, “it’s getting stronger. And we’ve only got a...
Michael McGrath
10.28.12
News

France’s Secular Opposition to Gay Marriage
A couple of days ago, around 200 protesters gathered in the central plaza in Toulouse to protest proposed legislation to make gay marriage legal. In France, like in the United States, same-sex marriage is a point of contention. But, unlike in the...
Alex McQuillan
10.28.12
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