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The Rare Pink Dolphin Is Now a Bolivian National Treasure

The Bolivian river dolphin, long threatened by habitat destruction and overfishing in the Amazon, has just received protection from Bolivian President Evo Morales. The subspecies of the shockingly pink Amazon river dolphin has been declared a national...
Derek Mead
9.19.12
New music

Egyptian Hip Hop - "Yoro Diallo"

Mancunian noise rockers give a second taste of their debut.
Ryan Bassil
9.19.12
Film

How A Start-Up VFX Studio Helped Grow An Industry In China (And Racked Up Awards Along The Way)

With the premiere of Boardwalk Empire season 3, we caught up with Chris Bremble, founder of Beijing-based visual effects studio Base FX, to find out more about their work on the critically acclaimed television series and other cool projects...
Erica Huang
9.19.12
Motherboard Blog

How Will NASA Move Its Giant New Rocket?

How do you move a state of the art, 363-foot tall rocket vertically to its launch pad? With nineteenth century mining technology.
Amy Shira Teitel
9.19.12
Gaming

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With The Gbanga Team

Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Creators Project Staff
9.19.12
Tech

The Death Aquatic

Louie Psihoyos’ ambitions have escalated, his subject has opened up, and he’s taking consultation left and right from greeny showbiz vets. Needless to say, I was pretty stoked to get on the line with the creator of 'The Cove' and chat about his...
Daniel Stuckey
9.19.12
Motherboard Blog

Exhaust Burger: Why Iranians Invented the Most American BBQ Ever

It's kind of stunning that the above contraption was not, in fact, invented by Americans. As I understand it, our culture's foundation rests upon cars, hamburgers, and fast food. And yet, neither the creators of the George Foreman grill or McDonald's...
Brian Merchant
9.19.12
News

Fuck You, Teach: The Conservatives Don't Give a Shit About Detention

It's back to school time for Canadian politicians... and the Conservatives are coming for the NDP's lunch money.
Cameron Reed
9.19.12
Music

Monstrous Yet Adorable Robot Monsters In Cyriak's New Video For Flying Lotus' "Putty Boy Strut"

And to celebrate it, you can play around with some crazy robot models he’s created.
Kevin Holmes
9.19.12
Music

VICE Premiere: "Baby Be" by the Pharmacy

It's perfect that we're posting a premiere of "Baby Be" off of the new Pharmacy album, because everyone at VICE is literally dying.
VICE Staff
9.19.12
Motherboard Blog

Is This Lab-Grown Leather Vegan?

As you probably learned in college when you started wearing Doc Martin boots and smoking Marlboro Reds, leather jackets are expensive. That's because leather is expensive, and as cows continue to belch greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and require...
Adam Estes
9.19.12
New music

Tame Impala - "Elephant" Music Video

The Australian psychedelic outfit offers up some acid-tinged visuals.
Ryan Bassil
9.19.12
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