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America Secretly Tried to Destroy Totalitarianism With Pigeons
B.F. Skinner, the psychologist and social philosopher, had an idea about how to bring about world peace. It involved teaching pigeons to guide missiles.
ANNA JANE GROSSMAN
9.6.12
News

London Met's Foreign Students Think the Government Is Racist
They told us at the protest they held in London yesterday.
Clive Martin
9.6.12
New music

ABADABAD: "The Wild" EP Stream
For a slice of never-ending summer, look no further.
Noisey Staff
9.6.12
Travel

The Amazon Is a Dangerous Place If You Live on a Bunch of Gold
Last week, news broke that back in July illegal goldminers allegedly wiped out an entire village of indigenous Yanomami in the Amazon. Reports suggest that they did this by raining down machine gun fire and crude explosives from helicopters.
Joanna Eede
Joanna Eede, Photos by Claudia Andujar
9.6.12
Stuff

The Imposter Who Had Over 500 Fake Identities
See that guy in the picture above? He doesn't look like a 17-year-old, blond, blue-eyed American boy, does he? But, that's exactly what he managed to convince a lot of people, including the boy's family, that he was.
Joshua Haddow
9.6.12
Motherboard Blog

DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt
I really want to get excited about the DARPA-funded robot that's faster than any man on Earth. But then I imagine it's chasing me.
Adam Estes
9.6.12
Motherboard Blog

Rank War: Cracking Open the Lid On Militarized Stink Bombs
For all the visible horror and concussive din of combat, smell is war's lingering sting. Burning vehicles, fuel, and flesh. Fresh, spent cordite. Salt water. Opium. Sewage.
War reeks. And no matter that so much of war is being robotized to the...
Brian Anderson
9.6.12
Music

Nations of Asia, Surrender Your Girlfriends!
After all, all men may be created equal, but no one said anything about their girlfriends. So consider this as something of a handy guide to choosing the best racial flavor for maximizing your cool points.
Alex Koenig
9.6.12
Motherboard Blog

Somebody Please Punch Us in the Gut With Climate Change
The Arctic is melting. Everybody knows this, on some level, and everybody has some way of rationalizing that concept to themselves, whether or not it is the scientifically correct rationalization. 'It is because of global warming' would be the most...
Brian Merchant
9.6.12
Photo

Breakin', India Style
Photographer Sunny Shokrae introduces us to Tiny Drops, a crew of kids from New Delhi trying to overcome a lack of stability and order through breakdancing and hip-hop culture. Let's hope the floors can handle it.
Sunny Shokrae
9.6.12
Beauty School Dropout

The La-Z-Girl Makeover
Don't worry, slobs, the future is here to make you "beautiful".
Bertie Brandes
9.6.12
Music

Here's Why Ariel Pink, Odd Nosdam, Jello Biafra, And Japanther All Make Music With Michael Alan
The New York artist’s deranged performance art, drawings, and paintings draw together an eclectic mix of musical collaborators.
Abdullah Saeed
9.6.12
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