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This Is What Landing on Mars Looks Like
The sight of dust billowing as the Curiosity rover touches down delivers an eerie, awed chill.
Michael Byrne
8.23.12
Stuff

Now I Wanna Be Your Dog
In this crazy world of politicians and rapists, there is one thing I would like to propose to the lawmakers: If you want to steal and hide your money so damn bad and not get busted, you should take a lesson from a simple dog from Florida. Eat it, and...
Bebe McPhereson
8.23.12
Features

Move Over, Mariah—Nicki Minaj Is Joining You On 'Idol'
We would definitely watch that freakshow for at least, like, half an episode.
Lara James
8.23.12
Tech

Defending the Right to Print Arms
Forget one laptop for every child. The Wiki Weapons Project promises 3D-printed handguns for everybody!
Adam Clark Estes
8.23.12
Motherboard Blog

Watch This First High-Res Video of the Curiosity Mars Landing
Even as something of a Mars fever naysayer, I can say that the sight of dust billowing as the Curiosity lander touches down delivers an eerie, awed chill. The video above, coming courtesy of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was just released today...
Michael Byrne
8.23.12
Reviews

DJ Khaled - 'Kiss The Ring'
The Best, assuming being the Best involves riding around in cigarette boats, having lots of money, hanging out with beautiful women, and being fat but not caring.
Drew Millard
8.23.12
Music

GWAR-B-Q 2012: GWAR Have Come from Outer Space to Fuck with You
Saturday, August 18, was the third annual GWAR-B-Q, an all-out punk and metal extravaganza hosted by GWAR themselves, featuring 14 bands and a smattering of delicious food trucks.
Daniel Davis Snyder
8.23.12
The Sprinkles of the Sandman Issue

Little Kinjiro
Growing up, the 18th century philosopher Ninomiya Kinjiro never had time to study because he was always working, so he would read while he worked. In his honor, bronze statues depicting him reading and carrying firewood were erected all over Japan, but...
Inbe Kawori
8.23.12
Motherboard Blog

The Longest Running Time Lapse Ever
In the annals of American slow science, the U.S. Forest Service's long-running visual documentation of managed ponderosa pine forests throughout west-central Montana's Bitterroot National Forest is the oldest of Old Man Pine's. It's right up there with...
Brian Anderson
8.23.12
Stuff

Mandana Towhidy Tells Us About the Hair Metal Days of 'Arcadia'
"Los Angeles was totally different back then. You could literally get into a bar if you were 12 years old as long as your skirt was short enough and you had some janky sort of ID to show the bouncer at the door. It was that easy."
Christina Catherine Martinez
8.23.12
New music

Gold Panda - "Trust"
The UK producer teases us with a new track.
Ryan Bassil
8.23.12
Stuff

A Seventy-Minute Interview with Sam Pink on Gchat
Sam Pink is a writer of books and a man who doesn't shy away from things like letting people snort MDMA off his ass, smashing Hostess fruit pies into his forehead, or writing about people headbutting cats.
Tao Lin
8.23.12
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