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Orbit Ain't Easy: Encounters with the Kerbal Space Program
Imagine, the freedom to design your own space launch vehicle without the hassles of "budgetary constraints and bureaucratic wrangling":http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0811/Rover-Curiosity-is-a-star-but-can-it-help-fund-future-of-Mars-exploration...
Leandro Oliva
8.23.12
The Sprinkles of the Sandman Issue

The Baseball Slugger
Hiro Kurata's obsession with baseball gave birth to a character he calls the “Baseball Slugger,” the hero of his surreal scenes. His paintings are chaotic, confusing, and twisted—an obvious reflection on the world’s condition.
Hiro Kurata
8.23.12
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Is the United States Is Rolling the Climate Dice for Deadly Mosquitos?
In the words of NASA climatologist James Hansen, the globe is now playing with ""loaded climate dice,"":http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/8/6/nasa-s-top-climate-scientist-blames-climate-change-for-this-hot-summer-and-the-one-before-that--2 a term that...
Michael Byrne
8.23.12
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How to Go to the Bathroom on a Fake Asteroid: Talking to Aquarius, Earth's Last Sealab
In July, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it was killing its funding for the Aquarius Reef Base, which, located off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, is the only sea lab of its kind in the world. Even during a science...
ALEX PASTERNACK
8.23.12
The Sprinkles of the Sandman Issue

Some Serious Thought Was Put Into This Retarded Doll
In May, a very special doll began showing up in stores in Sweden. According to the package, it was supposed to have cerebral palsy. “The retard doll GIL. Treat her like a real retard!” the label read, while the Facebook page for the doll added, “She...
Milene Larsson
8.23.12
Art

Apple Trees, Vinegar, Fruit Baskets, And Coins Become Unusual But Effective Batteries
School science project meets surrealism in these mysterious images.
Kevin Holmes
8.23.12
Design

How To Hack Yogurt DNA And Make Pigeons Defecate Detergent
Tuur van Balen is bringing hacking culture to synthetic biology.
Kevin Holmes
8.23.12
Music

Create Chiptunes Using An Arcade Style Joystick Button Synthesizer
It’s open source, it’s based on arcade controls. It’s called Pianocade and it looks awesome.
Sami Sharaf
8.23.12
Stuff

The 'Semen Makes You Happy' Myth
The Sun reckons it's just like Yakult, but comes out of boys' penises.
Bertie Brandes
8.23.12
confessions of a male feminist

Who Will Love My Gender-Neutral Child?
My son was raised for the first four years of his life as a girl-boy.
Logan Stuart
8.23.12
Motherboard Blog

The Cosmic Saga of Jack Horkheimer, Television Star Hustler
Before Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and weirder than Carl Sagan, he was the zaniest ham and cheesiest poet in television astronomy history.
ALEX PASTERNACK
8.23.12
Epicly Later'd - Season 1

Elissa Steamer - Trailer
We've wanted to do an Elissa episode for quite some time now, and finally all the planets have aligned to make it happen. Elissa first blew minds out of skull holes over a decade ago in Toy Machine's classic, 'Welcome to Hell.' Since then, she's done...
VICE Staff
8.23.12
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