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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
Motherboard Blog

This Half Male, Half Female Cardinal Is the Yin-Yang of Birds (Update!)
Sexual dimorphism -- differences in appearance between males and females -- tends to be very visible in birds. Think of a rooster and a hen, or a peacock and a peahen: Females that spend a lot of time nesting need good camouflage, while males have a...
Derek Mead
9.19.12
Tech

Here's Looking at You, Terrorist
Sorry, you can't run from these brainwave-powered binoculars.
Adam Clark Estes
9.19.12
Pen Pals

Finish What You Start
I’ve witnessed a few wigs get split in the middle of the night by a lock in a sock, I’ve heard stories about people getting boiling baby oil dumped on them, and seen guys walking around with these ugly scars. Revenge is common in prison, so finish what...
Bert Burykill
9.19.12
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