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Post-Fukushima Japan Goes On a Renewable Energy Binge

The nuclear crisis at Fukushima left Japan between an irradiated rock and a hard, dirty place. Since that lazy adaption of the age-old metaphor makes next to no sense, I'll explain: After the meltdown at Fukushima to the brink, Japan took to the...
Brian Merchant
9.14.12
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A Few Reasons to Fear Congo's Ebola Outbreak

The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to contain an outbreak of Ebola in two remote villages near the border of South Sudan. By the latest count, the epidemic "has killed 31 people":http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/2012/09/14/health...
Adam Estes
9.14.12
Film

TIFF 2012 Celebrity Stalk-Off

TIFF means film premieres, celebrities, and, most importantly, celebrity stalkers. In the spirit of the festival we sent two interns to stalk their favorite stars, Ryan Gosling and Marisa Tomei. They came back with harrowing tales of close encounters...
Brad Casey and Sam Zaret
9.14.12
Music

Joe Crow Ryan

We met up with Joe Crow Ryan, a well known NYC subway musician who uses music to overcome struggles with homelessness and the law. He's unemployed, and not looking, because he's "done with jobs."
VICE Staff
9.14.12
Design

A Six-Legged Robot Spider That Tweets Isolated, Lonely Thoughts

Meet the world’s first spider with a Twitter account.
Hyangrin Mun
9.14.12
Fashion

A$AP Rocky and Jeremy Scott Schooled Me on How to Be a Pretty Motherfucker

It's finally the end of New York Fashion Week, so I caught up with Rocky and Jeremy after a VICE event in SoHo to talk about style, creativity, and why adidas sneakers are better than Jordans.
Wilbert L. Cooper
9.14.12
Motherboard Blog

New Gadget Forces You to Abandon Your Gadgets

You plug your Personal Energy Orb into a computer, and it launches a ticker that monitors how long you've been in front of the screen. As the PEO loses power, it slows down the responsiveness of your CPU, until it becomes unbearable. So, to recharge...
Brian Merchant
9.14.12
Question Of The Day

Would You Care if Obama Were Muslim?

Calling Obama a Muslim is back in style, because why criticize the president over the economy or civil liberties when you can spread rumors that he likes a different imaginary guy than you do?
VICE Staff
9.14.12
New music

Here Is Dream Affair's New Video

It's called "The Porter," and it's an austere, self-made fantasy, set in the ruins of Cold War East Germany.
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
9.14.12
News

Who Is Alan Roberts, the Director of 'Innocence of Muslims'? We Think His Real Name Is Robert Brownell

Early yesterday morning VICE was anonymously furnished with documents that link a California resident named Robert Brownell (aka Robert Brown)—to the pre-production of 'Innocence of Muslims.'
Rocco Castoro
9.14.12
Music

Delicious with Mish Episode Five: Featuring White Poppy

This week I invited the one-woman genius behind White Poppy, Crystal Dorval, to join me in a discussion of music, opiates, stage fright, and dropping babies on the ground.
Mish Way
9.14.12
Tech

Incredibly Humanlike New Species of Blond Monkey Discovered in Congo

A new species of monkey has been described in the still-mysterious rainforests in the central of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Researchers said that it’s only the second new monkey species discovered in 28 years.
Derek Mead
9.14.12
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