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Israel's Leaked Sales Pitch For Attacking Iran Sounds Like an Amazing Tom Clancy Movie
Israel wants the world to know that it's not scared of attacking Iran. In fact, they've got it all planned out and apparently aren't trying too hard to keep those plans a secret. Richard Silverstein, a liberal Jewish blogger who focuses on Israel...
Adam Estes
8.15.12
Music

In Defense of New Jersey
New Jersey became the slop bucket for tired glam acts gone shitty and the birthplace for groups like Bon Jovi, who would eventually become the poster boys for a scene all their own.
Jeff Ogiba
8.15.12
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Solar-Powered Toilets of the World: A Comprehensive Guide
For the first time in perhaps ever, solar-powered toilets are a prominent news item. I guess we can thank the world's wealthiest philanthropist: Bill Gates just gave a $100,000 cash prize to designers at Caltech who engineered a toilet that employs a...
Brian Merchant
8.15.12
Stuff

A Three-Way with Stevies Williams, Nicks, and Wonder
A few days before talking to Stevie Williams I read a bunch of other interviews with him and realized all of my questions had already been answered, so I decided to see how he compares with history's other Stevies (Wonder and Nicks), and ask him...
BRAYDEN OLSON
8.15.12
Tech

Watch Dan Deacon Get Experimental with Slime
For the first episode of Motherboard’s new series “Experimental Music," Dan Deacon gets slimy and chats us up about haters, his new album, and how the end of the world will be anything but elegant. It's two parts "Bill Nye," 1.5 parts "Meet the Band...
VICE Staff
8.15.12
Music

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Electronic Music Producer Howie Lee
Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Erica Huang
8.15.12
confessions of a male feminist

I Pee Sitting Down
I always sit down to pee because I am a man, not in spite of it. Being a man means I have my foot on the throat of womankind every day, regardless of my intent. I have often thought that to remind myself of this fact, I should paint the faces of...
Logan Stuart
8.15.12
Tech

The Invisible Bike Helmet
It's really just an airbag for your head.
Brian Merchant
8.15.12
New music

Juval from TV Buddhas has a New Band and a New Video
We just don't know how to pronounce either.
Noisey Staff
8.15.12
Tech

Tanked
It will take four months and 500 workers to dismantle the erstwhile Exxon Valdez.
Michael Byrne
8.15.12
Motherboard Blog

Disney Is Cloning Human Heads, Ought to Rename Itself Tyrell Corporation
Nestled in the Alps in a pair of nondescript clapboard houses marked only with a set of Mickey Mouse ears, Disney researchers are up to no good. This is the home of Disney's Zurich lab, one of six that the nearly 90-year-old company maintains around...
Adam Estes
8.15.12
Music

Nas (May) Have Had a Ghost Writer on a Few Songs. Who Gives a Shit?
Most people can't even string two words together to form a coherent thought, so why is everyone so upset about Nas (maybe) using a ghost writer?
Drew Millard
8.15.12
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