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The Higgs Boson Interpreted as Cuban Dance Music

Data and statistical analysis is a hard thing to explain to a public not accustomed to it and more used to pop culture imaginings of scientists just finding shit in sudden _eureka!_ moments. Based on a cross-section of interactions over the years...
Michael Byrne
7.25.12
Music

Meet The Crying Boy In SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS And Traverse The LA Movie Premiere With Har Mar Superstar

Crying boy Jackson Parker, Elijah Wood, Danny Masterson, Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis, and more at the film’s LA debut.
The Creators Project Staff
7.25.12
Motherboard Blog

This Double Bacon Corn Dog Could Be from Rocko's Modern Life

Ahh, county fair season. It's that special time of summer when you skull back a case of whatever beer comes in camo cans, stuff a wad of Skoal in your lip, and wander the puke-soaked sawdust discussing the varying grades of meth with carnies and eating...
Derek Mead
7.25.12
Shut Up and Play the Hits

Har Mar Superstar At The L.A. Red Carpet For Shut Up and Play the Hits

What kind of funeral would you want?
The Creators Project
7.25.12
Shut Up and Play the Hits

LCD Soundsystem And The Crying Boy

Pure reaction.
The Creators Project
7.25.12
Motherboard Blog

How Can Yahoo Fix Its Future?

Everybody seems to have a million ideas about how Marissa Mayer could revamp Yahoo and make it a cool company again. These range from the simple suggestions like making Flickr cool again to the more eccentric plans like reviving GeoCities as a social...
Adam Estes
7.25.12
Stuff

Books About Death by People Who Committed Suicide

Writers off themselves all the time. They are a moody bunch, often fighting all sorts of internal battles with drugs, depression, booze, etc. Three of them have killed themselves since you began reading this blog post. Sometimes they even write about...
Blake Butler
7.25.12
Sulumi

China's Chiptune Maestro Sulumi Comes Out With A Mixtape Bespoke For Summertime [Q&A]

Sulumi brings some cool jams to fight the heat of summer and talks to us about his latest work in electronic music.
Billy Starman
7.25.12
Question Of The Day

Is There an Afterlife for Animals?

When Lassie bit the big one, did she go to some Beggin' Strips-laden paradise where there's always a willing leg to hump and the toilet lid is never down, or did she just get all maggoty in the dirt behind the wooden tool shed?
VICE Staff
7.25.12
Marshall Headphones: On The Road - BRANDED

On The Road: Season 2 - Full Length

In Season 2, Tim Harrington takes viewers off the beaten track to discover epic tales behind iconic concerts.
VICE Staff
7.25.12
Stuff

The Ju-Ju Magic of the Miners of Afosu

I took a trip out to the Eastern Region of Ghana in 2006 and again in 2009 to paint scenes from a small scale illegal gold and diamond mining complex in a town called New Abriem. It’s a place where 19th century mining methods combine with ancient West...
Benjamin Zawalich
7.25.12
videos

The Last Days of the Tevatron

When the Tevatron opened in 1983 at Fermi National Laboratory, outside Chicago, it was the world’s most powerful particle accelerator.
ALEX PASTERNACK
7.25.12
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