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You Would Really Like the Museum of Jurassic Technology

In Culver City, about four LA blocks from a place that sells used tires and and In-n-Out Burger, stands a strange landmark of the Los Angeles art scene. Opened in 1988, the Museum of Jurassic Technology is equal parts 18th century cabinet of curiosity...
Alex Dunbar
1.16.12
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A Very Simple Explanation of How to Catch a Higgs Boson, If It Actually Exists (Video)

In December, scientists at CERN moved "closer":http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16158374 to nabbing the Higgs, the particle that is thought to explain what gives everything mass. Or to not finding it at all. In his latest video update...
ALEX PASTERNACK
1.16.12
Food

Girl Eats Food - Rainbow Cake

No one should have to go through a seizure on an empty stomach.
Joanna Fuertes Knight
1.16.12
Stuff

File-Sharing Is Now a Religion

I had a chat with Isak Gerson, its high priest.
Milene Larsson
1.16.12
Photo

Bucharest Rioted for Healthcare

And they were beaten with bricks and sprayed with tear gas until they had to go to the hospital.
Ioana Moldoveanu, George Calin
1.16.12
The Children of the Dragon Issue

The Wonderful Asshole

I never really thought I'd end up writing anything about Gary Indiana; I just wanted to meet him.
Benjamin Shapiro
1.16.12
Tech

Ice Drones Over Alaska

Frozen sky robots themselves aren't the problem, at least not yet.
Brian Anderson
1.16.12
Motherboard Blog

Drones Over Alaska: Why Good Use Is Always On Thin Ice

Ask anyone in Nome, Alaska right now how they feel about surveillance drones and you'll likely get unequivocally high praise. Had a remotely-piloted surveillance aircraft not been monitoring Bering Sea ice flows over the past week an emergency shipment...
Brian Anderson
1.16.12
Tech

The King of Copyright

"I Have a Dream" is a fair use nightmare.
ALEX PASTERNACK
1.16.12
All The Wrong Places

Peru - Dances with Scissors

The Peruvian Andes are really, really high. At one point on our epic trek driving the MINI Coupé to Andamarca, we were at 5500 meters above sea level. Altitude sickness, crippling viruses and stomach hemorrhages were par for the course on our mission...
VICE Staff
1.16.12
Meringue

Girl Eats Food: Popping Candy Pavlova

A mega-meringue topped with cream, corner-shop penny sweets, and a sprinkle of pop rocks, served with a peach schnapps and ice cream float, that will conjure up nostalgia from kiddy-hood all the way through to the awkwardness of puberty.
Jo Fuertes-Knight
1.16.12
The Children of the Dragon Issue

Front of the book

We live in contentious, troubled times: Millions are out of work, protestors fill the streets of practically every major city, the global financial system is in ruins, and just about everyone feels disenfranchised.
VICE Staff
1.16.12
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