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Stop Sleeping: It Makes You Too Rational

New research published in the _Journal of Neuroscience_ shows pretty strong evidence that sleep deprivation tips our decision-making scales in the optimistic direction, or more specifically, the over-optimistic direction.
SAM MCDOUGLE
3.23.11
Vice Blog

SECOND LIFE GETS QUADRIPLEGICS LAID

VICE Staff
3.23.11
Motherboard Blog

China Nips Dissidence in the Bud

One of the lessons learned from this latest wave of protests is that the nature of the beast is changing. With everyone so electronically interconnected, the right cause can go viral at a lethal pace. "China is taking a preemptive approach":https://www...
ALEC LIU
3.23.11
Music World

Neomelodics

Trefft Alessio, den Star dieses knalligen, stark-gebräunten Soundtracks zu Neapels von der Mafia beherrschten Ghettos.
VICE Staff
3.23.11
Music World

Neomelodics

Tommy Riccio’s Neomelodic hit song “Nu Latitante” became the anthem of the Camorra in the ’90s.
VICE Staff
3.23.11
Powder and Rails

Bryan Iguchi

The Season Three finale of Powder & Rails catches up with pro snowboarding legend Bryan Iguchi in the backcountry of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
VICE Staff
3.23.11
Motherboard Blog

The Killer App of Tech Conferences: Gurus

According to Wikipedia, a guru is "one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others (teacher). Other forms of manifestation of this principle also include parents, school teachers...
Sean Yeaton
3.22.11
Design

Skeletonics Extends Our Robotic Reach Into The Future

Japanese engineering students bring human-enhancing robotic suits one step closer to reality.
Dylan Schenker
3.22.11
Art

Web Art Duo Y0UNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES Speak Out

Their latest performance/presentation at the Asia Art Archive features a creative brainstorm in a fast-paced flash of text and sound.
Xue Tan
3.22.11
Motherboard Blog

South by Southwhat Was It: SXSW Interactive Is a Conference In Need of an Upgrade

Somewhere in the wake of the panels and the keynotes, the trade show booths, pitch sessions, free tacos, apps, lines for free tacos, maps, parties, energy drinks, the impromptu meetings around tables already strewn with a forest’s worth of postcards...
ALEX PASTERNACK
3.22.11
Design

Put Your Emoticon Where Your Mouth Is [Instructables How-To]

Display your emotions via an LCD screen embedded in this DIY jacket.
Kathleen Flood
3.22.11
Music

Gregory Chatonsky Hears The Background Noise Of Web 2.0

His latest interactive installation, entitled Libération, reads online comments aloud and heralds the death of mass media.
Morgan Poyau
3.22.11
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