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Fermilab's Ghost in the Machine
Fermilab's Tevatron collider is picking up something unexplainable. Particles aren't behaving like they should.
It has to do with the top quark, one of the fundamental particles. It sounds simplistic in a way, but when particles collide and shoot...
Michael Byrne
3.19.11
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Electric Independence: Ulrich Schnauss
The peerless electronic wunderkind Ulrich Schnauss was kind enough to show us his favorite instruments and demo the tasty tones from his forthcoming album.
VICE Staff
3.19.11
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Timbaland Stole Chiptune, The Internet Stole It Back
For the past decade, chip music -- the process of re-purposing old console and computer sound chips to create music -- has occupied a precarious position between obscure subculture and mainstream trend. The history of "chiptheft," as it's called...
Janus Rose
3.18.11
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The Ark Music Factory is Churning Out Pop Slop for the Internet's Cringeworthy Enjoyment
There's something rotten in the city of L.A. Well, that's a statement anyone could make at any time, but after watching the official video for Rebecca Black's cringe inducing uber-produced YouTube smash, "Friday," there's definitely something molding...
Max Gardner
3.18.11
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Going Fishing with NASA For The Space Shuttle's Recyclable Rockets (Video)
NASA's vehicle fleet doesn't just include shuttles, rockets, training planes, and crawlers. As this unprecedented video from the space agency illustrates, NASA's two boats, Liberty Star and Freedom Star, are charged with retrieving the Space Shuttle's...
ALEX PASTERNACK
3.18.11
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From Chernobyl With Fear: Lessons for Japan About How We Terrify Ourselves
Is our species's error here actually unhinged hysteria? As long as it's still fissioning and belching, Fukushima will be an acute crisis in anyone's book. As at Chernobyl, some plant workers will probably die from their exposure, and probably rushed to...
JONATHAN LIU
3.18.11
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Playing Well Together: Jane McGonigal Thinks Gamers Can Save The World
Surely games — video or otherwise — can better our lives in some ways, can’t they?
Janus Rose
3.18.11
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Meet the DOK-ING Robotic Fire Fighting System
According to the AP, the US sent two fire trucks to Fukushima to help with the situation at the Dai-ichi power plant.
MARTIN CONNELLY
3.18.11
Film

A Science Fiction Film Inspires A New Google Street View Project
Manuel Schmalstieg’s Google Street View project Solaris and Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 film of the same name both meditate on nature and the sense of isolation caused by technology’s attempts at reproducing it.
Dylan Schenker
3.18.11
diplo

Creators Remix Roundup Week 18
UNKLE, a preview of Boys Noize’s Daft Punk remix for TRON Legacy R3CONF1GUR3D, and Diplo meets G-Dragon.
Kathleen Flood
3.18.11
Art

Virtual Performance Piece Lets You Control A Swarm Of Particles
Reactive installation lets you play virtual maestro to what looks like a flock of starlings.
Kevin Holmes
3.18.11
Art

Jeff Lieberman Builds Seemingly Impossible Open Source Sculptures
Jeff Lieberman creates such fantastical pieces as the Moore Pattern, a sculpture that turns and twists in itself. And he releases all his online, for free.
Daniel Oliveira Carneiro
3.18.11
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