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In 1987, Ronald Reagan Was the Higgs Boson's Best Friend

I know, I know: if there's one thing lefty bloggers love pointing out, it's the disconnect between the current right-wing Ronald Reagan fantasy and the tax-raising, big-spending pragmatic reality. Well, here's a good one. If you're under a certain age...
Michael Byrne
2.15.11
Art

Recreate A Mini Version of Muti Randolph's Tube [Instructables How-To]

Whether you can walk through it or not, this infinity tube will capture your gaze at first glance.
Kathleen Flood
2.15.11
Motherboard Blog

Clinton Defends Internet Freedom, Still Hates Wikileaks

But in addressing the elephant in the room, she argued that the government's fight against Wikileaks had nothing to do with Internet freedom. "Fundamentally, the Wikileaks incident began with an act of theft," she said. "Government documents were...
Sean Yeaton
2.15.11
Art

Awkward Technology: Q&A With Artist Cory Arcangel

We spoke with the digital artist about his latest piece, Beat The Champ, currently on view in London, and traveling to New York later this year.
Kevin Holmes
2.15.11
Motherboard Blog

MARS 500 Crew Finds Awesome Sandbox To Play In

For the past eight months, six astronauts have been "traveling to mars":http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/5/19/500-days-of-martian-summer-six-prepare-for-longest-isolation-test. Yesterday, they landed. The astronauts are locked in a capsule meant to...
JORDAN KEENAN
2.15.11
Motherboard Blog

The Learnin' Corner: Some Theories About Spontaneous Human Combustion

Spontaneous human combustion has always been, if you’ll excuse the pun, a hotly debated subject. The usual outcome is that the victim’s body is almost entirely consumed to powder. SHC is frightful, horrific, and xenophobic—it challenges what experts...
vice land
2.15.11
Motherboard Blog

NASA Sells Space: Could a Branded Rocket Get Us to Mars?

Brian Merchant
2.15.11
Matthew Herbert

Deciphering And Remixing Everyday Sounds

Artists and musicians are turning to the most unusual of sources for new sounds to integrate into their musical concoctions.
Kathleen Flood
2.15.11
Art

Does The Internet Make You Smile?

That’s the question posed in this new art project from Kyle McDonald and Theo Watson.
Kevin Holmes
2.15.11
Vice Blog

WIN WIN RECORD RELEASE PARTY

VICE Staff
2.15.11
Art

10 Meters Wide Multi-User Giant Touchscreen

Just imagine surfing the web on this giant, and imagine the amount of browser windows you could have open at once.
Kevin Holmes
2.15.11
Vice Blog

KERN'S MUSIC VIDEO

VICE Staff
2.15.11
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