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VICE Sports World News Roundup: September 1
Start your day with VICE Sports. Here's our morning roundup of the sports news from around the world.
This Machine From Ancient China Can Still Produce Incredible Animated Videos Today
Zoetropes were once called "the pipe that make fantasies appear."
Furloughed Federal Employees Could Fill These Places
An Americana tour of the towns you could replace with shutdown-rendered stay-at-home government workers.
Is This How We Equalize the United States?
Is this map of 50 new, equally populated states the solution for political gerrymandering?
According to Google, the Heart of America is in Independence, Kansas
Ever ask Google for directions to America? Then you know that the search giant considers a small Kansas town on the border of Oklahoma to be the heart of the United States.
Hiking Up a Big Pile of Nuclear Waste in Weldon Springs, Missouri
Between 1940 and 1941, the US Army purchased 17,323 acres of land just outside of St. Louis, MO. On those acres happened to sit three towns, Hamburg, Howell, and Toonerville, all of which were evacuated over the course of a year. 700 people. The area...
Scientists Have a Plan To Power 95% Of the World With Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is the future, sure—but how much of the future could it possibly be? And how soon will that future, the one lined with towering wind turbines and studded with silicon solar arrays, arrive?
Filibustin' with Willie D - Super PACs Make Some Terrible Political Ads
Romney is a member of a cult religion. They're going to need to come harder than this in November.