NASA FINDS SOME SHRIMP
March 18, 2010
by WILLIAM NIGH
When NASA engineers are’nt talking about going to the moon (or, more likely, talking about not going to the moon) or setting up underwater retreats, some of them go shrimp fishing in Antarctica.
NASA scientists drilled a hole through a huge chunk of ice and stuck a camera down 600 feet. To their surprise, a little shrimpy came into view! The critter is a Lyssianasid amphipod, a cousin of the creature that people grossly eat. Until this discovery, scientists were pretty sure nothing would be able to live in the brutally cold environment under the ice.
AFTERNOON LINKS
March 18, 2010
by VBS STAFF
In honor of everyone who spent last night getting plastered, we’re posting our morning list of links in the early afternoon. So, for everyone just waking up or still sleeping in a small pool of their own puke, here’re your stories.
- This is very exciting news for the anti-aging crowd.
- Trees are so old, it’s screwed up.
- This shark is even older than those trees!
- 2010: The year the federal government finally, sort of accidentally, recognized gay marriage.
- Nerds: Please read this story about Microsoft suing Linux.
A TO Z OF SEXUAL HISTORY: PENIS PANIC
March 18, 2010
by CAMERON KING
Imagine one day waking up and looking down and realizing your dick has shrunk. Just a little sure, but you can feel it recoiling, turning itself against you, ultimately with the intention of killing you. This is penis panic, and despite what you think you know about it, prepare to have your dick’s mind blown all over again.
Of course, your dink isn’t really disappearing. Penis panic is medically known as genital retraction syndrome – a pathological belief the genitals are shrinking, most common in South East Asia where it is called koro or shook yong. It can occur in any community that believes there is a real penis shrinking disease. Sufferers believe in it with such conviction that they see it happening, break out in sweats, have heart palpitations and tremors. Often, in the hysteria of desperation they tie a weight to the end of it or safety pin it to the inside of their thigh to keep it in place.
Read the rest on viceland.
OMAR'S #5 VBS VIDEO PICK
March 18, 2010
by VBS STAFF
Omar Salazar is a pro skater from San Francisco who is really into outer-space, going fast and crazy stories. He just happens to be one of our favorite stuntwood riders on the planet. Nike SB just released a shoe with his name on it, so to celebrate we asked Omar to pick his favorite VBS segments and tell us why he loves them. Welcome to Omar’s Outerspace.
BRIAN ANDERSON ON EPICLY LATER'D TODAY!
March 18, 2010
by CHRIS GROSSO &
Today we’re premiering Epicly Later’d with Brian Anderson. We take you to the hills of San Francisco to hear the story behind BA’s legendary career. But first, check out our collection of photos below taken by Sam Smyth, talent manager for Girl and Chocolate Skateboards.
UNDER THE SEA WITH DENNIS CHAMBERLAND
March 17, 2010
by VBS STAFF
Today we’re debuting a new episode of Motherboard that takes you deep underwater to manned, space-age colonies on the ocean floor. Our guide on these expeditions was renown NASA engineer Dennis Chamberland. When Chamberland joined NASA in the early ‘70s, as the manned space program was starting to thunder forward, he latched on to an idea being floated by NASA at the time: using the sea as a test bed for space exploration. As a developer of the agency’s Advanced Space Life Support Systems, which monitors the safety for all off-planet habitation pursuits, Chamberland soon became a lead proponent of research on underwater habitation and what he calls the “space-ocean analog.”
THE FUTURE OF NASA
March 17, 2010
by MOTHERBOARD
The atmosphere surrounding last night’s 10th annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate was a bit heavier than usual. “The Moon, Mars and Beyond: Where Next for the Manned Space Program?” the topic chosen by the directors of the American Museum of Natural History, was announced just before the Obama administration released its controversial NASA budget, which for now cuts out the possibility of an American-led return to the moon (or Mars) in the near future. “What was originally just going to be us putting out opinions now turns out to have huge implications,” museum director Neil deGrasse Tyson told a sold-out audience at the start.
Read the rest on Motherboard.
ST. PATRICK’S GAY
March 17, 2010
by CONOR CREIGHTON
Today millions of plastic Paddys will be getting drunk on heavy black beer in honor of a Welsh sheep farmer who turned the Irish onto Christianity in the fifth century. But before all you Mexicans and Maoris fart in the face of genetics, geography, religion, and good taste by sticking the wig and face paint on, I’d just like to point out exactly what Patrick did for Ireland.
As much as you might like him for establishing the shamrock as our national symbol and for providing every other Irishman with a first name, what St. Patrick did was basically spoil the scene on Europe’s hottest party island.
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HOUSE OF THE SETTING SUN ON CNN
March 17, 2010
by VBS STAFF
This week CNN’s running House of the Setting Sun, the Vice Guide to Travel all about elderly sex workers in Mexico
We visit an amazing place called Casa Xochiquetzal (The House of the Beautiful Flowers), a retirement home for older prostitutes in Tepito, one of the sketchiest neighborhoods in Mexico City. The house has a minimum age requirement of 60 and can accommodate up to 45 women. Right now, there are only 23 retired ladies of the night living there. The majority of them continue working, because there are still people who want to pay to have sex with them.
Watch the whole thing here.
SHAMROCK SHAKES AND HONEY
March 17, 2010
by VBS STAFF
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, everyone. Remember to wear green, eat green food, and roll around in the grass or something. Oh, and don’t forget to get dangerously, sickeningly drunk. Think alcohol poisoning.
- After decades of secrecy, New York’s apiarists can finally bee themselves without breaking the law.
- A breakdown of just how much privacy you’ve permanently forfeited with your Facebook profile.
- Here’s a cautionary tale for anyone who might be thinking about setting up their meth lab in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
- Where to find Shamrock Shakes today.
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