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Junot Díaz on the making of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in an interview with Slate: "I would rather read than write any day."

YouTube won't be dropping dime on all you pirates: "We are pleased to report that Viacom, MTV and other litigants have backed off their original demand for all users' viewing histories and we will not be providing that information."

Check out a dreamy trailer for the video game Prince of Persia, featuring music by Sigur Rós. (via Kotaku)

Radiohead's new video, "House of Cards," was made without cameras, just 64 lasers.

Scientific American magazine claims that Batman could exist in real life: "But not for long."

Texas leads the nation in abstinence education funding. It also leads the nation in teen pregnancy.