Articles from Volume 19 Issue 9
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Humanity’s Beta Versions
People view evolution as linear incremental improvements. The truth, however, is much messier. Full story
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Bob Odenkirk’s Page
The Tollbooth of Tomorrow
Glimpse here the cutting-edge tollbooth of tomorrow. Full story
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Great Medicinal Chemists of the 20th Century
An Homage in Crystal Cube
We engraved the faces of our favourite scientists on crystal. Full story
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The Cat Offers Itself
How Burroughs’s Beloved Marigay Was Saved from Viral Feline Leukemia Using Ancient Ojibwa Herbs
William S. Burroughs did indeed find love and redemption before he died – through his cats. Full story
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Skinema
The Dark Knight XXX: A Porn Parody
Just as hip-hop died outside the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, so did her big beautiful breasts in 1997. Full story
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Combover
White Lie/Black Fly
I hired a method actor to do this sci-fi flick I’m producing and she now thinks she's a fly. Full story
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Abducted
I want to believe. Full story
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Lil' Thinks
Next Level
Futurism isn’t what it used to be. Full story
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Visions of L. Ron
Based on the covers of six L. Ron Hubbard story compilations. Full story
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Pages From the Lab Notebook of Alexander Shulgin
A Glance Through the History of Psychedelic Chemistry
A look through the notes that made MDMA so popular. Full story
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The Noveliser
An Interview with Alan Dean Foster on the Art of Adapting Sci-Fi Movies into Books
The novelisation author Alan Dean Foster talked to me about the future of transmedia literature. Full story
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Comic Book Star Sam Humphries and His Post-Aids Pansexual Wonderland
Marvel Comics has made Sam Humphries the head writer of 'The Ultimates'. Full story
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Excerpts from ‘The Periodic Table of Energy’
This is the only glimpse you’re going to get of Timothy Leary’s "manual of the basic blueprints which guide the evolutionary journey." Full story
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Criminal Chlorination
An Interview with a Clandestine Chemist
This guy's curiosity of forbidden molecules left him locked in a cage. Full story
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Records
Some make us smile, others make us vomit. Full story
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Aliens Do It Better
Boning an alien in real life has always remained a fantasy, until now. Full story
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This Guy Bends Hard Rods with His Mind
Meet Jean-Pierre Girard, a Frenchman Who’ll Teach You About Psi Energy for Only $295
He told me the best way to do it myself was to think of green. Full story
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Turtle Boys
A hitherto unpublished investigation of the mutant anatomy of turtle boys. Full story
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Did This Teenage Brainiac Cure Cancer?
We asked him how he got so smart. Full story
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Letter from the Guest Editor
Hamilton Morris penetrates the puckered sphincter of knowledge for our Weird Science Issue. Full story
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The Cute Show Page!
Kuppy-Cats!
Behold the final frontier of cute. Full story
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Teaching Debbie Harry About Bath Salts
Was Fucking Amazing
Somehow, I ended up accidentally teaching Debbie about bath salts. Sorry to burst your bubble, Debbie. Full story
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Space Garbage May Trap Us on Earth Forever
The void that surrounds our planet is rapidly filling up with garbage. Full story
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Comics
Future Dude
In "Fuck the Future"
Sigh... Nobody loves me... Full story
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Don’t Eat Those Carnitas
Unless You Like Giving Your Friends Brain Worms
Gloria was afraid. The doctors told her she had worms in her brain. Full story
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Whoa, Dude, Are We Inside a Computer Right Now?
This NASA Scientist Thinks We Could Be
Human experience can be boiled down to an incredibly advanced, metaphysical version of The Sims. Full story
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A Puzzle
This is a short story by Stanisław Lem that has remained unpublished in English until now. Full story
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The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The KKK protested renaming a park that memorialised one of the most infamous racists ever.
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Austerity's Drug of Choice
Greece's infamous new drug, sisa, is meth mixed with filler ingredients like battery acid.
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How to Be Happy in 25 Easy Steps
Well, maybe not that easy.
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Evil People Are Exploiting Cambodia's Orphans
Unlicensed orphanages are stealing donations and trafficking children.
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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Question of the Day: What Would People Say at Your Funeral?
"About time."
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VICE News: This Is What Winning Looks Like
A documentary about the ineptitude and corruption of the Afghan security forces.
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World Peace Update
Something about the cannibalism in Syria tells me we're not quite there yet.
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VICE Loves Magnum: Peter van Agtmael Won't Deny the Strange Allure of War
Which is why his photos taken in post-9/11 warzones are the best.
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Pretty Girl Bullshit: Twitter Thinks Angelina Jolie Is Nothing without Breasts
It's really, really depressing.
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Pen Pals: The Trials of Job
It's hard to find work as a felon.
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People in Sudan Are Hiding in Caves Because the Government Is Bombing Them
Things aren't great for the Nuba tribe.
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The Company Helping Movie Studios Sue You for Illegal Downloading Has Been Using Images Without Permission
Whoops!
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Syria's Refugees Are Wedged Between Hells
Giles Duley spent part of last month in Zaatari Camp.
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We Threw A Party For Our Favourite Illustrators
We might have learned our lesson.
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Fashion Tidbits Roundup: Pristine Trainers Won't Fare Well in Your Disgusting Handbag
Also JW Anderson for Versus is here, and it's great.
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'The Great Gatsby' Predicted the Future
We're living in the world Fitzgerald wrote of 88 years ago.
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Rob Ford Might Be a Crack Smoker
What's the big deal? Everyone finds themselves in this position once in a while.
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Milf Teeth: I Went To the Top of the Shard and Felt Feelings
The whole building is the punchline to someone else's joke.
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Things You Should Stop Wearing Now You're a Graduate
Wearing disco pants when you're an unemployed adult is not okay.
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Who Let the Great Gatsby Soundtrack Happen?
Do Fergie, Nero and Jay-Z really encapsulate the sound of the Roaring Twenties?
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Meet the Malaysian Neo-Nazis Fighting for a Pure Malay Race
They realise that Nazis generally don't like Asian people, but apparently that doesn't matter.
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Internet Terrorism Is Really Confusing
So I spoke to a couple of guys who helped me understand it a little better.
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Photo Dump Vol. 119
More stupid pictures we found on the stupid internet.
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VICE News: White Student Union - Trailer
A documentary about race, class and self-righteous college students yelling at each other.
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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Ben Anderson Is Doing a Reddit AMA Today
So you can ask him any questions you want.
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Kai, the Hatchet-Wielding Hobo Wanted for Murder, Says He Was Drugged and Raped
It's a truly bizarre and tragic twist to the "homefree" tale of everyone's favourite hatchet-wielding hobo.
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Say Hello to Instagram's Teenage Superstars
All they do is play with their phones but they're more famous than you'll ever be.
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Why I Love My Meds
I take medications every morning and night – they’re my breakfast and they’re my dessert.
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New US Laws Would Make Environmental Protest 'Terrorism'
Corporations will be able to sue protesters for costing them money.
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Austerity's Drug of Choice
Greece's infamous new drug, sisa, is meth mixed with filler ingredients like battery acid.
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The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The KKK protested renaming a park that memorialised one of the most infamous racists ever.
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Art Talk: Matt Mignanelli
A chat about his work, life and strong American work ethic.
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Evil People Are Exploiting Cambodia's Orphans
Unlicensed orphanages are stealing donations and trafficking children.
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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VICE News: Triple Hate - Trailer
A doc about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Memphis City Council, the Klan and the Crips.
Austerity's Drug of Choice
Sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor. 
Topless Jihad
Hanging out with the ladies of Femen. 
The Tropical Dystopian World of Timo Vaitinen
Horned gods and warlocks. 
We Helped Save This Man's Face
He is getting the porn website tattoos removed. 
People Are Building A Clock In A Mountain
Apparently it'll change our perception of time. 
Twitter Thinks Angelina Jolie Is Nothing Without Breasts
It's really, really depressing.