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Laos Is Still Under Attack from Its Secret War
Every day, a team of 20 women wake up knowing the jobs they have to go to could get them blown to smithereens: unexploded American cluster bombs dropped during the secret war in Laos could detonate at any moment as they clear dangerous landmines from Laos with their metal detectors. Full story
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Getting Wet
Photos by Vincent Perini and styling by Annette Lamothe-Ramos Full story
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Cry-Baby of the Week
This week: the school that suspended a kid for being a kid versus the farm that fired some people for being sensible. Full story
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Kirin J Callinan - Embracism
If you've ever wanted to shower with Kirin J Callinan, or if you lie awake at night wondering what shower gel he uses, this could be the video you've been waiting for. Full story
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Can Science Be Used to Critique Art?
There's a very deep philosophical rabbit hole that comes along with this line of thinking, so let's just summarize the question as, Is aesthetic taste beyond the scope of science? In other words, can it be said with objectivity that the aesthetic of Celine Dion is worse than the Full story
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Russian Billionaire Dmitry Itskov Plans on Becoming Immortal by 2045
There are a few flaws to Itskov’s idea, but that hasn’t stopped more than 20,000 people from publicly supporting the site, which outlines his plan of using android bodies for immortality. Dubbed the 2045 Initiative, Itskov is selling his idea as the "next step" in human evolution… Full story
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The Chinese Internet Wants Obama to Solve a Decades-Old Poisoning Mystery
On May 3, a Chinese expat posted a petition on the White House website demanding justice for Zhu Ling's poisoning. In six days, the page, written in poorly translated English, has collected more than 140,000 signatures, well over the threshold of 100,000 signatures in 30 days tha… Full story
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Art Is Just as Powerful as Protest
Getting people to care and want to learn about things that they don't see as directly impacting their lives can be difficult. Which is why I believe that wrapping points and ideas up in pretty or exciting packages is just as valid a tactic as demonstrating in a public place with Full story
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Are We There Yet? - The May/June Issue of 'Endtime Magazine'
You’d think it would be pretty fun to write for a magazine where you constantly get to talk about the end of the world. It’d be especially thrilling for you every time a new pope gets announced because, obviously, you get to ask, IS THIS POPE THE LAST, EVIL POPE WHO WILL USHER IN… Full story
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My Strange Weekend at a Bicycle Race with Lance Armstrong and a Crack Addict
I had no idea a huge bicycle race was set to happen in the small Mexican town I was visiting, but within 24 hours of my plane landing I was shaking hands with Lance Armstrong and bunking with a guy suffering from a debilitating drug problem. Full story
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Heavy Dicks - Drinking Cough Syrup with Weedeater
After the dissolution of legendary sludge-metal band Buzzov•en, Dixie Dave formed Weedeater. For the first episode of Heavy Dicks, Noisey's new metal show, our valiant hosts Fred Pessaro and Jake Boyle join him to sample a well-curated selection of cough syrups and artisanal chee… Full story
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These Sniffing Robots Prove Smelltech Is the Worst
Japanese company CrazyLabo has unveiled two robots—a disembodied head on a box and a deflated dog—that will react to body odor if their sensor perceives that you stink. They are pretty much the unholy children of Smell-O-Vision and that insufferable mechanical singing bass—quite… Full story
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The VICE Podcast Show - Have We Won in Afghanistan?
This week on the podcast we speak with author and filmmaker Ben Anderson, who has just returned from Helmand, the most violent province in Afghanistan. With US forces withdrawing, most of the country is now controlled by the Afghan government and its security forces, which people… Full story
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The Fight to Save America's Best Free College
President Bharucha probably wasn’t too happy when, yesterday morning, 50 students took over his office at Cooper Union. He had left the building minutes before. Since the occupation started, 200 students and the entire tenured faculty of the art department, have signed a vote of… Full story
The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The Dark Specter of History in Memphis
Hung Like a Gastropod
The Rigors of a Snail-Genital Illustrator
Austerity's Drug of Choice
Sisa Is Nasty Shit
This Is What Winning Looks Like
Chaos and Corruption in Afghanistan
The Fat Farms of Mauritania
Pack on Those Pounds, Ladies
Jerks Are Exploiting Cambodia's Orphans
Get It Together, People