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Why Do People Keep Trying to Visit the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus?
Every year, travelers take to the Stampede Trail in search of some kind of survivalist nirvana. And every year, people have to be rescued along the way.
Why Is the TSA So Bad at Handling Breast Milk?
In some cases, women have seen the bomb squad called for carrying breast milk through airport security.
The VICE Guide to Los Angeles
Whether you're just visiting or settling in for the long haul, our VICE guide will help you navigate LA like a local.
Cave Diving in the Nullarbor Is Like Floating in Space
How a rogue community of divers mapped thousands of water-filled caves in the Australian desert.
A Sea Explorer Gets Tricked in This Week's Comic by Julian Glander
"Desire for material good is the root of all suffering."
Exploring Battersea Power Station with Palladium
The public aren't allowed inside, so Palladium made a film to give you a glimpse into a part of London history.
The 69-Year Old Contractor That's Searching for Columbus' Lost Fort
On Christmas, 1492, Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria ran aground on a reef somewhere in the Caribbean. He orded the timber salvaged to build a fort, and when Columbus set sail a few weeks later to return to Spain, he left behind 39 sailors in a new...
Houston, We Have A Party
While you were busy committing god knows what sort of atrocities to your body and mind over the weekend, much cleaner festivities were unfolding in Clear Lake, Houston. "Shuttlebration," folks were calling it and by golly if it doesn't sound like the...
On Its Anniversary, Remembering the Beeping Fear of Sputnik
Fifty-four years ago this week, people throughout America were searching for a flashing dot among the stars every night and tuning their radios to hear the first sound to reach Earth from space.
Yes, the Universe Is Hurling Us Out Into Darkness
It's been scarcely a decade since science discovered that the universe is not only expanding but expanding faster and faster, theorizing further that the culprit is a strange unknown _something_ called dark energy. Dark energy is the biggest part of...