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Music

10 Thoughts on Holger Czukay, the Cosmic Dad Jokester of Krautrock, Who Is Dead Now

09.06.17

By Brandon Soderberg
Music

Godchilla Is Iceland’s Weirdest Surf Sludge Band

11.03.16

By Kim Kelly
A Man Is On Trial for Farting in a Child’s Face

10.20.16

By Carlton Férment
Travel

Visiting the House on the Rock, a Museum About Everything and Nothing

07.22.16

By Jamie Lee Taete
Identity

Why People Eat Placenta And Wipe Babies with Vaginal Fluid

04.15.16

By Sarika Chawla
Sex

Pretty Puke Made a Gloriously Grotesque Lookbook for Mishka’s Summer 2015 Collection

06.03.15

By Erica Euse
Sex

Dan Savage’s HUMP! Tour Teaches Straight Dudes That Realistic Gay and Lesbian Porn Is Hot

05.11.14

By Sophie Saint Thomas
Travel

There’s a Bootleg Jurassic Park–Themed Restaurant in Los Angeles

04.16.14

By Jamie Lee Taete

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Music

More Genres (And Artists) I Would Add to the ‘Dad Rock’ and ‘Cigarette Mom’ Musical Canon

Dad Rock and Cigarette Mom genres often boil down to a simple concept: mainstream music that white people like. Here’s more of that.

5 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

North Carolina Man Must Pay Back the Millions He Acquired in First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

Michael Smith used AI-generated songs and bots to scam millions from streaming platforms since 2017, and now must face the music.

6 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

Norovirus Turns Cruise Ship Into a Poop-and-Vomit Wonderland. Here’s How This Keeps Happening.

Cruise ships may be affordable and accessible, but the trade-off is spending your vacation on a giant floating petri dish of disease.

8 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.

8 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

Scientists Discovered a New Dinosaur Species in South Korea, and It’s Named After a Cartoon

Paleontologists in South Korea have identified a new dinosaur species and named it after a beloved Korean cartoon character.

8 hours ago

By Luis Prada