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Music

This Is What The Sound of Your Refrigerator Looks Like

A Canadian artist transforms ambient sound into folded paper art.
Kaleigh Rogers
1.22.15
Europe

The UK Plans to Ban All Branding on Cigarette Packaging

Britain's public health minister said plain cigarette boxes would bring the 'prospect of our first smoke-free generation one step closer.'
Maddie Smith
1.22.15
News

An Angry British Virgin Was Found Guilty of Attempted Murder After Stabbing Three Women

All of his victims survived, making it easy for cops to nab the "Tomb Raider" fan.
Allie Conti
1.22.15
Comics!

Envoy #5 - "Grak's New Body"

Jo Sparta and Grak are on their way to meet a guy named Dr. Find, but Grak will have to upgrade his body if he hopes to fit in.
Lane Milburn
1.22.15
Donetsk

This Just In: Deadly Mortar Strike at Donetsk Bus Stop

At least 13 civilians were killed as a result of shelling at a Donetsk bus stop early Thursday, with a further 20 people reportedly injured.
VICE News
1.22.15
Gender

The Feminine Mystique of the Microwave Oven

Over the course of its lifetime, the microwave has undergone a shift from being a super-masculine piece of complicated technology to an innocuous appliance relegated to that ultra-feminine realm: The kitchen.
Lauren Rothman
1.22.15
Words

Doorly Dishes on Dirtybird Antics and Streams "I Worked Hard For This"

"I've never before seen so many well-fed bearded hairy men (myself included) in one tiny swimming pool."
David Garber
1.22.15
Space

Everything We've Discovered So Far About the Rosetta Comet

The Rosetta orbiter has produced seven papers worth of exciting new research, with more on the way.​
Becky Ferreira
1.22.15
History

The Story of Ceres, the Not-Quite-a-Planet Planet

There are signs that Ceres contains large amounts of water ice beneath its surface and water vapor perhaps rooted in sublimating ice.
Amy Shira Teitel
1.22.15
Premieres

Watch the Video for "Mañana" by Álvaro Díaz, Puerto Rican Hip-Hop's New Star

Up until three years ago, Puerto Rico didn't have a hip hop scene. Enter 25-year-old rapper Álvaro Díaz and his crew, Lv Ciudvd.
Lucas Vernon
1.22.15
asia & pacific

Myanmar’s Extremist Monk Doesn’t Regret Calling UN Envoy a ‘Whore’

After international criticism and a rebuke from the UN, controversial monk Ashin Wirathu said today he stands by insulting special rapporteur Yanghee Lee.
Maddie Smith
1.22.15
Football

The Belichick View

Bill Belichick innovates and cheats for the same reason. You don't have to like it, but he understands the NFL more clearly than the NFL understands itself.
David Roth
1.22.15
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