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Music

These 20 Unorthodox Instruments Are Making the Music of the Future

When it comes to the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition—the "X-Prize of musical instruments”—basic clarinets and guitars need not apply.
Becky Chung
1.15.15
Environment

Chinese Government Says The Future Lies With Potatoes

In order to address growing environmental crises and feed a booming population, the central government is promoting expanded cultivation of potatoes, which require less water and produces greater yields.
Laura Dattaro
1.15.15
Words

Meet K Rizz, the Filipina Pop Star with Magical Assless Chaps

"I'm a new breed of American."
Sandra Song
1.15.15
Stuff

Can You Get Lung Cancer from Breathing Too Much Oxygen?

A new study showed a correlation between lung cancer and oxygen-rich low-altitude areas—one more thing to add to your ever-growing list of known carcinogens.
Arielle Pardes
1.15.15
Locked out of Sydney

Emergency Room Doctors Say the Sydney Lockout Is Working

"Everything from a cut above the eye, through to the fracture of the cheekbone or broken nose, right through to a fractured skull...that whole spectrum has declined since the lockout laws."
Emma Do
1.15.15
liquor

Politics, Gin, and War Nearly Killed Belgian Genever

The American experiment with prohibition needs no introduction. But Belgium’s far more discreet effort to sit its population on the wagon is widely unknown, despite almost destroying the genever industry.
Martin Guttridge-Hewitt
1.15.15
Europe

Asylum Seeker Murdered Amid Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Across Germany

Khaled Idris Bahray, originally from Eritrea, was found stabbed to death close to his home in southern Dresden on Tuesday morning.
Mike Meehall Wood
1.15.15
Politics

Protesters Against Police Violence Have Made Their Voices Heard — and Lawmakers Are Listening

Elected officials in legislatures across the country have introduced a spate of bills that aim to improve police procedures and bridge the divide between officers and minority communities.
Liz Fields
1.15.15
Charlie Hebdo

Governments Around the World are Cracking Down on the Latest Charlie Hebdo Cover

The latest issue of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has ignited condemnation from political and religious leaders in the Middle East and elsewhere due to the depiction of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover.
John Beck
1.15.15
Culture

​The Billboards of the Future Are 'Trixelated' 3D Holograms

Austrian engineers have created a laser-generated, 3D displays that don’t require glasses.
Becky Ferreira
1.15.15
Words

The BPM Festival 2015 Style Guide

The fashion on display runs the gamut of sartorial styles – From all-black drape-house to colorful tropical shirts to very little at all.
Jemayel Khawaja
1.15.15
Words

Italy's Eddy M is Tech-House's Hottest New Export

His latest release is further proof of a promising future.
Christopher Metler
1.15.15
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