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Environmentalists Couldn’t Stop the Slaughter at Idaho’s Annual Coyote and Wolf Derby

At the end of the four-day affair, 30 coyote corpses had been hung from hooks in a warehouse, despite the efforts of activists to stop what they call a "culture of death."
Christopher Ketcham
1.6.15
The Score

The Importance of Music in 'Gilmore Girls'

Bowie, Björk, The Shins, Sonic Youth and many others all have a part to play in this seminal TV series, which also features Korn and some tulips, weirdly.
Mathias Rosenzweig
1.6.15
Power

Authors in 50 Countries Say Surveillance Makes Them Afraid to Write

Whether living in "free" or "unfree" countries, writers fear being watched.
Ben Richmond
1.6.15
Internet Videos Of Particular Importance

Thump's Jersey Club Doc Explores How the Genre Went Global

The final chapter examines how the sound expanded beyond New Jersey and into countries as remote as Norway and Egypt.
Thump
1.6.15
ALIENS

The Search for Starivores, Intelligent Life that Could Eat the Sun

Why philosophers and scientists believe that hyper-advanced, star-eating life forms​ may actually exist—and that astronomers might already have the proof.
Maddie Stone
1.6.15
asia & pacific

Thousands Flee Kashmir as Pakistan and India Exchange Heavy Shelling Across Border

The two countries have engaged in the most intense shelling since their ceasefire over a decade ago, forcing around 10,000 Kashmiris to flee as the threat of greater conflict escalates.
Scott Mitchell and Sally Hayden
1.6.15
The Outta My Way, I’m Walking Here Issue

Why the Tech Elite Is Getting Behind Universal Basic Income

Why not give money to people just for being alive?
Nathan Schneider
1.6.15
Culture

How Big Is North Korea’s Hacker Army?

South Korea now says the North employs 6,000 elite hackers.
Jordan Pearson
1.6.15
crime & drugs

Meth Is Flooding California — and You Can Blame Mexican Cartels

Meth seizures along the Mexico-California border and at the San Diego airport and seaport quadrupled between 2009 and 2014, according to US Customs and Border Protection data.
Meredith Hoffman
1.6.15
Design

[Premiere] MIT Made a Chair That Builds Itself

We talked to MIT Self-Assembly Lab Director Skylar Tibbits about how "evolutionary fabrication" could radically change how things are made.
Beckett Mufson
1.6.15
americas

Top Arizona Official Threatens to Cut School Funding Over Ethnic Studies Classes

Official claims district schools broke the law by teaching classes from the Mexican-American and African-American perspective.
Liz Fields
1.6.15
for future football

London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football

Non-league side Dulwich Hamlet draw large and colourful crowds, who come seeking an antidote to the evils of modern football.
Rob McCallum
1.6.15
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