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seafood

Herpes Is Killing Nature's Most Popular Aphrodisiac

Love the lusty powers of raw oysters? Soon, they might be harder to come by. World oyster populations are in trouble—and it's all because of a nasty strain of the herpes virus.
Munchies Staff
12.15.14
officer involved

Video Shows Texas Police Officer Using Taser on 76-Year-Old Over Car Inspection Sticker

Dashcam footage shows a Victoria officer grab and wrestle the older man to the ground, even though he pointed out dealer tags on the vehicle that exempted it from inspection.
VICE News
12.15.14
Words

2014 Artists of the Year | No. 3 | Clean Bandit

BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra Director of Programming, Rhys Hughes, on bringing Clean Bandit to the forefront of dance music.
Rhys Hughes
12.15.14
Words

2014 Artists of the Year | No. 4 | Kiesza

If you're somehow not convinced of the wonder that is Kiesza, we had one of our moms explain why she's so great.
Betsy Lembeck
12.15.14
bud light living room

Fedde Le Grand’s “Don’t Give Up” Turns Up A Stale Vacation With Your Grandparents

Nothing like a family vacation to trigger festival withdrawals.
THUMP Canada Staff
12.15.14
Music

Inside Holly Herndon's Immersive Audio Experience at the Guggenheim

Composer and sound artist Holly Herndon brought a "hyper-intimate" five-part performance to New York City.
Hannah Stamler
12.15.14
News

Villagers in Kazakhstan Are Falling Asleep En Masse for No Apparent Reason

Classified as an encephalopathy of unclear origin—the highfalutin term for a weird brain disorder we can't figure out—villagers who do not simply keel over while moving or working report feeling weakness, dizziness, and memory and motor control loss.
Mark Hay
12.15.14
Words

2014 Artists of the Year | No. 5 | SOPHIE

Mitch Grassi of Superfruit and Pentatonix has been raving on his socials about our No. 5 artist for most of 2014 so we asked him to collect his thoughts here for this tribute.
Mitch Grassi
12.15.14
News

Sandy Hook Families Are Suing Bushmaster for Making Adam Lanza's Rifle

In a ​civil complaint, they claim the Bushmaster in particular allowed the mentally disturbed 20-year-old to kill 26 people in less than five minutes.
Allie Conti
12.15.14
Environment

Reindeer Populations Are Declining Worldwide — And It's Mostly Our Fault

Poachers, predators, tourists, and climate change are causing havoc for the iconic holiday animal, but conservationists say better habitat preservation strategies on the regional and national levels might help stem the loss.
Laura Dattaro
12.15.14
Words

Philip Bader’s “Julia” Reflects His Explorative Approach to Production

The Berlin native makes a strong solo debut for Davide Squillace's boundary-pushing This And That imprint.
Christopher Metler
12.15.14
asia & pacific

Health Workers in India Are Using Pink Dildos to Encourage Men to Use Condoms

India's social conservatism makes it difficult for most people to talk frankly about sex, whether in the case of birth control or in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
Sonia Paul
12.15.14
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