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Remembering Things

Revisiting the Most Terrifying Album of All Time

Stalaggh's 'Projekt Misanthropia,' the ugliest, most horrific oppressive noise possible.
Kim Kelly
10.30.14
scratching

We Finally Know Why Scratching an Itch Makes It Worse

Serotonin's role in the sensation of itch has been described for the first time.
Jason Koebler
10.30.14
Thinkpieces And Shit

We Have Officially Reached The Bottom Of The 90s Revival Barrel, And We Are Scraping It For Dear life

Ant and Dec doing the Brits, the Chuckle Brothers on Radio 1, S Club 7 reforming: we will just keep going.
Emma Garland
10.30.14
News

Student Radicals Are Crowdsourcing Money to Buy This Scottish Castle

It has 38 bedrooms and a golf course and they want to let refugees live in it.
Oscar Webb
10.30.14
Holy Shit

Read These Previously Unreleased Handwritten Poems by a 17-Year-Old Tupac Shakur

The poems were unearthed by his first manager, Leila Steinberg.
Jeff Weiss
10.30.14
Space

When Will Humans Live on Mars?

​It's a bit of a strange thing to think about, but the Earth is going to die someday.
Derek Mead
10.30.14
africa

President of Burkina Faso Announces Dissolution of Government

Protests have turned to riots in the African nation over planned vote to amend presidential term limits.
Payton Guion
10.30.14
meat

Halal Slaughter Is More Complicated Than You Realize

As the Muslim populations of Western nations continue to grow, controversy over the halal slaughter of animals has intensified. We asked Dr. Temple Grandin the question that's most often at the center of the scandals: is halal slaughter humane?
Lauren Rothman
10.30.14
meat

Soul Food: Halal

Dawn sets out to uncover what’s so hot about Halal. She finds delectable delicacies at The Halal Guys food cart and an intimate family dinner, learns about the relationship between food and religion, and visits a Halal slaughterhouse.
Dawn O'Porter
10.30.14
Canada

Trapped in Parliament with a Gunman

Thoughts on fearing for your life, and still not wanting to be spied on.
Justin Ling
10.30.14
Stuff

A New Documentary Followed Edward Snowden from the Moment He Blew the Whistle

We spoke to director Laura Poitras about her new film, Citizenfour.
Georgia Rose
10.30.14
VICE vs Video games

The Dos and Don’ts of Making a Horror Video Game

I recently spoke to Frictional Games’ Thomas Grip—the creative director behind titles like Penumbra: Overture and Amnesia: The Dark Descent—about the state of the genre.
Matt Porter
10.30.14
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