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Photo School

What Makes a Picture a Picture?
A new exhibition of the work of Wolfgang Tillmans examines what a photo is, how it works as an object, and how it lets us look at the world.
Matthew Leifheit
10.23.14
News

How Illegal Cigarettes Get Smuggled and Sold in New York City
I spent a day with a guy who traffics "loosies" in Staten Island.
Solange Uwimana
10.23.14
Art

Faces Warp and Stretch Like Slinkies in Kara Zona's GIF Scans
Don't throw away your old scanner, use it to make crazy GIF art.
DJ Pangburn
10.23.14
nasa

The Rosetta Comet Genuinely Smells Like Space Farts
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is easy on the eyes, but not on the nose.
Becky Ferreira
10.23.14
WTF

Chia Seeds Are a Confusing Aphrodisiac
Preliminary research suggests that chia seeds might be good for your heart, but when I texted a photo of a gloppy chia pudding to a couple of chefs for their reactions, I found out that it strengthens love muscles, too.
Xavier Aaronson
10.23.14
Firsties and Faves

Watch Magic Fades's Video For "Stressin (Feat. Shy Girls)" And Check Out Their Firsties And Faves
"Favorite fetish? Floating in the pool with Air Maxes on."
Ezra Marcus
10.23.14
Stuff

It's Very Easy to Get Away with Lying About North Korea
There's a high degree of gullibility where the "Hermit Kingdom" is concerned. The same stories are circulated as new again and again.
David Whelan
10.23.14
Words

You Can Sample Sounds from NASA's Soundcloud Now (Just Don't Pull a Beyoncé)
Welcome to the space jam.
VICE Thump
10.23.14
Football

Stop Assuming Michael Sam Was Cut Because He's Gay
It's more than fair to want to see Michael Sam succeed, but assuming homophobia is the reason he got cut isn't helping his cause.
Smriti Sinha
10.23.14
Premieres

Stream Tommy Kruise's New EP 'Fête Foreign'
Listen to Montreal producer, Tommy Kruise's new EP 'Fête Foreign'
Slava Pastuk
10.23.14
ferguson

In St. Louis, the Torch of the Civil Rights Struggle is Passed to a New Guard
Less than three months after Brown's death in Ferguson, with Officer Darren Wilson still free and unindicted, the anger of a moment has quickly evolved into a full-on movement.
Alice Speri
10.23.14
Leslie's Diary Comics

There's Nothing Finer than a Winning Scratch-It
Leslie Stein is an award-winning, Fantagraphics-published cartoonist who has recently been making very colorful and charming comics based on the casual everyday occurrences in her life. In her life there is cuteness and light, horror and dread.
Leslie Stein
10.23.14
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