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Seeing Is Believing

That Time the CIA Investigated a Magician to See if Magic Was Real
A video with illusionist Uri Geller spawned dozens of pages of follow-up reports in the CIA about whether magic was real, and if so, how to harness it for espionage.
Michael Best
5.10.17
robotic raptors

Robo-Falcons Will Scare Off Actual Live Birds at the Edmonton Airport
The Canadian airport says it’s the first in the world to try something like this.
Lisa Cumming
5.10.17
Nip Tuck

Kabul's Most Popular Cosmetic Surgery Clinic isn't Fixing War Wounds
The vast majority of its clients are women who want to look younger.
Ruchi Kumar
5.10.17
WTF

Police Department Offers to Test Meth for 'Deadly Gluten'
Because in 2017, what could be more dangerous than gluten?
Alex Swerdloff
Alex Swerdolf
5.10.17
Spending Patterns

China Is on Track to Fully Phase Out Cash
Experts believe it won’t be long before China, the first country to introduce paper money, becomes the first to go totally cashless.
Jamie Fullerton
5.10.17
Dating

People Share the Painfully Awkward Times They Tried to Retrieve Stuff from Exes
"Boys are crazy and I believe it takes breaking up with one of them to realize just how crazy they can be."
Angela Hui
5.10.17
white house

Watch the first White House press briefing since Trump fired Comey
Sean Spicer's Navy Reserve duty couldn't have come at a more strange and tumultuous time.
VICE News
5.10.17
porn

Can Hardcore Porn Be High Art?
From arthouse orgies to sci-fi double penetration, we had some very serious critics dissect the decade's most artistically ambitious porn.
Mark Hay
5.10.17
the body politic

All the Trump-Era Changes That Affect Your Health
Unfortunately, there's enough material to update regularly.
Tonic Editors
5.10.17
Tonic

Being Born in the Wrong Zipcode Could Take 20 Years Off Your Life
The survival gap between American counties is like comparing Japan to Sudan.
Susan Rinkunas
5.10.17
Oh Snap

Fox Hunting Enthusiasts Talk About Repealing the Ban
Theresa May has said she's in favour of fox-hunting and will allow a vote in parliament on repealing the ban if she's elected.
Sophie Wilkinson
5.10.17
open thread

Hoarding All the Good Stuff for a Video Game's Rainy Day
In today's open thread, let's talk about the things we carried, and kept on carrying even though we really shouldn’t have.
Rob Zacny
5.10.17
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