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Politics

Activists Gather Worldwide to Protest Against Housing 'Vulture Fund'

The coordinated day of action took aim at the private equity firm Blackstone, which protesters say purposely swooped in on housing in the wake of the financial crash and is now forcing people out.
Cat McShane
10.15.15
short circuit

Here’s Why Cybersecurity Experts Want Public Source Routers

Experts are worried about security vulnerabilities hidden behind closed source router firmware.
Nicholas Deleon
10.15.15
Gaming

We Found Civility on the 'Lord of the Flies' of MMO Servers

'DarkScape' helps us remember what we found so attractive about the genre's emphasis on working with other players in the first place.
Leif Johnson
10.15.15
Science

A New Supermaterial Lets This Artificial Heart Pump Like the Real Thing

Researchers want it to be used as a prosthetic heart in the future.
Emiko Jozuka
10.15.15
VICE vs Video games

It’s Time to Rethink Voiceless Video Game Protagonists

Having a mute main protagonist is boring, hurts storytelling, and just reminds me I'm playing a game.
Ed Smith
10.15.15
asia & pacific

Myanmar Proclaims a Ceasefire — But Seven Armed Groups Haven't Signed It

The deal fell short of its national billing, due to disagreements over who the process should include, as well as ongoing distrust of Myanmar's government and still-powerful military.
Reuters and VICE News
10.15.15
the beautifully profitable game

UEFA's Nations League Will Only Make the Rich Richer – That's Why it Exists

The new UEFA Nations League will benefit the richest countries and do nothing for the minnows. But what else would you expect from the people who brought us the Champions League?
Graham Ruthven
10.15.15
fifa

VICE Sports World News Roundup: October 15

Start your day with VICE Sports. Here's our morning roundup of the sports news from around the world.
Brian Blickenstaff
10.15.15
coffee

MUNCHIES Presents: The World of Dave Asprey

Dave Asprey—the creator of Bulletproof Coffee and author of The Bulletproof Diet—has spent over $300,000 to hack his own biology. Our host Max Lugavere heads to Dave's biohacking facility outside of Victoria, BC.
Dave Asprey and Max Lugavere
10.15.15
Space

How Blowing Massive Polymer Bubbles Could Help Us Build Structures in Space

The purpose of the bubble is ultimately to create large, extremely thin metallic surfaces to use as a building material in space.
Daniel Oberhaus
10.15.15
Sex

Apparently Men’s Brains Are Hardwired to Choose Sex Over Food

Studying the brain cells of nematode worms, researchers from University College London concluded that neurons in male brains may be programmed to prioritise sex over the desire to eat food.
Phoebe Hurst
10.15.15
Premieres

Check Out the Weird and Hypnotic Animation of Battles' New Video for "Dot Net"

It's really trippy. Trippier than chancing upon a live webcam stream on the deep web that's just a 24/7 broadcast of Wayne Coyne trying to escape a room that seems to have no exit.
10.15.15
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