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Watch VICE’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas Panel Discuss Incarceration in Australia
What are prisons for, and how did they become a growth industry?
VICE Staff
9.9.15
war and conflict

Airstrike Hits Indian Fuel Smugglers Trying to Sneak Past Blockade of Yemen
At least 20 Indian nationals were reportedly killed on Tuesday while trying to smuggle fuel from Djibouti past the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen.
Samuel Oakford
9.9.15
The Incarceration Issue

How Fear Helped Build Australia's Supermax Prisons
From bikers to terrorists, supermax prisons are a holding pen for the country's worst nightmares.
John Birmingham
Jack Birmingham
9.9.15
The Incarceration Issue

Photos of Australian Workers Assembling Chinese-Made Prison Cells
For these factory workers, putting together prefab cells is just like any other job.
VICE Staff
9.9.15
mystery

The Man Who Wasn’t There
In 2010 one of Australia's most notorious crime bosses, Carl Williams, was murdered at Victoria's Barwon Prison. A little over a year later the prison's general manager, David Prideaux, disappeared on a hunting trip. His body has never been found.
Julian Morgans
9.9.15
Stuff

18-Year-Old Loses Blanket, Goes on TV News
She's "willing to humiliate" herself to get it back.
Mike Pearl
9.8.15
The VICE Guide to Right Now

A Man Found a Chunk of Whale Vomit Worth $10,000
The vomit contained ambergris, a substance produced inside whales' stomachs, which can be used to create the musky smell in perfume.
River Donaghey
9.8.15
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Scientists Are Awakening a 30,000-Year-Old Siberian Zombie Virus
What could go wrong?
Scott Masters Pierce
9.8.15
Culture

White Male Poet Uses Chinese Pseudonym, Becomes Rachel Dolezal of Literature
When Michael Derrick Hudson submitted a poem under the name Yi-Fen Chou, he got it published, and the literary world was rightly enraged.
Lauren Oyler
9.8.15
Stuff

New Zealand Just Banned a Book for the First Time in 22 Years
"Into the River" has been banned because of its depiction of drug use and underage sex. But author Ted Dawe feels it's a worrying example of the power of the country's conservative agenda.
Wendy Syfret
9.8.15
asia & pacific

Uber Is Making a Big Bet on China — But Will It Work?
The company is locked in a pitched battle to dominate China’s multi-billion-dollar ride-hailing market, which it expects will become the world's biggest and most lucrative.
Reuters and VICE News
9.8.15
VICE vs Video games

Outer Space and Underwater: On the Dark Worlds of ‘System Shock 2’ and ‘BioShock’
The 1999 sci-fi shocker and its spiritual sequel nail their atmospheres perfectly—and the blackness that surrounds them is a vital ingredient.
Ewan Wilson
9.8.15
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