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Sound the Alarms! Eric Prydz Just Released His Entire Pryda Catalogue on Spotify

Chrismahanukwanzakah came early folks!
THUMP Staff
10.9.14
Health

Death of First Ebola Patient in the US Offers Lessons for Hospitals

The death of Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas has put hospital preparedness in the US to the test, highlighting shortcomings in communications, readiness for outbreaks, and decontamination capabilities.
Kayla Ruble
10.9.14
Environment

Cloud Seeding Might Provide Relief for Drought-Plagued California

It's not a far-out science but a proven technology that has helped to increase precipitation. And now companies are on the brink of scaling up with the help of drones.
Jay Cassano
10.9.14
The Do It Well and Leave Something Witchy Issue

The Syrian Civil War Is Keeping Lovers Apart

Long-distance marriages between Syrians living in Israel and those still in the motherland are common in the Golan Heights.
Áine Pennello
10.9.14
Classic Max

Acting Like An Adult

“What the hell are you guys doing?” the man who was me yelled at the gang of kids.
Max Olijnyk
10.8.14
Film

Electric Boogaloo: Destroying Film Academia

Funny, informative, and balls-out crazy, Mark Hartley’s new documentary on Cannon Films—the guys behind the 'Breakin' movies and Chuck Norris, is exactly what film history should be like.
Lee Zachariah
10.8.14
americas

New York Court to Decide if Chimps Are People Too

The case that started today centers around Tommy the chimpanzee, a 26-year-old New York primate who may be living in a cage against his will.
Payton Guion
10.8.14
Art

World’s Oldest Art Confirms Humans Have Loved Animal Pictures for 40,000 Years

It also proves that Europe’s paleolithic people didn’t have a monopoly on art.
Becky Ferreira
10.8.14
middle east

Egypt's Expansion of the Suez Canal Could Ruin the Mediterranean Sea

Scientists fear that Egypt's $8.5 billion plan to expand the 101-mile canal will lead to the spread of invasive species from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.
Samuel Oakford
10.8.14
News

An Italian Man Got Arrested for Dressing as a Nazi to Mock Homophobes

He talked to us about how he got himself into this mess.
Leonardo Bianchi
10.8.14
Religion

Animal Rights Activists Don’t Want You to Swing Chickens for God

On the eve of Yom Kippur, I followed a group of Brooklyn animal rights activists who were protesting Kapparot: the ultra-Orthodox Jewish ceremony of imbuing a live chicken with one’s sins, swinging it over one’s head, and sacrificing it to remove...
Alison Ashe
10.8.14
gaza

'Islamic State' in Gaza Retracts Responsibility For Dual Explosions

A group that claims to be the "Islamic State" in Gaza claimed responsibility — then retracted it — for two blasts last night. But nobody in Gaza is really buying it.
Alice Speri
10.8.14
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