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college football

Brady Hoke, Michigan, and the Nasty Business of Amateurism

Brady Hoke and Michigan put Shane Morris' life in danger, but that's just one mark of a system that dehumanizes college athletes at every turn.
Patrick Redford
9.30.14
Culture

This Is What Mining Bitcoin by Hand Looks Like

It's not the most efficient way to mine cryptocurrencies.
Victoria Turk
9.30.14
Features

Has Underground Culture's Obsession with the Past Endangered its Future?

We're listening to Aphex Twin, watching Kate Bush, hearing Sir Mix-a-Lot, and generally trying to remember where we are.
Joe Zadeh
9.30.14
middle east

Islamic State Releases Third Video of British Hostage John Cantlie

Kidnapped journalist delivers IS response to Obama's strategy in Iraq and Syria, claiming group is looking forward to meeting 'his under-construction army.'
Hannah Strange
9.30.14
News

The US Prison System Is Shrinking, but Very, Very Slowly

There were a lot of celebratory headlines after Attorney General Eric Holder announced a drop in the federal prison population last week, but the state-by-state numbers tell a more complicated tale.
Matt Taylor
9.30.14
Math

Uncertain Math Might Be Better Math

To make models of natural systems more accurate and efficient, make them more random.
Michael Byrne
9.30.14
Features

People Think Ambition is a Dirty Word, But Zola Jesus is Tackling Expectations on Her New Record

"I feel like in the indie world sometimes ambition is looked down on as if they don’t want you to try.... They just want your genius to be seeping from your pores."
Suze Olbrich
9.30.14
Whales

Dolphins Can Detect Magnetic Fields with Their Dolphin Supersenses

Is it how they navigate, or something more sinister?
Ben Richmond
9.30.14
boxing

George Chuvalo—the Man Who Fought Ali, Frazier, and Foreman—Is Still Fighting

George Chuvalo fought Ali, Foreman, and Frazier and was never knocked down once. But after losing three kids and his wife, he's still fighting.
Geoff Kirbyson
9.30.14
soccer

James Rodriguez, Envigado F.C., and the Long Shadow of Pablo Escobar

More than two decades after the death of cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar, Colombia and its soccer tradition is entering a new era—even as Escobar's influence remains visible.
Joseph Swide
9.30.14
Europe

VICE News Capsule - September 30, 2014

Mass graves found in eastern Ukraine, Venezuela launches fingerprinting in state supermarkets, a massive terrorism trial begins in Belgium, and more.
VICE News
9.30.14
Premieres

PREMIERE: Communions - "So Long Sun"

Is there something going on in Denmark?
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