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Space

Virgin Galactic Wants to Fly You From LA to Tokyo (Through Space, In One Hour)

Point-to-point suborbital space travel is the company's grand plan. But who
Jason Koebler
9.23.14
Twitter

What Our Breakups Look Like on Twitter

The digital signs of a breakup are so obvious that researchers say they can create an "early breakup warning system."
Jordan Pearson
9.23.14
the vice reader

Six Banned Middle Eastern Books You Should Read

Writing can be a dangerous, even lethal profession in the region. In honor of the brave authors who continue to challenge censorship and Banned Books Week, we made you a reading list.
Alexia Underwood
9.23.14
Op-Eds

So You Think You Can Cross The Canadian Border

There are a lot of things that you need to keep in mind if you want to cross the border and get that plastic money.
Samantha O'Connor
9.23.14
Recipe

Charred Yu Choy Recipe

For this recipe I used young yu choy, but you can also use baby bok choy or baby mustard greens. You can also substitute in a regular hard boiled egg and store-bought mayo to cut back on prep time.
Angela Dimayuga
9.23.14
Internet

It's Officially Illegal to Be an Online Troll In Indonesia

And that means students, criminologists, bloggers, and pretty much anyone who speaks out of turn online is at risk.
Joshua Krisch
9.23.14
Photos

At 'Flood Wall Street', NYPD Arrested a Polar Bear and Burst the Carbon Bubble

Three years after Occupy Wall Street, many familiar faces returned with a more pointed message for "Flood Wall Street," and they left with at least three powerful symbols.
Alex Pasternack and Lucy Teitler
9.23.14
Features

The Kendrick Lamar Track is an Insight Into Changing Attitudes in Hip Hop

A lot of people won’t be down with the Kendrick track – but, like everything he’s released, the record and the ones that will follow will continue to shape hip-hop’s future.
Ryan Bassil
9.23.14
News

Pacific Islanders Threatened By Climate Change Face a Legal Black Hole

For Ursula Rakova, climate change isn't a theory—it's a tangible threat that has been encroaching upon her ancestral home on the Carterets Islands for decades now.
Beenish Ahmed
9.23.14
Photo

Photographing Delhi's Inner City Elephants

Due to a government ban, there are now only 13 of the animals left in the city, all microchipped and owned by a few families who mostly live together in unkempt fields under the same bridge.
Rajan Zaveri
Kamala Kelkar
Kamala Kelkar; Photos by Rajan Zaveri
9.23.14
The True Crime Issue

The Joker Broker: Doing Business with the World’s Foremost Vendor of Nonexistent Oil

Francisco Javier González Álvarez’s life is shrouded in secrecy, but we know this: He was born December 3, 1949, in La Laguna, in the Canary Islands, off of Spain. The next 45 years are a bit of a blank—nothing to indicate he would become the world’s...
Steven Bodzin
9.23.14
Interviews

Mapei Is Merging the Worlds of Hip-Hop and Pop

The Sweden-raised singer talks her new sonic shift, working with Chance the Rapper, and mentoring Lykke Li.
Casey Lewis
9.23.14
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