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Opinion and Analysis

The World Hasn't Given Much Thought to Scotland's Independence Vote - But It Should
From the EU to NATO - not to mention independence movements around the globe - the international ramifications of a split in the Great British union may be huge.
James McDonald
9.16.14
Booze

Next Level Absinthe Tripping Has Always Been Psychosomatic
Lofty 19th century Romantics were really into knocking back absinthe because they believed that it allowed them to transcend the mere mortals of this earth. Sadly, absinthe isn't actually hallucinogenic and any tripping was all in their heads.
Emily Steer
9.16.14
Space

Behold: The Most Detailed Catalogue of the Visible Milky Way Ever
Astronomers map 219 million stars over a ten year period. Whoa.
Becky Ferreira
9.16.14
News

California Lawmakers Want to Limit Police Drones, but Activists Want Them Banned
California lawmakers just passed new limits on how police can use drones, but some argue that only legitimizes their use—and that police shouldn't have them at all.
Charles Davis
9.16.14
Premieres

Old Souls with Piercing Noise: Stream the New Full of Hell / Merzbow Collaboration
Plus an interview with frontman Dylan Walker, exclusively at Noisey
Fred Pessaro
9.16.14
Music

Mélodie Fenez Makes Music Using the Secret Sounds of Plants
Mélodie Fenez is a French artist who claims she has figured out a way to harness the sound plants make. I headed over to her home in Berlin to watch her poke wires into leaves and listen to the unique clicks and pops of different flowers.
Roc Morin
9.16.14
Stuff

The Socialists Who Think Revolution Will Come When the Aliens Get Here
Posadists believe that any civilization smart enough to invent space travel would naturally be a socialist society, so when extraterrestrials arrive to our planet they'll be interested in overthrowing our capitalist system.
Kiveli Nikolaou
9.16.14
Gaming

Icelanders Played A Massive Game Of PONG On An Olafur Eliasson Building
Atli Bollason and Owen Hindley teamed up to create a massive game of PONG on the side of an Olafur Elíasson-designed Reykjavik building.
Emerson Rosenthal
9.16.14
Scrapbook

Sucré Flips Through Her Old Photo Albums
A pictorial trip down memory lane with Sucré's lead singer Stacy. Surprisingly few fashion fails.
Kim Taylor Bennett
9.16.14
Premieres

Stream Dreamshow's "16"—the Latest Track from His Upcoming EP
Turn up for dance-pop. Turn up for nostalgia. Turn up for life.
Noisey Staff
9.16.14
Premieres

Premiere: Montreal's Shay Lia Gives It "3 Months"
The next big R&B sensation comes from Montreal and has already been cosigned by local beat-prince, Kaytranada.
Noisey Canada Staff
9.16.14
machines

Molecular Electronics Take a Nanostep Closer to Reality
Thanks to a grubby hydrocarbon called picene.
Michael Byrne
9.16.14
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