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Who Made Madonna the Greatest Music Video Star Ever?

We examine the award-winning directors behind Madonna’s obsession with sex, death, and being banned from TV.
Ziad Ramley
9.1.14
Words

The Mysterious Shiba San Breaks His Silence

Startled by the popularity of “Okay” the Frenchman hopes whatever he makes next will be just as infectious across the global dance floor.
Zach Macklovitch
9.1.14
Words

Scientific Thrills Us in Ways That Are Anything But

Stream the first track from his upcoming Cosmonostro EP, 'Corals.'
Ziad Ramley
9.1.14
Culture

How The Industrial Revolution Ended Naps

Believe it or not, before the Industrial Revolution, people used to take a "first sleep" and "second sleep" everyday.
Max Cherney
9.1.14
asia & pacific

Protesters in Pakistan Storm State Television Station as Demonstrations Continue

Tensions and protester clashes with police escalate in Islamabad amid calls for the Prime Minister to step down.
Liz Fields
9.1.14
Politics

​The Future of Robot Labor Is the Future of Capitalism

Robots entering the workplace isn’t even really about robots; it's about capitalism.
Jordan Pearson
9.1.14
Sponsored

Urban Adventuring for Converse's #SneakersWould

I spent an evening saying yes.
ADVERTORIAL
9.1.14
asia & pacific

Hong Kong Democracy Supporters Rail Against China's Plans to Restrict Free Elections

Beijing faces increasing opposition from lawmakers and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong over its election reform announcement.
Liz Fields
9.1.14
Shanghai

The Strange Cult of M&M's Obsession Has Spread to China

M&M’s Worlds are giant stores that dispense sweets through industrial-sized tubes, flog enough branded tat to make Disney’s merch team weep, and provoke all kinds of cultish behaviour. We took a walk around the newest addition to the M&M-pire in...
Jamie Fullerton
9.1.14
hospital food

RIP UK Hospital Food As We Know It (Hopefully)

Will Britain's health secretary Jeremy Hunt's new, legally-binding measures really change the piss-poor state of food in NHS hospitals?
Eleanor Morgan
9.1.14
Motherboard Blog

Anonymous and Its Allies Are Attacking Government Websites in Pakistan

But how does bringing down a weather site and leaking people's bank info actually help protesters on the ground?
Fruzsina Eordogh
9.1.14
earth

An Atlas of Marine Species in the Antarctic's Changing Climate

Maps from a new atlas are the 'most thorough audit of marine life in the Southern Ocean.'
Victoria Turk
9.1.14
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