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war and conflict

Weapons Are Streaming Into South Sudan

Since fighting broke out last December, South Sudan's government has spent more than $1 billion on arms and weapons systems.
Samuel Oakford
8.26.14
DNA

DNA From This Ugly Fish Is Being Used to Synthesize Bulletproof Slime

The prehistoric beast's DNA hasn't changed much in 300 million years, which makes the hagfish a prime candidate for synthetic biology.
Jason Koebler
8.26.14
Art

Counter-Surveillance Artist Trevor Paglen Honored With Internet Civil Liberties Award

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) digital rights advocacy organization honors the artist for his photography work in "counter-surveillance."
Emerson Rosenthal
8.26.14
Ukraine

Videos of Alleged Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Emerge as Minsk Meeting Ends in Stalemate

Today the fighting in Ukraine continued to escalate as pro-Russia forces launched an offensive in the southeast of the county.
Harriet Salem
8.26.14
ferguson

Mittens, Not M4s: What Ferguson Police Really Got from the Pentagon's 1033 Program

VICE News obtained documents outlining what equipment the Ferguson Police Department received from the Pentagon's controversial 1033 program.
Jason Leopold
8.26.14
ISIS

Hackers Will Leak Syrian Stock Exchange Database Unless Assad Tackles ISIS

A group claims to have provided the Syrian government with locations of Islamic State operatives.
Daniel Stuckey
8.26.14
California

There's a Good Chance the Southwest Will See a 35-Year Megadrought This Century

There's an 80 percent chance the region will be hit with a decade-long drought, and a 20-50 percent chance it will weather a 35-year megadrought.
Brian Merchant and Jordan Pearson
8.26.14
Drugs

The Secret Codes That Cartel Bosses Use to Send Handwritten Orders from Prison

Crime syndicates will always adapt in the face of law enforcement's increasingly sophisticated surveillance toolkit.
Brian Anderson
8.26.14
pennant race

Angels, A's, And Agony

As the sports world readies itself for some football, the best pennant race in baseball is becoming an all out dogfight.
W.M. Akers
8.26.14
middle east

Our Jim: A Fellow Journalist Remembers James Foley

Journalist Clare Morgana Gillis, who was held captive with James Foley in Libya, recalls the passion of her departed friend.
Clare Morgana Gillis
8.26.14
Rosario

Rosario - Violence, Drugs, and Football (Part 2)

VICE News traveled to Rosario to meet with relatives of victims of narco-violence in Argentina
VICE News
8.26.14
News

Canada’s Cyberspy Agency, CSEC, Hijacks Computers Worldwide to Build Their Spynet

A string of new reports reveal that CSEC has been building a network of hijacked computers worldwide in order to advance its spying missions. But whose computers are they taking over in the name of Canadian national security?
Patrick McGuire
8.26.14
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