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Science

Seals and Sea Lions Brought Tuberculosis to the Americas Before Europeans

That doesn't mean Europeans are off the hook.
Becky Ferreira
8.20.14
Words

Listen to a Preview of Solomun's 'Global Underground' Mix

The legendary German lends his skills on the long running compilation series.
David Garber
8.20.14
Seattle Mariners

Routine Moments in Baseball History: The Ballad of Bucky Jacobsen

The story of the ginger giant who made watching the 2004 Mariners briefly bearable.
Harry Cheadle
8.20.14
Stuff

The World Unicycling Championship Made Me Love Unicyclers

We visited Unicon 17: The World Unicycling Championships, in Montreal, and entered a parallel universe where unicycle basketball, freestyle uncyclers, and a staggering amount of incredible costumes reign supreme.
Stephanie Mercier Voyer
8.20.14
The Humongous Fungus Among Us Issue

Mogadishu Summer

Ever since fundamentalist al Shabaab militants were chased from the city by an African Union peacekeeping force three years ago, Lido Beach has become a trope for peace, the stage for Mogadishu’s renaissance.
Trevor Snapp
8.20.14
Gallery

Alberta's Big Valley Jamboree Is a Rave for Cowboys

We went to Big Valley Jamboree, a massive country music festival that turns Camrose, Alberta, into ground zero for denim-clad cowboys, confederate flags, and excessive alcohol consumption.
Mack Lamoureux
Mark Lamoureu
8.20.14
Art

Your Geo-Tagged Photos Could Be Part Of These Ghostly Light Paintings

"Location-Based Light Painting" turns big data into ominous images, and then imagines what it would look like if all the people who uploaded photos at a given spot reappeared there simultaneously.
Zach Sokol
8.20.14
Words

Adam Beyer's New EP 'Teach Me' Takes Techno To Skool

No frills, all-the-chills techno from the genre's chief straight-talker
John Calvert
8.20.14
Stuff

This Teen Wants to Abolish School as We Know It

Modern schools are like prisons, stifling children's creativity and destroying their will to learn. This 19-year-old, who's already written two books on the subject, says we should get rid of them.
Charles Davis
8.20.14
ferguson

Seattle's Former Police Chief Speaks Out About Ferguson and Police Brutality

Ferguson isn’t the first time a local police force has turned an American city into something resembling a war zone.
Leighton Woodhouse
8.20.14
beautiful failures

The Half-Life of Failure Is Forever

Strikers play the apex of an attack in soccer and for that their miscues are magnified.
Connor Huchton
8.20.14
Film

Take A Fractalized Trip Inside The Center Of The Earth

The recursive beauty of the Mandelbulb 3D fractal comes center-stage with Julius Horsthuis' awe-inspiring "Geologic Time."
Emerson Rosenthal
8.20.14
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