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sculpture

These Eerily Lifelike Sculptures Probe Death, Pain, and the Grotesque

"People think there’s one way the body can be, and anything that deviates from that is grotesque," says artist Ivana Bašić.
Beckett Mufson
6.20.17
Noisey News

Spotify Is Letting Labels Pay to Put Music in Your Playlists

Get ready for "sponsored songs" if you're a free user of the streaming service.
Phil Witmer
6.20.17
Premieres

Escape the Summer Heat with Tyrannosorceress's Ice-Cold Black Metal

Stream the Dallas black metal upstarts' promising, frosty debut album, 'Shattering Light's Creation,' out June 23 via Tofu Carnage.
Kim Kelly
6.20.17
Health

Coconut Oil Is Not 'Good for You'

"You can put it on your body, but don’t put it in your body," warns a new advisory.
Alex Swerdloff
6.20.17
thump news

Aphex Twin's New Single Is Already Selling for $600 on Discogs

You can only buy the Warp Records producer's "3 GERALD REMIX" / "24 TSIM 2" 12" from a record store in Michigan.
Alexander Iadarola
6.20.17
Tonic Talks

What Considering an Abortion Does to a Couple

A filmmaker draws on her own experience to bring awareness to those who grapple with challenging decisions during pregnancy.
Elizabeth Brown
6.20.17
political art

North Korean Defector's Art Blends Disney and Communism

After fleeing North Korea, Sun Mu changed his name, experimented with style, and began critiquing a regime he once admired.
Dyllan Furness
6.20.17
World Refugee Day

On World Refugee Day, Now Is the Wrong Time to Turn Your Back

As the global refugee displacement burden grows - with 10 million new people displaced in 2016 alone - the call for long-term solutions from the international community only grows louder.
Chiara Trincia
6.20.17
refugees

There are more refugees today than ever before

Nearly two years have passed since the image of a lifeless 2-year-old, Alan Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish shore horrified the world, waking it to a surging refugee crisis that had gone largely unnoticed.
Milena Mikael-Debass
Alexa Liautaud
6.20.17
Canada

Idiot Steals Amputated Toe from Bar, Ruins Canada’s Best Cocktail

How dare you steal the toe we put in our drinks, sir? HOW DARE YOU!?!
Mack Lamoureux
6.20.17
california greenin'

Here’s How California’s Bounce Back From Drought Looked From Space

Landsat satellites and airborne observatories monitored the state’s driest period in recorded history.
Becky Ferreira
6.20.17
Books

Actually, Zombies Are Good

Walking corpses are here to help, according to a new book 'Living with the Living Dead: The Wisdom of the Zombie Apocalypse.'
J. W. McCormack
6.20.17
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