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3D Printing Is Going to Turn the Miniatures Gaming Market Into a War Zone

Warhammer starter sets can cost $150. So players are making their own.
Luke Winkie
9.15.16
movies

The Rise and Fall of the Hollywood Shorties

In the 1980s, a team of Hollywood actors who happened to be little people rose to prominence as a touring basketball team. Now they are all but forgotten.
Daniel Dylan Wray
9.15.16
News

It’s Now Easier for Tenants in Abusive Relationships to Break Leases in Ontario

Canadians collectively spend billions of dollars per year on the aftermath of spousal violence, and most of the economic impact is on the victim.
Hilary Beaumont
9.15.16
crime & drugs

Rape victims say Canadian universities are failing them

As high-profile cases in America highlight the problem of sexual assault on college campuses, Canadian universities are scrambling to update their policies to address harassment and assault involving students.
Hilary Beaumont
9.15.16
India

Inside the Indian Factory That Makes Your Favorite Tea Bags

Lockhart Tea factory in Kerala produces 20 million kilograms of tea every year. “The tea grown here is the purest in India,” says owner Asumugam. “All of our tea is exported—everywhere from Iceland to China to England, of course.”
Jack Cummings
9.15.16
Design

A High-Tech Sun Rises over China’s Olympic Water Park

Experience a digital sunrise on a wall of water in ECA2’s latest production, 'Eastern Sunrise.'
Nathaniel Ainley
9.15.16
Design

This Gig Bag Is Actually a Playable Guitar

Interaction designer Martin Hertig’s 'Zippy' is a sound-generating guitar gig bag.
DJ Pangburn
9.15.16
Art

Strings of Light Dance to Your Touch in This New Interactive Installation

New media artist ecco screen’s interactive light installation, 'strands,' debuted at the Next Art Night show in Los Angeles.
The Creators Project
9.15.16
Reality

Our Simulated Universe Is Just One Piece of a Matryoshka Doll of Annihilation

Perhaps a posthuman civilization running simulations self-destructs, or a lab assistant accidentally spills coffee on computer hardware. Simulations can collapse.
Phil Torres
9.15.16
Snacks

These ‘Silent Snacks’ Were Specially Designed for Noisy Theatre Eaters

Launched this week, the “Silent Snacks” range of specially designed theater foods includes ground popcorn, cocoa butter balls, and dehydrated fruit slices.
Daisy Meager
9.15.16
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Apparently Cocaine Cutting Agent Phenacetin Gives You Bladder Cancer

We're all gonna get cancer at some point so might as well get it down you.
Carlton Férment
9.15.16
Weed

Cops Test New Weed Breathalyzer On California Drivers

This could change the face of DUIs in the country.
Madison Margolin
9.15.16
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