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Health

Ohio's Abortion Pill Restrictions Literally Made Women Sick, Study Finds

In 2011, Ohio Republicans passed a law requiring abortion providers to follow outdated requirements for the abortion pill. As a result, women needed additional treatment, incurred higher costs, and were nearly twice as likely to experience side effects.
Kimberly Lawson
8.31.16
Music

Drake, and the Men Who Try to Steal Their Girl's Thunder

Just like the men who proposed to their girlfriends while they were winning Olympic medals, Drake tried to make Rihanna's moment all about him.
Grace Medford
8.31.16
Smartphone

How Your Smartphone Light Sensor Could Help Websites Track You

A researcher details the theoretical privacy risks created by your smartphone light sensor.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
8.31.16
the subversion of football on social media

The ‘Announce’ Phenomenon and What It Says About The State of Modern Football

In the reaches of Twitter frequented by football fans, the ‘announce’ phenomenon is hard to avoid. We take a semi-serious look at what it means, and what it says about online football culture.
Will Magee
8.31.16
Politics

Democrats used a cheat sheet to deal with Black Lives Matter, leak reveals

The hacker known as Guccifer 2.0 struck again, leaking an internal memo from Minority House leader Nancy Pelosi's server.
Tess Owen
8.31.16
thump exclusive stream

Bookworms Explores "Standards of Beauty" on Hypnotic New Track

It's off a forthcoming EP of the same name on Spanish imprint Anòmia.
Alexander Iadarola
8.31.16
NHL

NHL Bans Meldonium, Drug at Center of Russian Olympic Doping Scandal

The drug will be added to the league's list of banned substances for the upcoming 2016-17 season.
Oren Weisfeld
8.31.16
war and conflict

Russia and the US are arguing over who killed a top ISIS leader

The countries are both claiming responsibility for the airstrike in Syria that killed Mohamed al-Adnani, the Islamic State's chief spokesman.
Benjamin Gilbert
8.31.16
Premieres

Wake Up and Smell the Cemetery Piss

Stream the Baltimore black metal deviants' savage new album, 'Order of the Vulture'.
Kim Kelly
8.31.16
Relapse: Facing Canada's Opioid Crisis

Most of Vancouver’s Heroin Supply Tainted with Fentanyl, Study Says

The city's safe injection facility found 86 percent of the drugs it tested this summer contained fentanyl.
Rachel Browne
8.31.16
Science

You Only Sabotage Yourself When You're at Your Peak, Study Finds

Setting yourself up for failure takes a lot of mental resources, new research shows.
Diana Tourjée
8.31.16
NEW ZEALAND

Apparently, New Zealand's Ice Age Was a Great Time For Kiwi

The secrets of New Zealand's ice age have been hiding in kiwi DNA.
Sarah Emerson
8.31.16
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