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New Study Finds That LSD Could Boost Your Creativity

The researchers tested people's abilities to describe pictures and found some very interesting results.
Alexander Iadarola
8.23.16
SUB.Culture
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The DJ's Who Turned Cuba's Economic Turmoil Into a Movement

In the economically devastated early 90s, DJs like D'Joy de Cuba, Wichy de Vedado, and DJ Jigüe, found catharsis in a new community of parties, clubs, and sounds.
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Americans Are Trying to Bring Their Guns into Canada Because They Don’t Understand Gun Control Laws

Tourists don't need to be armed to the teeth to visit our friends to the north.
Manisha Krishnan
8.23.16
sexual assault

High School Student Charged with Rape Avoids Jail Time So He Can Attend College

A Massachusetts high school student and athlete charged with sexually assaulting two unconscious female students was handed a sentence of two years probation and no conviction for two years.
Kimberly Lawson
8.23.16
Culture

How the Mothers of Transgender Children Are Changing the World

According to a new study, mothers play an essential role in ensuring that trans kids are raised in a loving and accepting environment.
Diana Tourjée
8.23.16
iowa hawkeyes

Iowa's Strength Coach Makes Nearly $600,000 Per Year, Which Makes Total Sense

He gets paid more than any other strength coach in the country, and more than double his peers in the Big Ten.
Joseph Flynn
8.23.16
Italian food

Italians Outraged Over New York Times’ Bastardized Bolognese Recipe

It’s unclear how the Italians just now came across the Times recipe, which was first published in 2002 and which many readers seem to like—nearly 600 people have voted it to be a five-star recipe.
Wyatt Marshall
8.23.16
Gaming

Why Video Games Love Special Forces Heroes

These action heroes represent what both a confused public and video games makers themselves crave so desperately: absolute certainty, whatever war's complexities.
Ed Smith
8.23.16
Art

Artists Explore the Mythology of Mountains in a Group Exhibition

Four artists together probe nature’s most grandiose landforms in 'MTN' at Black Ball Projects.
Andrew Nunes
8.23.16
crime & drugs

The Philippines' war on drugs death toll is growing too quickly to count

Since President Rodrigo Duterte's election, thousands have been killed, but nobody is quite sure what the accurate body count is.
Davide Mastracci
8.23.16
News

Ashley Madison Must End ‘Misleading’ Practices or Go to Court, Watchdog Says

It's another black eye for the beleaguered company.
Jordan Pearson
8.23.16
nasa

The First Photographs of the Earth from the Moon Were Taken 50 Years Ago Today

Lunar Orbiter 1 snapped the original “Earthrise” shot.
Becky Ferreira
8.23.16
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