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Space

Are the Aliens Trying to Extinguish an Entire Star?
Megastructures were just the beginning.
Michael Byrne
8.6.16
dispatches from rio

The Olympics Begin, and So Do the Protests
On the night of the Opening Ceremony for the 2016 Summer Games, Brazilians took to the street to protest the Olympics, and a lot of other things, too. Things seemed peaceful, until the police shot teargas.
Aaron Gordon
8.6.16
china

How One of the World's Hottest Cities Became a Hub for Grape Growing
Surrounded by mostly barren desert, the Chinese city of Turpan looks like a Mad Max wasteland, where temperatures regularly climb above 110 degrees.
Clarissa Wei
8.6.16
2016

The Olympic Mascots Represent All the Animals Brazil Has Displaced
The dark truth about Brazil's happy mascots.
Sarah Emerson
8.6.16
Comics!

'Last Night Lars,' Today's Comic by Coralie Laudelout
Butterface and her friends go out to the club and meet some creeps in this new comic by Belgian cartoonist, Coralie Laudelout.
Coralie Laudelout
8.6.16
Europe

Fire that killed 13 in France turns out not to have been terrorism
Fears that another terrorist attack had hit France turned out to be unfounded, but the death toll was still heavy among young people gathered for a party.
Tess Owen
8.6.16
Stuff

New York City's Surprising Role Funding Slavery and Profiting Off the Civil War
I talked to author John Strausbaugh about his new book, which details how "New York was arguably the most pro-South, pro-slavery city in the North," during the Civil War.
Peter Moskowitz
8.6.16
Tech

How Screen Addiction Is Damaging Kids' Brains
"I've worked with hundreds of heroin addicts and crystal meth addicts, and what I can say is that it's easier to treat a heroin addict than a true screen addict," says Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, author of 'Glow Kids.'
Seth Ferranti
8.6.16
News

What It’s Like Being a Cop in the Most Remote, Lonely Part of North America
Officers describe long hours, no backup, and chronic underfunding in Canada's far north First Nations.
Sarah Berman
8.6.16
Stuff

It Turns Out Shoving Kinder Eggs Full of Heroin Up Your Butt Is a Bad Idea
I have a lot of questions.
Joel Golby
8.6.16
India

India's Got a Vape Problem
Parvesh Kumar was sentenced to jail for having a vape at his crockery store, even though vaping isn't illegal in India.
Rustam Singh
8.6.16
Stuff

How the London Riots in 2011 Link Directly to Black Lives Matter Today
Five years since Duggan's death sparked riots across England, there are specific reasons why we need a Black Lives Matter movement in the UK, too.
Wail Qasim
8.6.16
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