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Technology

This Avocado Time Machine Stops Fruit From Going Brown
Australian technology company Naturo Technologies has developed a contraption that uses steam-driven pressure fluctuations to “turn off” the enzyme that causes avocado flesh to brown.
Daisy Meager
8.4.16
Christianity

I Ate a Biblical Burger Aboard a $100 Million Ark
I visited the the Ark Encounter—a Christian theme park whose crowning attraction is a 510-foot-long ark that was built based on specifications written in the Old Testament account of Noah—to see if the food on offer was as epic as the ship.
Ashlie Stevens
8.4.16
News

Why It's a Big Deal that Nobody Can Afford to Own a House
Homeownership isn't a human right, but renting sucks, and what is the government doing about it? Fuck all.
Mark Wilding
8.4.16
Important Questions Raised By...

Boys Don't Ply: We Asked a Bunch of Builders What Frank Ocean Is Building
On the week Frank Ocean took DIY into a new frontier, we asked home improvement specialists the important questions.
Ryan Bassil
8.4.16
Sport

'Athletes Absolutely Party': Sex, Sports, and Social Media at the Rio Olympics
Legend has it that the Olympic Village is a sex pit of horny athletes looking to score gold in boning. But will this year's Games will be the tamest yet?
Sirin Kale
8.4.16
safety

Architects Are Designing Buildings for the Age of Mass Shootings
More buildings are being designed to make people feel safe.
Ankita Rao
8.4.16
wnba

The Minnesota Lynx Are the San Antonio Spurs of the WNBA
No team in recent basketball memory has built a dynasty quite as long-lasting or protean as the San Antonio Spurs', but the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx are working on it.
Tim Faklis
8.4.16
robots

Terminator-Like Liquid Metals Enable Elastic Electronics
Technology is about to get squishy.
Michael Byrne
8.4.16
Interviews

Return to the Planet of Cornelius
We talk to the elusive Japanese music maverick about the reissue of his genre-defying cult classic 'Fantasma,' which he's performing in full across the States this month.
Cam Lindsay
8.4.16
Film

[Premiere] Gaze Into the Depths of Space and Time… with Puppets!
Things get a bit… weird, as these puppets attempt to review a book.
Giaco Furino
8.4.16
Supermarkets

New Research Shows That Almost All Supermarket Special Offers Are for Junk Food
According to new research from consumer group Which?, more than half of special offers in British supermarkets are for foods high in fat, sugar, and salt.
Phoebe Hurst
8.4.16
Art

As Day Changes to Night, So Do These Artworks
Artworks made to be viewed in the dark, as well as the light, line the walls of the Joseph Gross Gallery for 'Night & Day.'
Nathaniel Ainley
8.4.16
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