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A Gravitational Waves Explanation Even a Five Year Old Can Grasp
It has stick figures!
Kaleigh Rogers
7.8.16
News

Why It's Harder To Encrypt Facebook Messenger Than WhatsApp
It’s not as easy as a flip of a switch.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
7.8.16
Football

NFL Key Performance Indicators: NFC South
Here's what fans of the Falcons, Saints, Panthers, and Bucs should be watching in August for hints about how their teams might perform come kickoff time.
Ty Schalter
7.8.16
textile art

Weaving Sexts: Tapestry Artist Threads an Honest Portrait of Female Sexuality
Creators talked to Erin M. Riley about how weaving erotic tapestries helped her learn to love her body.
Francesca Capossela
7.8.16
thump news

Vic Mensa, Hunter Siegel, and Bixel Boys Refuse to Perform at Detroit’s Populux After Anti-Black Lives Matter Tweets
The club claims it was hacked.
Krystal Rodriguez
7.8.16
robots

Containing a Superintelligent AI Is Theoretically Impossible
The halting problem strikes again.
Jordan Pearson
7.8.16
Sex

How to Get the Kind of Rough Sex You Want
The dean of Kink University (it's real!) gives us expert advice on objectification, spitting on people, and inventive uses for pillow cases.
Natasha Vargas-Cooper
7.8.16
News

The Week America Watched Death on Our Phones
The tragedies in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, and Dallas were made fresh and sharp by how easy it was to watch the horrific footage.
Harry Cheadle
7.8.16
americas

The Dallas ambush is an outlier in an unprecedented era of safety for cops
The number of officers shot and killed on duty has been on a steady decline since the 1970s, making this the safest decade in American history to be a police officer.
Davide Mastracci
7.8.16
Stuff

Israelis Share the Stories They Made Up to Dodge Military Service
In a country with conscription for every man and woman, you have to tell tall tales to get out of the army.
Dalia Mandel
7.8.16
The Borders Issue

Photos from Toronto's Underground Drag Racing Meet-Ups
Photographer Norman Wong's latest project delves into the underground scene in the suburbs where he grew up.
Norman Wong
7.8.16
FIGHTLAND

One to Watch: Doo Ho Choi vs Thiago Tavares
It’s new breed versus old guard as Choi looks to cement his place as one of the UFC’s emerging featherweight stars against veteran Tavares.
Jake Hughes
7.8.16
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