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The Australian Government Is Failing to Fulfill Its Election Promises —to Mining Companies

But even if the Abbott government could achieve what the mining industry is asking for, should Australians want them to?
Girard Dorney
8.11.14
Sports

An Englishman Explains Cricket to an American

Isn't it just a long, boring version of baseball?
Oscar Rickett
8.11.14
melbourne

Melbourne Is Doing Insane Things to Rice Pudding

Yeah, you read that correctly: rice pudding. Some of Melbourne's best chefs have fled restaurant kitchens in favor of casual cafés, where they ditch standard breakfast menus and turn out elaborate puddings topped with puffed rice and "lime air."
Luke Pyenson
8.11.14
Internet Videos Of Particular Importance

Experience Synesthesia Through Blood Orange's Eyes

It's pretty trippy.
Marissa G. Muller
8.11.14
World Cup

Why Soccer Players Hate AstroTurf

For fifty years, AstroTurf has been the bane of many an athlete's existence.
Max Cherney
8.11.14
Design

Abandoned Airports Make the Best Public Parks

When a city suddenly closes an airport, the best choice is to turn it into a massive park, as Quito did with the Parque Bicentenario.
Jason Koebler
8.11.14
Features

Miley Cyrus and Kathleen Hanna Really Aren't That Different

They're both controversial feminist figures with a penchant for performing in their pants.
Emma Garland
8.11.14
sticky wickets

An Englishman Explains Cricket to a Clueless American

First of all, why are the games so long?
Oscar Rickett and Harry Cheadle
8.11.14
Space

Our Dreams of Space Are Fueled by the Art of David A. Hardy

The legendary space artist chats with us about his six-decade career and Pluto's dwarf planet status.
Nadja Sayej
8.11.14
CANADIAN CANNABIS

Inside Canada's New Corporate Weed System

In this episode, Damian visits two gigantic, legal weed factories. He also chats with pot activists to get their take on Canada's new medical marijuana system. Plus, he visits a private grower who is licensed to grow legally, but is being squeezed out...
Damian Abraham
8.11.14
aging

Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant Are Too Stubborn to Quit

The two stars are no longer at the top of their games. Good luck getting them to admit it.
Justin Doolittle
8.11.14
Art

Kara Walker's Domino Sugar Installation Lives On Thanks To Streetview

The 75-foot-tall sugar-covered Sphinx is now preserved in an interactive, online gallery space.
Zach Sokol
8.11.14
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