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The Smoker's Widow Awarded $23.6 Billion in Compensation Won't Actually Get It
A jury verdict ordered RJ Reynolds to pay the huge sum — but if history is any indication, the company will end up paying far less.
Kayla Ruble
7.22.14
Words

Antipop Consortium's 'Arrhythmia' Was Warp's Jam for an Uneasy Future
"This was still an era where critics and audiences pitted hip-hop against itself."
Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy
7.22.14
Premieres

PEARS Are Your New Favorite NOLA Punk Band
And also a delicious fruit, but also a band.
Noisey Staff
7.22.14
Design

Designers 3D-Printed An Entire Middle Eastern Kingdom
Bahrain, the little island country in the Persian Gulf, gets even smaller with this 1:10,000-scale model.
Zach Sokol
7.22.14
earth

Brazil's Newly Contacted Tribe Already Has the Flu, and It Could Wipe Them Out
Studies have shown that many uncontacted tribes die when they meet the modern world—and this is why.
Jason Koebler
7.22.14
Music

Austin's Music Scene Should Get Less Hetero
Am I saying that your average rock club here would refuse to book a gay artist? Absolutely not. Would it be cool if every couple of weeks some of the dozens of venues in Austin would take it upon themselves to exclusively feature and lift up our LGBT...
Luke Winkie
7.22.14
Words

"For The Love of Weirdness": Why Broadcast's 'The Noise Made By People' Remains Vital
Billy Black looks back on "the untouchable otherness" of a singular pop debut.
Billy Black
7.22.14
Photo

Zak Arctander: Endless Want
If there is a common subject within Zak Arctander’s photographs, it is that of the pursuant gaze, a subject in a relentless search for the often intangible object of its desire. We sat down with Zak to talk about butterflies and being alive.
Kyle Laidig
7.22.14
Premieres

The Black Angels' Video for "The Flop" Is Everything We Love About the Black Angels
The Austin psych rock band releases a new EP today called 'Clear Lake Forest.'
Eric Sundermann
7.22.14
Premieres

Peppermint Kisses' Video for "Woodland Mischieves" is Daydreamy
The opposite of black metal.
Kim Taylor Bennett
7.22.14
Australia

Australian Oil Rig Kitchens Have Gotten Fancy
Isolated oil rig companies typically face a huge problem: feeding large crews where the nearest produce center is a plane ride away. But in the Australian outback, one chef is making four-star cuisine for a massive group of workers despite these...
Julian Morgans
7.22.14
Power

The Future of Intelligence Gathering Could Be Computational
Soon intelligence forecasting global conflict could be an extremely accurate click away.
Ben Makuch
7.22.14
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