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crime & drugs

UN Warns of Unprecedented Surge in Synthetic Drug Use Worldwide

Although they are sold openly and described as “legal highs,” the effects of these drugs are not any less harmful and often can be fatal.
Olivia Becker
5.20.14
Health

New Study May Be the Final Nail in the Coffin of the Autism vs. Vaccination Debate

The study has its fair share of skeptics, who believe the rise in autism, paired with the rise in vaccinations, is more than a coincidence.
Maxwell Barna
5.20.14
thump video

Five Life-Changing Things We Learned from M.I.A's "Double Bubble Trouble" Video

Mouth jails and pitbull body mod.
THUMP Staff
5.20.14
Politics

The Catholic Church Proved the US Government Is Making Up Drone Rules On the Fly

The FAA has no idea what it's doing with drone regulations.
Jason Koebler
5.20.14
Features

Oh My God, You Can Watch the Livestream Future of Performing in Brooklyn Right Now

Will baby Future show up for the Future show?
Noisey Staff
5.20.14
Words

Option4 Just Flipped "U Know What's Up" Into a Summertime Anthem

The Denver-based deep house dude made Donell Jones' hit track even sexier.
David Garber
5.20.14
Our Man in San Fran

Oakland Is Giving Kids Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Oakland is a hotbed of gang violence, poverty, drug abuse, and mental illness. A CDC study says that roughly one-third of inner-city children suffer from a form of post-traumatic stress disorder, a local news station colloquially called "Hood disease."
Jules Suzdaltsev
5.20.14
Space

Citizen Scientists Are Blasting Signals to Space to Revive NASA's Old Spacecraft

The ISEE-3 has been detected, but can they get it to talk back in the next month?
Ben Richmond
5.20.14
budlight-tracks

Tommy Trash IS the "Lord of the Trance"

The Aussie DJ hero gets ready for his high-kicks.
THUMP Staff
5.20.14
Words

Meet One of Canada’s Youngest Producers, MAXUM

An introduction to MAXUM with an exclusive premiere of his new remix “Everyday”
Christine Diamantopoulos
5.20.14
robots

Self-Assembling Transformer Furniture Robots Put Ikea to Shame

Roombots can self-assemble into a chair and move across the room with you in it, and then reassemble into a table that delivers you a glass of water.
Meghan Neal
5.20.14
asia & pacific

Don’t Call Thailand’s Martial Law Declaration a Coup (Yet)

Thailand's army has a long history of intervening, and had repeatedly said that it would do so should clashes among factions turn violent.
Samuel Oakford
5.20.14
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