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The Battle for Medical Marijuana in Japan

While the West carries on its steady course toward legalization, piggybacking on the ever-increasing awareness of marijuana's medicinal properties, Japan's cannabis laws remain steadfastly harsh.
VICE Japan
5.1.14
Space

This Telerobotic Hand Is Headed to Space

The ESA is sending the first haptic telerobotics into space this year, so astronauts can play Pong in the name of research.
Victoria Turk
5.1.14
earth

The Labyrinthine World of Animal Genitals

Dutch evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen plumbs the depths of nature's nether regions.
Lex Berko
5.1.14
robots

How to Teach Manners to a Robot

Meet the roboethicist training machines to be polite.
Jordan Pearson
5.1.14
Travel

Abkhazia Is Yet Another Country That Doesn't Exist

Located to the southeast of Sochi, the Caucasus republic is wedged between southern Russia, Georgia, and the Black Sea.
Guillaume Poli
5.1.14
Prison-industrial complex

Campaign Convinces Companies Prisons Are a Pretty Shitty Investment

Telling companies that investing in prisons is unethical won't do much. But telling them that it's bad for your money will work much better.
Alice Speri
5.1.14
capsule

VICE News Capsule - Thursday, May 1

Venezuela's minimum wage, Indian politician takes controversial selfie, Yemen regulates unlicensed media outlets, Google halts data-mining.
تجربة
5.1.14
refugees

Refugees in Kenya Are Being Forced Back to War-Torn Somalia

Some refugees without registration cards have been deported. Rape and beatings have been reported in detainment centers.
Raven Rakia
5.1.14
New music

PREMIERE: Listen to the new 'Go Slow EP' from All About She

The London-based trio drop meld R&B and garage on their debut EP
VICE Staff
5.1.14
Features

The Gentrification of Albion

Why the dream of the Libertines is going to die in Hyde Park.
Lisa Wright
5.1.14
Culture

Shakespeare, Remixed by Biosensors

A performance of the Bard's work will use the audience's biological signals to inform its narrative.
Victoria Turk
5.1.14
News

Meet the Elite Cops Charged with Cleaning Up Rio's Favelas

Rio de Janeiro’s Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) are the elite police force who intervene when conflicts become too heavy for regular cops to handle. With a recent spate of murders leading up to the World Cup, it’s clear that tensions are rising as...
Nicole Froio
5.1.14
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