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We Asked an Expert What Aung San Suu Kyi’s Victory Would Mean for Myanmar

As the results of the nation's first free election in 25 years are being released, it's looking like it's going to be a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League of Democracy (NLD).
Paul Gregoire
11.10.15
Sex

'Her,' the Lesbian Grindr, Has Nothing to Do with Casual Sex

Beyond some very basic similarities, Her isn’t actually anything like Grindr.
Lux Alptraum
11.10.15
Science

There's a Long-Lost ‘Paleo-River’ Beneath the Sahara Desert Nobody Knew Existed

As if the Sahara wasn’t mystical enough, now it has hidden river systems.
Becky Ferreira
11.10.15
Premieres

PREMIERE: Slow Season Bring Desert-Rock Jams with "DayGlo Sunrise"

Bringing the heat in the ides of autumn.
John Hill
11.10.15
Art

Take an Audiovisual Journey into the Man/Machine Landscape

North of X's 'The Age of Digital / Analogue' looks at Britain's industrial past and present.
Kevin Holmes
11.10.15
middle east

After International Outcry, Egyptian Military Releases Human Rights Activist and Journalist

Hossam Baghat was arrested Sunday for 'publishing false information.' The United Nations and human rights groups said the arrest was evidence of a government crackdown on independent journalism and civil society.
Reuters and VICE News
11.10.15
News

Everything We Know So Far About the Shooting of a Six-Year-Old Autistic Boy by Louisiana Cops

The official accounting of the incident remains murky at best, and the two officers charged with second-degree murder have a history of violence.
Allie Conti
11.10.15
short circuit

Sony Finally Killed Betamax Today

Sony will stop producing Betamax video cassettes in 2016, citing “market demand.”
Nicholas Deleon
11.10.15
Film

Surviving Genocide and Telling a Cambodian Story Through Film

Kulikar Sotho survived the Cambodian genocide and, years later, ended up working on ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.’ Now she’s the first Cambodian female director to represent her country at the Oscars.
Aria Danaparamita
11.10.15
Health

Is Medical Marijuana a Human Right in Canada?

A Canadian man has launched a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission after police arrested four people at the unlicensed compassion club where he used to get his medical weed.
Tamara Khandaker
11.10.15
middle east

The EU Has Now Slammed Turkey's Imprisonment of Journalists

The European Union has released a report criticizing "significant backsliding" in freedom of expression in Turkey. VICE News journalist Mohammed Ismael Rasool has been held without charge there for 75 days.
Ben Bryant
11.10.15
video

YouTuber Builds DIY Railgun, Vaporizes Piggybank

Behold, an electromagnetic railgun that fires rounds with 27,000 joules.
Emiko Jozuka
11.10.15
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