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Former Users Describe the First Time They Tried Heroin
What is it about smack that makes people want to throw away their lives?
David Allegretti
11.6.15
the costanza method

Playing Fantasy Football The George Costanza Way, Week 9
Six NFL teams are on bye and a number of star players are out of commission. This makes picking the players others aren't that much harder. But still we go on.
Jesse Farrar
11.6.15
History

The Deadly History of Women Using Perfume as Poison
From the Affair of Poisons in Louis XIV France to Dior's Hypnotic Poison eau de toilette, scent has been sinister for a very long time.
Arabelle Sicardi
11.6.15
Music

Dirty Laundry, Clean Sound: Matmos’ New Album Is Made Entirely of Washing Machine Cycles
This is a surprisingly listenable suite of music.
Anya Tchoupakov
11.6.15
uk

Tim Peake Will Be the First British Astronaut to Go to the ISS
Peake visited the UK for the last time before lift-off.
Victoria Turk
11.6.15
popeye forearms

The Man Who Won And Lost "American Ninja Warrior"
On "American Ninja Warrior," Geoff Britten did something no one's ever done. Then another ninja did it faster, and won a million dollars. What comes next? Life, mostly.
Kelly O'Mara
11.6.15
Thump

Zomby Wants You To Get Smashed Out of Your Mind To His New Music
The British producer opens up about his creative process: "Sometimes it's not that deep."
Ezra Marcus
11.6.15
Premieres

PREMIERE: Grinding Black Metal Horrors Dendritic Arbor Return With "Keratoconus"
Stream an unbelievably harsh new track from these Pittsburgh killers' upcoming new album, ' Sentient Village // Obsolescent Garden.'
Kim Kelly
11.6.15
short circuit

Why Comcast's Data Caps Aren't About 'Fairness'
How is charging everyone more money the only way to make things fair?
Kaleigh Rogers
11.6.15
Animation

A Rube Goldberg Machine Reveals the Secret to Virtual Reality
You'll want to take notes.
Beckett Mufson
11.6.15
News

Making Friends with the People Camping Overnight in the Rain to Buy an 'Affordable' London Home
People will sleep on the streets for the chance to buy a shoe-box flat.
Philip Kleinfeld
Philip Kleinfeld, Photos: Chris Bethell
11.6.15
Performance Art

Summoning Celtic Goddesses on a Remote Scottish Island
We joined Edinburgh-based artist and composer Hanna Tuulikki to pay tribute to a forgotten matriarchal society, only just discovered by archaeologists.
Amy Liptrot
11.6.15
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