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Thomas Roma's Beautiful Photos of a Brooklyn Gay Cruising Ground

I talked to the artist about his process, what his subjects were looking for, and the complexities of photographing gay men of color as a white heterosexual man.
Matthew Leifheit
10.29.15
Stuff

Have Scientists Learned Anything from Giving Drugs to Spiders?

Turns out the famous 1948 experiment tells us nothing about drugs, and a whole lot about spiders.
Mike Pearl
10.29.15
middlesbrough

Laser Pointer Investigated After Wayne Rooney's Botched Free Kick

Quick! Somebody catch that man with a compact pen-shaped object!
Liam Daniel Pierce
10.29.15
All in Your Head

Ghosts in the Roscosmos

Conspiracy theorists ask: How many cosmonauts were really claimed by the early Soviet Space Program?
Daniel Oberhaus
10.29.15
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Listen to the Churning Title Track From Greg Beato's New EP on Apron Records

It might be called 'When Monkeys Attack,' but we promise it's nicer than being mangled by a mandrill.
THUMP Staff
10.29.15
leveling the playing field

The Long Fight for Women’s Parity in Action Sports

From surfing to cycling to skateboarding, women make less money and have fewer opportunities than men. Athletes and organizations are working for change, but barriers remain.
Mary Catherine O'Connor
10.29.15
FIGHTLAND

The Sword and the Fist: How Fencing Influenced Fighting

Swordsmanship and fist fighting shared a place in military martial arts, but as warfare left them behind the two became separate disciplines. We take a look at how the art of fencing came to influence the unarmed martial arts.
Jack Slack
10.29.15
Health

You Likely Have Herpes and You Almost Definitely Don't Know It

According to a new report by the World Health Organization, more than two-thirds of the world's population has the virus — for which there is no cure.
Reuters and VICE News
10.29.15
Sex

Sniffing Your Way to Better Sex

From the goat testicle potions of ancient Tantra to the lavender-scented dildo we got in the mail, aphrodisiacs have always occupied a weird space between myth and science.
Mish Barber Way
10.29.15
Europe

Imprisoned Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Wins EU's Most Prestigious Human Rights Prize

Badawi was chosen from among nominees including murdered Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, political prisoners in Venezuela, and Edna Adan Ismail, a Somali activist who campaigns against FGM.
Sally Hayden
10.29.15
haunted

Ghostbusters Cleared My Restaurant’s Cellar of a Restless Woman’s Spirit

My restaurant Il Buco—housed in a 19th-century building once frequented by Edgar Allan Poe—had a restless spirit in its cellar until a couple of ghostbusters showed up.
Donna Lennard
10.29.15
we saw this

Anderson .Paak Takes Us into a New Reality, and We’re Down for the Ride

We joined the Dre protege at Mack Sennet Studios in LA for one of the first-ever virtual reality concert experiences.
Julia Hannafin
10.29.15
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