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Listen to Lord Raja's Ephemeral Remix of Heathered Pearls' "Perfume Catalogue"
Catch both acts at Ghostly's CMJ showcase in New York on October 15.
Michelle Lhooq
10.15.15
Canadian election

Canada's Liberals Knew Their Campaign Co-Chair Worked for Pipeline Company
A Liberal campaign co-chair stepped down after the Canadian Press reported that he had advised TransCanada on how to lobby the government if the NDP or the Liberals won the Canadian election on Oct. 19.
Hilary Beaumont
10.15.15
Canadian election

Conservatives Stoke Fears of Weed and Brothels to Woo Immigrant Voters in Canada
With days to go until voting day on Oct. 19, the Conservatives have taken their aggressive campaign to court the ethnic vote a step further with ads that target their main opponents in Punjabi and Chinese newspapers.
Tamara Khandaker
10.15.15
economics

Jay Bilas And Oliver Luck Are Going To Debate Paying College Athletes, And It Could Go Like This
NCAA executive Oliver Luck and ESPN analyst Jay Bilas are set to tangle over amateurism. Our resident economist imagines the results.
Andy Schwarz
10.15.15
Premieres

PREMIERE: Eliot Sumner - "I Followed You Home"
And yes, this definitely has obsessive love stalker vibes to it.
Kim Taylor Bennett
10.15.15
asia & pacific

Myanmar's National Ceasefire Agreement to End 68 Year Civil War Isn't All That National
After two years of negotiations, Myanmar's government signed a ceasefire agreement with eight local ethnic armed groups on Thursday morning, one of the nation's largest peace deals since it gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1948.
Ray Pagnucco and Jennifer Peters
10.15.15
Tipping Point

Toyota Says Most of Its Vehicles Will Be Emissions Free by 2050
The world's largest automaker is betting big on hydrogen fuel cells and hopes to sell more hybrid vehicles like its popular Prius model.
Matt Smith
10.15.15
Science

Food Porn Is Making You Fat
Because our brain is designed in part to find and forage for food, it may be that visual stimuli occupy a particularly important place in our mental wiring.
Nick Rose
10.15.15
defense & security

Japan Is Gunning for a Permanent Gig on the UN Security Council
Post-World War II restrictions on Japan's military are easing, the nation participates in military exercises with allies, and is a big supporter of the UN — so it thinks it deserves a permanent seat.
Shannon Hayden
10.15.15
Environment

The Federal Government Says Billions of Animals Died From the BP Disaster
The gusher damaged the hearts of fish and the lungs of dolphins, fouled beaches where birds and turtles nest, and killed marsh plants that provide food and shelter for other animals.
Matt Smith
10.15.15
bat flips

Ending the Bat Flip Debate in Two Parts
After Jose Bautista's supremely swagger-y bat flip, baseball has been seized by a very dumb debate about the morality of flipping a bat. Let's end that.
Sean Newell
10.15.15
WTF

Can the Nasty Smell of This Mushroom Actually Give Women Instant Orgasms?
The Internet, it goes without saying, is a very, very strange place. A few days ago, stories about a mushroom with an aroma that could instantly cause women to orgasm went viral. Could this shit actually be true?
Alex Swerdloff
10.15.15
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