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TUF Recap: McGregor and Faber Take Center Stage in Premiere
There is no shortage of critics of the outspoken Irishman, but there is no doubt that his exchanges with Faber will make this season one of the most internationally viewed in the history of the reality TV show.
Peter Carroll
9.10.15
the UK

Pure Fat Is Officially the Best New Food Product in the UK
Top honors at this week's Guild of Fine Food awards go to pure rendered beef fat. But not just any pure rendered beef fat—some rather extraordinary stuff.
Munchies Staff
9.10.15
music videos

PC Music's Latest Video Is Like Spring Breakers Meets Avatar
Watch "IDL" from Life Sim, an act claiming to be "an international community of DJs joining forces to redesign life itself."
Michelle Lhooq
9.10.15
we saw this

I Went to See The Libertines in Nottingham to See if They Still Mean Anything in the Age of Thinkpiece Pop
The rakish idealistic boys of yesteryear have become the portly realistic men of today.
Oscar Rickett
9.10.15
Read

How an Aborted Arcade Game Became FIFA’s Short-Lived but Loved Indoor Mode
FIFA's indoor mode was soccer stripped back to its joyful core—so how'd it come about, and why'd it disappear?
Richard Moss
9.10.15
war and conflict

Sudanese Security Forces Have Been Raping and Burning Women Alive in Darfur
A new report draws on interviews with 212 victims and witnesses to outline crimes allegedly committed by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, which were established in 2013 to fight rebels in Darfur.
Samuel Oakford
9.10.15
An Open Letter to

An Open Letter to the Person Who Stole My iPod: Please Let Me Explain My Music Collection
There is a perfectly good explanation for why Toto's "Africa" has been played 358 times.
Dan Ozzi
9.10.15
asia & pacific

Historic Floods in Japan Force More Than 100,000 People From Their Homes
Tropical storm Etau slammed into Japan's main island Thursday, unleashing up to 20 inches of rain in some places, bursting levees, and causing mudslides.
Reuters and VICE News
9.10.15
birth control

Pulling Out Is as Effective as Using Condoms
Studies show that pulling out is as effective as condom use. Why do we still consider it irresponsible and lazy?
Charlotte Shane
9.10.15
Art

Animal-Hipster Hybrids Projected on Paris Walls
Go on an urban hunting trip of surreal proportions with Julien NONNON's 'SAFARI URBAIN.'
Beckett Mufson
9.10.15
Op-Eds

We Need to Retire the Word “Bitch"
Nicki's frustration with Miley is understandable, but we become our own worst enemy when we use that word against ourselves.
Kat George
9.10.15
Health

How Butter-Flavored E-Cigs Are Fueling a Crucial Vaping Controversy
The debate over the health of e-cigs continues, and now poison butter flavors is included.
Kaleigh Rogers
9.10.15
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