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Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Toxie Lives!

How To Fix A Broken Heart, Toxic Babes And Slime Monsters Live On At Troma Studios, Dress Yourself But Don't Mess Yourself, VIDEO: What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into A Lava Lamp?, America's Newest War, The Cursed History Of The Lemp Family Mansion
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
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ACHY BREAKY TECHNOLOGY
How To Fix A Broken Heart
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The need to mend broken hearts has never been greater. But what if we could simply manufacture a new one?
BASTION OF B-MOVIES
Toxic Babes And Slime Monsters Live On At Troma Studios
thecreatorsproject.vice.com
In a warehouse in Long Island City, adult film actress Ophelia Rain lathers up under cool water when a sudden green slime bursts forth from a cardboard pipe above. This makeshift scene is played out at Troma Studios, a B-rated horror production company run by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz.
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Dress Yourself But Don't Mess Yourself
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Get matched with a stylist who helps real guys look great in their day-to-day lives. Put your wardrobe on autopilot with Bombfell.
LAVA LUMP
VIDEO: What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into A Lava Lamp?
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Why anyone would wonder this is beyond us. But hey, science must advance, right? This experiment could find a cure for cancer or something, you never know.
DOUBLE-EDGE SWORD
America's Newest War
politico.com
As the war on drugs loses its luster, legislators are intent to make the same mistakes with sex workers.
SHE'S LEMP, SHE'S LEMP, SHE MIGHT BE DEAD
The Cursed History Of The Lemp Family Mansion
the-line-up.com
The powerful Lemp family seemed destined for greatness — until a string of tragic deaths left their dynasty in ruin.
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HORSING AROUND
Image: An exercise rider jogs a race horse on the wet track during a workout at Belmont Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will try for the Triple Crown during Saturday's 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race.
An exercise rider jogs a race horse on the wet track during a workout at Belmont Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will try for the Triple Crown during Saturday's 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race. Credit: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
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Monday, 1 June 2015

Proceed With Caution

This Is The Story Of The Hamburger, Shia LaBeouf Believes In You, And Other News, How Is Critical 'Life or Death' Software Tested?, The Grim History Of A Sunken Slave Ship, VIDEO: Watching 11,000 Marbles Go Down A Marble Run At The Same Time Is Immensely Satisfying, Let's Just Re-Engineer The Climate
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Monday, June 1, 2015
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A MEATY STORY
This Is The Story Of The Hamburger
grubstreet.com
Its rise from a lowly patty of chopped meat to the aristocracy of foods; its charismatic and delicious descendants; the arguments it inspires­ — over ethics and blends and tastes; and Silicon Valley's attempt to replace it with a meat that is not meat at all.
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND
Shia LaBeouf Believes In You, And Other News
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Shia LaBeouf's psycho pep talk, Korea's gargantuan shipyard, and Eva Braun's traveling underpants.
VERY CAREFULLY
How Is Critical 'Life or Death' Software Tested?
motherboard.vice.com
Your average scripter also isn't writing software for jet airliners or nuclear power plants or robotic surgeons. But somebody is — and the odds are pretty good that your life has been in their hands very recently. How do you know they're not a complete hack? Well, you don't really. Which raises the question: How is this sort of code tested?
DEPTHS OF HISTORY
The Grim History Of A Sunken Slave Ship
nytimes.com
The story of the São José, like the slave trade itself, spanned continents and oceans, from fishing villages in Africa to sheikhdoms where powerful chiefs plotted with European traders to traffic in human beings to work on plantations in the New World
THIS GUY'S LOST HIS MARBLES
VIDEO: Watching 11,000 Marbles Go Down A Marble Run At The Same Time Is Immensely Satisfying
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Sometimes less is more. With marbles, though, more is definitely more.
CLIMATE CHANGERS
Let's Just Re-Engineer The Climate
medium.com
Well, maybe not. Geo-engineering isn't the easy and painless fix for climate change that many proponents say it is.
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SUN'S OUT, TONGUES OUT
Image: A participant of dog race competes with his sled dogs during the Baltic cup sled dog race competition in a park outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 31, 2015.
A participant of dog race competes with his sled dogs during the Baltic cup sled dog race competition in a park outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 31, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky
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Sunday, 31 May 2015

The Week's Best Videos: Bees, Beyonce and Burnt Rice

Slow-Mo Captures Why You Should Never, Ever Use Water To Put Out A Grease Fire, The Gentle Art Of Bee-Removal In India, Is This The New 'Inception Noise' For Movie Trailers?, The 'Single Ladies' Dance Aligns Perfectly With The 'Ducktales' Theme, An Interview With The Grapefruit Blowjob Lady, The Reason You Can Never Seem To Cook Rice Correctly
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Sunday, May 31, 2015
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FLAMES. FLAMES EVERYWHERE
Slow-Mo Captures Why You Should Never, Ever Use Water To Put Out A Grease Fire
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The Slow Mo Guys show us bad decision-making in 2,500 frames per second. Be safe out there, amateur fry cooks.
THE BEE WHISPERER
The Gentle Art Of Bee-Removal In India
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It's not every day you see a man picking up bees by the handful without any protection on. Make sure to stick around until 4:40 to see how the bees react to an unprotected queen.
BWAAAAAMP 2.0
Is This The New 'Inception Noise' For Movie Trailers?
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You've probably heard that weird "powering down" noise in every trailer for the past few years and didn't even realize how redundant it was getting. What's worse is that, unlike the *BWAAAAMP* that "Inception" made infamous, it's almost impossible to come up with a good onomatopoeia for it.
A MASHUP MOST FOWL
The 'Single Ladies' Dance Aligns Perfectly With The 'Ducktales' Theme
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Of all the cosmic coincidences, this is one of the strangest.
ADULT CONTENT
An Interview With The Grapefruit Blowjob Lady
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Adult entertainment star Kimberly Kane sets out to meet sex educator Auntie Angel after learning about her viral video featuring the "grapefruit blowjob method." Kim meets Angel at a grocery store in Downtown LA, where Kim tags along as Angel picks up supplies for a sex class she has later that day.
ILL-GOTTEN GRAINS
The Reason You Can Never Seem To Cook Rice Correctly
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In short: it's because rice is fussy and the type of rice, heat, and cooking vessel can all drastically change how it comes out. That said, America's Test Kitchen decided to come up with some helpful tips.
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FULL-SCREEN IS ADVISED
Image: In her heyday, Namie Amuro was the reigning queen of J-pop. We don't know if this is a comeback record or what, but we know a good pop song when we hear one, and the video is just delightful.
In her heyday, Namie Amuro was the reigning queen of J-pop. We don't know if this is a comeback record or what, but we know a good pop song when we hear one, and the video is just delightful. Credit: Namie Amuro
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Friday, 29 May 2015

Your Salad Is Killing Leather

How Math's Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke, Your Salad Is Killing Leather And Other Facts, The Prison Where Murderers Play For Manchester United, Pics Or It Didn't Happen, VIDEO: 'Kung Fury' Is 30 Minutes Of '80s Nostalgia And Explosions, These Chimps Helped Us Find A Hepatitis Vaccine. Now They've Been Left To Die
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Friday, May 29, 2015
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THE BURDEN OF PROOF
How Math's Most Famous Proof Nearly Broke
nautil.us
Andrew Wiles thought he had a solution to an age-old puzzle. Until it began to unravel.
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Your Salad Is Killing Leather And Other Facts
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This week we learned that not eating enough steak hurts the leather industry, there's a heated debate over the hottest place on Earth and the machines will eventually kill us all.
THEY'VE ALL GONE INTO THE BOOK
The Prison Where Murderers Play For Manchester United
theguardian.com
Luzira was once the most notorious prison in Uganda. Now it's home to what is surely the world's most elaborate prison football league – and a model for the transformative power of the beautiful game.
WHEN OP DELIVERS
Pics Or It Didn't Happen
nytimes.com
It's a glib reply to a comrade's boasting — coming out of Internet gaming forums to rebut boasts about high scores and awesome kills — but the fact is we like proof.
OR: KARATE COP VS. KUNG FU HITLER
VIDEO: 'Kung Fury' Is 30 Minutes Of '80s Nostalgia And Explosions
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Here is all you need to know: Kung Fury is a renegade cop who needs to travel back in time to kill Hitler. If that doesn't make you want to hit play then you're a robot or Hitler. Or RoboHitler.
WE'RE THE ANIMALS
These Chimps Helped Us Find A Hepatitis Vaccine. Now They've Been Left To Die
motherboard.vice.com
The 66 chimps are currently surviving on a reduced feeding schedule paid for through emergency funds pieced together by the Humane Society and the personal donations of a handful of individual conservationists. But they only have enough money to support the chimps' care for a few more weeks.
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CAN YOU BEE-LIEVE IT?
Image: Vanya Shivashankar, second from left, 13, of Olathe, Kan., and Gokul Venkatachalam, right, 14, of St. Louis, are greeted onstage by their families as co-champions after winning the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md.
Vanya Shivashankar, second from left, 13, of Olathe, Kan., and Gokul Venkatachalam, right, 14, of St. Louis, are greeted onstage by their families as co-champions after winning the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
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Thursday, 28 May 2015

Monkey Trial 2.0

Thinking Outside The Pillbox, Digg Summarizes The Things You Didn't Have Time To Read, Chimpanzee Rights Get A Day In Court, Death Of A Domestic Terrorist, The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, And The Secret Ghostwriters Of Children's Fiction, Holy Crop: How Federal Dollars Are Financing The Water Crisis In The West
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Thursday, May 28, 2015
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LEMON AID
Thinking Outside The Pillbox
newrepublic.com
Many doctors dismiss nutritional therapies as quack medicine. But many patients disagree, and they're taking matters into their own hands — sometimes to the detriment of their health. Can food cure disease? And are doctors ready to think outside the pillbox?
MOUNTAINS, RACISM, AND HUMAN EXPERIMENTS
Digg Summarizes The Things You Didn't Have Time To Read
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​In this week's edition of the Long-Reader's Digest: Climbing the Unclimbables, un-teaching racism, and the strange history of child research subjects.
NOT WHAT SCOPES HAD IN MIND
Chimpanzee Rights Get A Day In Court
wired.com
At stake: the question of whether only human beings deserve human rights.
BY KNIFE OR BY BULLET
Death Of A Domestic Terrorist
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On this week's episode of the "Reply All" podcast — talking to a woman victimized by the pioneer of online death threats.
WRITING JALOPY COPY
The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, And The Secret Ghostwriters Of Children's Fiction
theatlantic.com
Along with the Nancy Drew series, almost all of the thrillers in the popular teenage franchise were produced by ghostwriters, thanks to a business model that proved to be prescient.
THE PROBLEM WITH COTTON
Holy Crop: How Federal Dollars Are Financing The Water Crisis In The West
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Cotton comes at enormous environmental expense, a price the American West may no longer be able to afford.
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FULL OF HOT AIR
Image: Activists of the international campaigning and advocacy organization ONE install illuminated balloons with portraits of the G7 heads of state in front of the Frauenkirche cathedral (Church of Our Lady) prior the G7 Finance Ministers meeting in Dresden, eastern Germany, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The G7 Finance Ministers meeting is to be held in Dresden from May 27 to May 29, 2015.
Activists of the international campaigning and advocacy organization ONE install illuminated balloons with portraits of the G7 heads of state in front of the Frauenkirche cathedral (Church of Our Lady) prior the G7 Finance Ministers meeting in Dresden, eastern Germany, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The G7 Finance Ministers meeting is to be held in Dresden from May 27 to May 29, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Jens Meyer
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