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Your Mom and Sisters Don’t Want You to Marry Sexy Men Who Are Good in Bed

05.11.16

By Sirin Kale
Pulse

Thirty Years After the Nuclear Disaster, Chernobyl Is a Holiday Destination

04.26.16

By VICE News
Tech

An Artist Is Turning Spit into Crystals

04.25.16

By Anna Marks
Tech

One Thing that Could Stop the Rise of Gene Editing: Insurance Companies

04.12.16

By Jason Koebler
Tech

We Still Don’t Know Why Some People Get Freckles

04.06.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

How the Media Got a Study About Vegetarianism Really, Really Wrong

04.01.16

By Kaleigh Rogers
Tech

The Simplest Living Organism Ever Has 437 Genes and Was Made in a Laboratory

03.24.16

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Why Smokers Are More Susceptible to Tuberculosis

03.24.16

By Kaleigh Rogers
I Asked a Leading Expert on Pedophilia to Explain My Former Headmaster

03.15.16

By Charlie Braithwaite
Tech

Two New Techniques Get Us Closer to Regenerating Eyeballs

03.10.16

By Michael Byrne
Identity

You’re Sad Because Your Ancestors Fucked Cavemen

02.19.16

By Gabby Bess
Tech

Brain Trust

02.11.16

By Jess Zimmerman

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike