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Entertainment

The Belfie Stick Lets People Photograph Their Butts, Because People Want to Do That

01.13.15

By Erica Euse
Music

This Russian Soundsystem Turns Radiation Into Ambient Music

01.08.15

By Dan Wilkinson
Music

This Russian Soundsystem Turns Radiation Into Ambient Music

01.08.15

By Dan Wilkinson
Somebody Invented a Pill to Make Your Farts Smell Like Roses

11.26.14

By Arielle Pardes
Tech

A 16-Year-Old From India Built a Device to Convert Breath Into Speech

09.14.14

By Whitney Mallett
Tech

Stand Inside A Fireworks Spectacle With This DIY Suit Of Armor

08.25.14

By Zach Sokol
Tech

Now We Can 3D Print Stuff Without Computers or Electricity

06.20.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Alexander Graham Bell Made a Wireless Phone That Ran on Sunshine

06.03.14

By Ben Richmond
Tech

Dyson’s ‘Google Glass’, and Other Inventions That Never Quite Made It

06.02.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

The Earliest Flying Cars, Jetpacks, and Other Insane Retrofuture Inventions

04.18.14

By Meghan Neal
Tech

This 114-Piece Tape Measure Was 3D-Printed in One Shot

03.24.14

By Derek Mead
Tech

To Avoid Your Family, Rent a Robotic Replacement

11.11.13

By Derek Mead

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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.

3 days ago

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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.

4 days ago

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo: Bobbi Lockyer/Refinery29 Australia – We Are Many Image Gallery / Getty Images

Life

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

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

By Ashley Fike
Photo: Francesco Carta fotografo / Getty Images

Life

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

Of course Freud is involved.

4 days ago

By Ashley Fike