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What Actually Is Enterovirus D68, and Why Are People in the US Freaking Out...
"BEV Structure" by Captain Janeway and Captain Kirk - via Wikimedia Commons Astute watchers of American viral infections will likely have noticed a significant uptick in coverage of enterovirus D68...
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Why Is Russia Simulating Nuclear Strikes on Sweden?
Russian fighter jet SU-27 closing up on a Swedish signals intelligence plane. Photo by FRA Russia seems to be pretty mad with its neighbouring countries in the Baltic Sea. Especially with Sweden. A...
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This Week in Teens: Teenagers Are Having Sex in Extremely Odd Places
Whatever works, I guess. Photo via Flickr user Pro Juventute “Never pass up a chance to have sex or appear on television,” Gore Vidal once famously advised. While some may argue that the democratizing...
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Long Hair Don't Care
Levi's jacket, T-shirt from Flashback; American Apparel shirt and socks PHOTOGRAPHY: Yaniv Edry @ AMP Agency CREATIVE DIRECTION: Vita Doll, Yaniv Edry Styling: Noa Nozik Hair: Yaniv Zada Adidas shirt,...
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You Can Now Make a Career Out of Playing Zelda Really, Really Fast
As his avatar prepared to engage in deadly combat, Cosmo Wright panicked. The 25-year-old with pale skin, androgynous features and an amorphous haircut could almost pass for the real-life version of...
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Are Spot Squeezing Videos the New Porn?
A still from Dr Vikram Yadav's (AKA "The King of Blackheads") many extraction videos on YouTube The devil makes work for idle thumbs. Or fingernails, specially made wands, scalpels, scissors or...
View ArticleVICE News: Turkey's Border War – Part 2
When Islamic State jihadists launched a major offensive on the majority Kurdish town of Kobane in September, more than 180,000 people fled across the border into Turkey. Local authorities struggled to...
View ArticleSweden Hunting for Suspected Russian Submarine Near Stockholm
Sweden Hunting for Suspected Russian Submarine Near Stockholm
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VICE News: Hong Kong Rising
In 1997, the longtime British colony of Hong Kong was handed over to China with the understanding that it would retain relative autonomy under the concept of "one country, two systems." But last...
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The Hangover News
Ebola in Sweden A MAN SUSPECTED TO HAVE EBOLA ARRIVED ON ARLANDA AIRPORT The patient was put in isolation but it turned out to be a false alarm (via) A plane coming in from the Middle East to...
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Visions of Lorelei: Intimate Photographs of a Woman in Transition
Brooklyn-based photographer Jennifer Loeber has developed a series of projects in the last several years around themes of youth, sexuality, and alternative lifestyles. In her new body of work, titled...
View ArticleScientifically, What Is the Worst Way to Die?
Scientifically, What Is the Worst Way to Die?
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Why Men Start Cheating When Their Wives Are Pregnant
Noel in his Bill Clinton tribute room. Photo courtesy of the author In 2001, Noel Biderman launched what is now one of the biggest online-dating sites in the world for people seeking...
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The Seedy Underworld of Muay Thai Kickboxing
(All photos courtesy of the author) Muay Thai kickboxing is one of the hardest contact sports in the world. I know from firsthand experience; for nearly a decade I was a "nak muay" (kickboxer) in...
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A Stiff Upper Lip Is Killing British Men
A traumatic event in one’s childhood is capable of inspiring exactly three things: shitty debut novels; self-absorbed blog posts; and dark jokes that make your friends feel weird around you. For...
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A Chat with a Guy Reporting on the Baltic Sea Situation
A selfie by Emil Nordin Sweden’s biggest mobilisation of the national defence in the 21st Century is currently going on in the Stockholm archipelago. Today, it’s been going on for five days. The...
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Meet the Nieratkos: Skateboarding Helped Jim Bates Battle Depression
A drawing from Jim's new book courtesy of the author The old adage “skateboarding saved my life” rings especially true with former pro skater turned children’s book author Jim Bates, who has battled...
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