The Only Good Super Bowl Ad Didn't Air
Doritos - “Finger Cleaner” The tank of creativity that traditionally fuels Super Bowl ads was running on fumes last night. The lazy, unimaginative spots were too numerous to delve into here, so let's...
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The King of the Pickpockets
José, AKA "the Snail", AKA. the "king of the pickpockets", stands near the soup kitchen where he now works. (Photos by Alejandro Bringas) The Snail is the best pickpocket in Ciudad Juárez. He's...
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Australia Has Declared War On Sharks
(Image via) There have been seven fatal shark attacks in Western Australia over the past three years. That's a sizable increase on previous years – two, rather than one per year – and a lot of people...
View ArticleFresh Off the Boat: Shanghai - Part 3
In part three of Fresh Off the Boat - Shanghai, Eddie spends his final day eating some quality breakfast dumplings, going undercover at a bootleg mall and enjoying classic Chinese-American food in...
View ArticleVICE Special: Apocalypse, Man - Part 4
In the fourth part of Apocalypse, Man, we talk about climate change, industrial farming, GMOs, Monsant, and finding a new way to live in the face of the end of the world. Warning: Contains images that...
View ArticleVICE News: Warlords of Tripoli - Part 2
The war in Syria is dragging neighbouring Lebanon to the edge of the abyss, and nowhere is the growing chaos more stark than in the second city of Tripoli. Sunni militants aligned with the Syrian...
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This Guy Wants to Help You Download Your Brain
(Image via) Ever wanted to download a copy of your own brain? Say you had a serious car crash, for example – wouldn't it be nice to take out your damaged brain and replace it with a replica you'd...
View ArticleSherborne, Dorset Is a Paradise
According to brochures, Sherborne in Dorset is "a small, historic market town boasting a vibrant culture and prestigious schools". To the over-60s and commuting city workers who dump their kids in its...
View ArticleIt's Time to Start Talking About Cars Talking to Each Other
It's Time to Start Talking About Cars Talking to Each Other
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Arguing About Nothing
A few months ago, I flew to Nashville, Tennessee, to watch the founders of the Sunday Assembly establish one of their “atheist churches” there. While on the trip I was reading about congregational...
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The Environmental Martyr of the Sochi Olympics
Photo via In 2012, Russian environmental activists Evgeny Vitishko and Suren Gazaryan removed a section of fence near Sochi in order to gain entry to a public forest. The fence had been erected as...
View ArticleVICE News: Warlords of Tripoli - Part 3
The war in Syria is dragging neighbouring Lebanon to the edge of the abyss, and nowhere is the growing chaos more stark than in the second city of Tripoli. Sunni militants aligned with the Syrian...
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Can Anyone Fix the German Prostitution Industry?
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto/RapidEye Trading sex for money has been at least partially legal in Germany since 1927, but in 2002, Parliament passed a set of laws designed to improve the lives of the...
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Third-Hand Smoke Could Kill You
Photo via Flickr User DCist University of California, Riverside published the results of an experiment last week, concluding that "third-hand smoke," i.e. that rich, burnt oatmeal smell emanating from...
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Starving for Fashion
The author in one of her first test shoots. She was 19 and 52 kilograms. Photo by Michelle Ricks. This week in New York City, hundreds of young girls will hit the runway for fashion week, the...
View ArticleVICE News: Pussy Riot Goes Back to Jail
Pussy Riot shocked Russia with their "Punk Prayer" back in February of 2012. The group was performing in a Moscow church, protesting the growing closeness between church and state under Russian...
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The Race to Save Elephants Being Wiped Out by Jihadists
Rangers in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya Night falls, and on a hilltop the team of armed men hunker down so that their silhouettes don't stand out against the moonlight. Infra-red goggles have...
View ArticleKiev: Faces from the Front Line
A little more than nine weeks ago, crude but very effective barricades were put in place by anti-government protestors in Kiev. As I walked around this morning on the blackened ice, strewn with rubble...
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VICE Loves Magnum: Moises Saman's Stunning Photos See a Place Beyond Death
Kunar Province, Afghanistan. March 2010. Afghan soldiers carry a wounded comrade into an American medevac helicopter after a Taliban ambush near the village of Tsunek, Kunar Province. Peruvian...
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Nope, Still No Such Thing as a Fatal Marijuana Overdose
(Photo by BNPS) By all accounts, 31-year-old mother of three Gemma Moss recently smoked half a joint to help her sleep, and then she never woke up. It's a tragic passing that quickly yielded giddy...
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