Kangaroo Scrotums Are the New Victims of Global Warming
Illustration by Ben Montero Climate change is a huge concern for many, many reasons: the ice caps are melting, droughts are sweeping the world, and mega-hurricanes are striking cities that have never...
View ArticleHorse Racing: The Sport of America's Lower Class
Photos by Maggie West “If you wait until 4:08, you can get in for free,” the blatantly disinterested clerk at the entrance to Hollywood Park Racetrack and Casino informed me, as I desperately tried to...
View ArticleMeet the Two Geniuses Who Lived on Cheezies and Licorice for One Week
Fryin' up some licorice for days and days is no way to live. And yet... I first met Rajiv a few years ago when I interviewed him about his band, Oh No Forest Fires (RIP). Besides having a beard that...
View ArticleWhy Draw Pictures?
This illustration is a page from Molly Crabapple's sketchbook. Only two people have ever gotten angry when I drew their pictures: a Moroccan religious fundamentalist and a New York City cop. I was...
View ArticleBig Money's Obama
Obama talks to adviser Michael Froman, who was just nominated as US Trade Representative, at the 2010 G8 summit. Photo via the White House Flickr account Last week, in an utterly unsurprising story,...
View ArticleCody Wilson's Fully 3D-Printed Gun Works Alarmingly Well
Cody Wilson's Fully 3D-Printed Gun Works Alarmingly Well
View ArticleVICE on HBO Extended: Chinese Cockblock: The Sex Doll Factory
With 50 million more men than women, the sex industry in China is growing rapidly. For episode five of VICE on HBO, we went to a sex-doll factory in the city of Dalian to see the effects of the uneven...
View ArticleNew York State of Mind: Flatbush Zombies, Gangsta Boo, Chippy Nonstop, and...
Hip-hop is having a renaissance right now in the city of New York, where it seems like every other day a new MC rises up out of the five boroughs with an even more unique style and approach to the...
View ArticleTao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei: Facedown Generation
Over the next month, in celebration of the forthcoming release of Tao Lin's latest novel, Taipei, we will be featuring a weekly selection of photos taken by the author during his recent trip to...
View ArticleThe Creators Project: Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: DJ...
For the past few weeks, we've been taking a look at the collaborators behind Random Access Memories, the new album from Daft Punk. For episode seven we spoke with DJ Falcon (a.k.a. Stéphane Quême, or...
View ArticleChatting About 'Game of Thrones' with Syria's Most Feared Islamic Militants
Members of Jabhat al-Nusra, the most feared jihadist group currently operating in Syria. “Ameriki?” the jihadi asked, pointing at me with a bemused look on his face. I'd just approached him at a house...
View ArticleWe Need to Stop Arresting So Many Children
Kiera Wilmot could go to prison for horsing around in a parking lot. That's not good. Kids are dumb. We know this both from research that shows teenagers’ brains are suggestion-prone and vulnerable...
View ArticleMichael Jang's Family Photos Are Better Than Yours
Last time we checked in with Michael Jang, he was showing us his hilarious portraits of would-be weather men and women. Last Thursday, Michael pulled more gems out of the archives when his new solo...
View ArticleExploring the Interior Designs of Los Angeles Weed Clinics
Photos by Jennifer Juniper Stratford If you own a store that looks great and people feel comfortable shopping there, nice work. If you’re operating that store under constant threat of raids and total...
View ArticleShane Smith Stripped Down for VICE's 2 Million YouTube Subscribers
A lot of times when you end up on the naked end of a wager, it means you lost more than your clothes in the challenge. However, in this case, our founder Shane Smith had promised he'd give a video...
View ArticleThe TF-X Will Be the First Flying Car That Actually Works Like a Flying Car
Image: TF-X concept from Terrafugia The dawn of the flying car is nigh, at least for rich people. A company called Terrafugia has been working to bring the first airborne sedan, the Transition, to the...
View ArticleAre Drones Really Helping to Save Rhinos and Elephants from Poachers?
Image: Sandra Fenley/Wikimedia In recent months, wildlife-preservation agencies, park rangers, and, in some cases, national armies have turned to unmanned aircraft to help them find increasingly...
View ArticleVICE Shorts: I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'How to Live with Bedbugs'
I've grabbed so much stuff off the streets of New York. Just a couple days ago I found a Billie Holiday record leaning against a fence. And in the past I’ve found umbrellas, frames, games, shelves,...
View ArticlePorn Sites Are Paying to Remove Tattoos of Their Logos from Hostgator's Face
All images courtesy of Hostgator Dotcom. The media keeps telling me that, thanks to the new LA condom laws and the fact that the internet exists, the porn industry is flat broke. But if that's true,...
View ArticleMay Day in Berlin Was a Playground for Happy Idiots
There's something about May Day in Berlin that seems to capture the city's essence. For one day every year, the streets of the Kreuzberg neighborhood fill with police, bold stoners, and all sorts of...
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