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March 16, 2015 Aymann Ismail

Street art and graffiti fans gathered at 44 Bowery Gallery on Friday the 13th to celebrate an unusual show of a self-described group “of degenerate artists working out of a hovel in Bushwick.” The show, called Yellow Worm Hole, was curated by the same folks who organized the 21st Precinct Art Exhibit: Outlaw Arts and […]

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Backdoor Pharmacist

Imagine the following scenario: A chemistry grad student sneaks into the 3D printer lab late at night. He’s downloaded a file he got off the internet, a molecule that’s never been synthesized. It’s a modified version of an existing drug, an analogue, a single tweak on a corner of a benzene ring. The machine whirs […]

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Liam Mathews

According to National Geographic, a new study confirms that two species of vampire crabs — which are already popular as pets — are previously uncatalogued by scientists. Vampire crabs, so named for their bright yellow Nosferatu eyes, have become popular as pets among aquarium hobbyists in recent years. Their small size, freshwater habitat, and vibrant, […]

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Liam Mathews

Hot Rize is a bluegrass band from Colorado. They recently took a trip to New York, where they performed their song, “A Cowboy’s Life” from their album When I’m Free, inside the Roosevelt Island Tram as it crossed the East River. According to The Bluegrass Situation, Hot Rize had one take to perform the four-minute […]

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Liam Mathews

A Swiss art broker/champion-level swindler allegedly defrauded approximately $70 million from a Russian fertilizer tycoon in two deals, the New York Daily News reports. Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev alleges that Yves Bouvier, a Swiss art transporter and dealer, took a way bigger cut than his two-percent commission allowed on two deals in 2013 and 2014. […]

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Prachi Gupta

The 47 Republican senators who last week went behind the government’s back to send a letter to Iran’s leadership did not commit treason, but they sure did something really, really dumb. The letter was an attempt to frighten their sworn enemy from entering a critical nuclear deal with the U.S. by warning Iranian leadership that […]

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Liam Mathews

Papa John’s has an outstanding promotion: If any of your local sports teams win, Papa John’s pizza is half off the next day. So an enterprising fellow named Ben Packard created a web app that keeps track of all the scores and gives you a simple “yes” or “no” answer to the question the website’s […]

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Prachi Gupta

She won’t go searching for that umbrella you left at a restaurant or the set of keys you misplaced last week, but Brooklyn artist Hannah Rawe will help you reflect on some of the objects you’ve loved and lost. Since mid-December, Rawe has set up a tiny shop at Giti Fashion in Park Slope called […]

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Bucky Turco

Rosalind, Bushwick. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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March 13, 2015 Aymann Ismail

ADEK, Tribeca. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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