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I Asked My Dentist If I Should Get Drake’s Diamond Tooth Implant

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By Devin Pacholik
Music

The Science Behind Why You Keep Smashing Replay on That One Song

11.07.17

By Alfred Maddox
Music

We Asked a Lawyer If Jason Derulo Really Owes a Students’ Union £20k

11.01.17

By Noisey UK Staff
Music

A Sociologist Explains Why You Get Depressed After Festivals

08.30.17

By Reid Barton-Golden
Music

A Lawyer Explains How to Take a Sexual Misconduct Case to Court in the Music Industry

08.17.17

By Andrea Domanick
Music

We Asked a Filmmaker to Rank the MTV VMA ‘Best Editing’ Nominees

08.02.17

By Maddy Smith
Music

We Asked a Sword Instructor to Judge Lupe Fiasco’s Use of a Blade

03.29.17

By Phil Witmer
Music

We Asked a Doctor If 56 Xanax in One Month Is Really That Crazy

08.21.15

By Slava Pastuk
Music

Why Are So Many High Profile Artists Against Letting Photographers Own Their Own Pictures?

07.10.15

By Ryan Bassil
Music

Why Are Festival Comedowns So Awful? We Asked a Doctor

06.17.15

By David Hillier
Music

Is Music a Language and Can It Teach Us How to Speak? We Asked a Neuroscientist

02.28.15

By Huw Oliver

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Life

Americans Are Drinking More Alcohol Than Ever

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Couple Accused of Stealing $1 Million in Lululemon Products During Nationwide Theft Scheme

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