Topic: UK
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Photos
If You Were to X-Ray an Entire Office Building, It Would Look Something Like This
Radioactive photographer Nick Veasey works with dangerous wavelengths to reveal the inner beauty of the city.
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The 'Longest Bench' in England Laughs at Your Attempts to Sit On It
A hundred bucks to anyone in England who can grind the length of this bench.
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Videos
In the Future, Traffic Might Sound Less Like 'Honk' and More Like 'Eee-Beep-Boop'
A British designer wants to turn the noise of electric cars into a city-wide, experimental symphony.
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Photos
The Craziest Skateboard Ever Can Walk Down Stairs
Po-Chih Lai's "Stair Rover" is meant to conquer the rugged streetscape of London.
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An Art Exhibit Underneath London Made of Entirely of Fungus
"The Majesty" is an installation in an abandoned London railway vault that's crawling with slow-moving, spore-spitting mold.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Moscow Outlaws Gay-Pride Parades for Next 100 Years
Also, California cities binge on foie gras before it's banned; Boston knocks down satellite dishes; you can't dress up like Tinker Bell at Disney World; a British city welcomes back meter maids.
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A Public Sculpture That Moans and Howls in the Wind
Luke Jerram's wind-powered "Aeolus" looks like the result of smashing together a pipe organ and a porcupine.
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Heart-Stopping Art of the Day: Giant Inflatable Tentacles
An artist from the U.K. makes it look as if buildings are being strangled by a malignant Kraken.
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Plastic Straw Bans Are the New Plastic Bag Bans
Environmentalists have kicked off a campaign called "Straw Wars" to rid London's Soho district of drinking straws.
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Videos
In Liverpool, a Leviathan Awakens from the Briny Deep
A 50-foot tall creature in a diving suit stalks the streets of England.
