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How Do I Explain It To My Parents: Abstract Artists on the Art
How Do I Explain It To My Parents: Abstract Artists on the Art

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Mood Collection: Cinematic Anthropology of Urban Tenderness
Mood Collection: Cinematic Anthropology of Urban Tenderness

What South African ceremonies have to do with Czech steel workers and New York at dawn.

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BBC on Science vs. Religion: The End of God?
BBC on Science vs. Religion: The End of God?

What falling apples have to do with transcendence, politics and The God Helmet.

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Summer Reading: 5 Curated Recommendations
Summer Reading: 5 Curated Recommendations

19th-century adventures, secret societies, and what not watching TV has to do with Wikipedia.

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What Everyday Objects Tell Us About the Universe
What Everyday Objects Tell Us About the Universe

Why your reflection is a matter of chance, or how to fit everything that ever existed on a USB stick.

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A Rare Look at Haiti: Maya Deren’s Divine Horsemen
A Rare Look at Haiti: Maya Deren’s Divine Horsemen

Breathtaking beauty, voodoo violence, and what the Guggenheim has to do with ritual sacrifices.

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Michele Banks’ Biological Watercolors
Michele Banks’ Biological Watercolors

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Masters of Photography: The Story of Whisky Casks
Masters of Photography: The Story of Whisky Casks

From Spain to Scotland, or what sherry-seasoned oak has to do with transmedia storytelling.

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Bike Culture: A Roundup
Bike Culture: A Roundup

How to slam-dunk rubbish, or what abandoned bikes have to do with the economy of war.

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Photographer Jason Hawkes’ <em>London At Night</em>
Photographer Jason Hawkes’ London At Night

The view from cloudy skies, or why the financial district is blingier than you thought.

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