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Stone Is Not Cold: Miroslav Šašek’s Playful Vintage Children’s Illustrations of Classical Sculpture
Stone Is Not Cold: Miroslav Šašek’s Playful Vintage Children’s Illustrations of Classical Sculpture

Medusa goes to the hairdresser, or what Cicero has to do with press conferences.

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Urville: An Autistic Savant’s Remarkable Imaginary City, 20 Years in the Making
Urville: An Autistic Savant’s Remarkable Imaginary City, 20 Years in the Making

A rare glimpse of the extreme frontiers of human ability and imagination.

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David Brooks on the Dangerous Division Between Reason and Emotion, Animated
David Brooks on the Dangerous Division Between Reason and Emotion, Animated

The false division of the self, or what’s wrong with using physics to assess human behavior.

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Richard Feynman’s Mischievous Nobel Prize Wager
Richard Feynman’s Mischievous Nobel Prize Wager

Fifteen dollars of irreverence and honor, or how to avoid “occupational disease.”

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