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The Interpretation
The Interpretation

Combining microbiology, minimalist music, and motion graphics, or how you can own original art for less than the price of a movie ticket.

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Gift Guide Part One: Books
Gift Guide Part One: Books

How to be a cool and cultured polyglot of a friend and friend of the polyglot.

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We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotion
We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotion

Four years and 12 million feelings later, a book that lives up to its grand expectations.

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World AIDS Day Spotlight: Interview with Travis McCoy
World AIDS Day Spotlight: Interview with Travis McCoy

What a pair of sneakers has to do with a bridge in Manila and mobile cinema in South Africa.

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The Jazz Loft Project
The Jazz Loft Project

Wired lofts, 1,447 rolls of film, and what pimps and Salvador Dalí have in common.

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Interview with Dava Viz Star Pedro Monteiro
Interview with Dava Viz Star Pedro Monteiro

Why data viz must have a prominent seat at the newsroom table, or how the Internet is increasing the need for aesthetics.

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Top 10 Contemporary Cross-Disciplinary Conferences
Top 10 Contemporary Cross-Disciplinary Conferences

Ideas in real life, or how to increase the statistical probability of finding a clown, Malcolm Gladwell, and a rocket scientist in the same room.

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The History of Jazz, Animated in Shadow Art
The History of Jazz, Animated in Shadow Art

What five rooms and bleeding-edge software have to do with the cultural heritage of music.

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Interview with Illustrator Christina Tsevis
Interview with Illustrator Christina Tsevis

What Coldplay, Oscar Wilde and Plato have in common and why the commodification of art may be a good thing.

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Super-Smart Learning
Super-Smart Learning

Why playing Oregon Trail is like learning basic Japanese, or how to beat the Ebbinghaus Curve.

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