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Celestial Navigations: 5 Conceptual Vintage Science Films by Al Jarnow
Celestial Navigations: 5 Conceptual Vintage Science Films by Al Jarnow

Education meets entertainment in experimental animation, or what Big Bird has to do with the dawn of computing.

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Animation Pioneer Max Fleischer Illustrates 1944-1945 News Wires
Animation Pioneer Max Fleischer Illustrates 1944-1945 News Wires

From the most expensive kiss on record to university classes on how to choose and keep a husband.

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The Innovator’s Cookbook: Great Minds on the Power of Serendipity
The Innovator’s Cookbook: Great Minds on the Power of Serendipity

How to win the future, or what 3D printing has to do with Twitter, Brian Eno and Obama.

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Before Walt Disney: 5 Animations by Early Cinema Pioneers
Before Walt Disney: 5 Animations by Early Cinema Pioneers

What a shape-shifting egg has to do with racehorses and the science of facial expressions.

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Viliam: Slovakian Short Film about Happiness & Delusion
Viliam: Slovakian Short Film about Happiness & Delusion

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Whale Fall: A Lyrical Paper-Cutout Animation about the Cycle of Life in the Microcosm of a Whale
Whale Fall: A Lyrical Paper-Cutout Animation about the Cycle of Life in the Microcosm of a Whale

75 years of existential generosity, or what the ocean floor can teach us about existence, ego and impermanence.

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7 Essential Collections of Conversations with Cultural Icons
7 Essential Collections of Conversations with Cultural Icons

Inside our era’s greatest minds, or what Nelson Mandela has to do with the fringes of the art world.

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Mathemagician Vi Hart Explains the Science of Sound, Frequency and Pitch
Mathemagician Vi Hart Explains the Science of Sound, Frequency and Pitch

From the cochlea to Coachella, or what mathematical ratios have to do with the enjoyability of melodies.

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Papercraft 2: Analog Creativity for the Digital Age
Papercraft 2: Analog Creativity for the Digital Age

Retrostalgic craft, or what analog art has to do with digital design.

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Animated Soviet Propaganda
Animated Soviet Propaganda

What warthogs and vultures have to do with the most critical polarization in world politics.

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