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Cultural Connectives: Understanding Arab Culture Through Typography
Cultural Connectives: Understanding Arab Culture Through Typography

What typography has to do with cross-cultural understanding and linguistic minimalism.

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The Filter Bubble: Algorithm vs. Curator & the Value of Serendipity
The Filter Bubble: Algorithm vs. Curator & the Value of Serendipity

How the web gives us what we want to see, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.

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Out of Character: The Psychology of Good and Evil
Out of Character: The Psychology of Good and Evil

What Aristotle has to do with Tiger Woods and the story of the world.

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Railway Maps of the World
Railway Maps of the World

What the evolution of standardized time zones has to do with train travel in Zimbabwe.

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Urban Iran: A Rare Look at Iran’s Street Art Scene
Urban Iran: A Rare Look at Iran’s Street Art Scene

Presaging the Twitter revolution by way of graffiti.

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Before Muybridge: Pioneering Nineteenth-Century Motion Photography by French Scientist Étienne-Jules Marey
Before Muybridge: Pioneering Nineteenth-Century Motion Photography by French Scientist Étienne-Jules Marey

What biking in the nude has to do with bird flight and the dawn of cinema.

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Kurt Vonnegut’s Fictional Interviews with Luminaries
Kurt Vonnegut’s Fictional Interviews with Luminaries

What near-death experiences have to do with Shakespeare, Jesus and Isaac Asimov.

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Christoph Niemann: How the World Works
Christoph Niemann: How the World Works

Creative fuel for the inquisitive mind, or what trucks and lions have in common.

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Notations 21: Musicians Visualize Sheet Music in Imaginative Ways Inspired by John Cage
Notations 21: Musicians Visualize Sheet Music in Imaginative Ways Inspired by John Cage

What the color wheel has to do with Beethoven and supporting arts education.

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5 Guides to Life from Cultural Luminaries
5 Guides to Life from Cultural Luminaries

Finding practical applications for philosophy, or what Ovid can teach us about sex.

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