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Gift Guide Part 3: Free
Gift Guide Part 3: Free

DIY goodness, intellectual enrichment, and how to go cheap without being cheap.

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Uncovered Gem: Bono Reads Bukowski’s “Roll The Dice”
Uncovered Gem: Bono Reads Bukowski’s “Roll The Dice”

“If you’re gonna try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.”

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The Story of Cap & Trade
The Story of Cap & Trade

What lurks beneath the buzzwords and how to digest the hard-to-swallow.

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Moving Minimalism: Solitary Confinement
Moving Minimalism: Solitary Confinement

What Iraqi oil and Swiss filmmaking have to do with the nature of creativity.

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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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A Stop-Motion Treat from BBC Radio 1
A Stop-Motion Treat from BBC Radio 1

42,000 antidotes to anonymity, or how to close the feedback loop by opening up the silo.

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The Subjectivity of Science, Crowdsourced
The Subjectivity of Science, Crowdsourced

What scientific rationale has to do with Buddhist philosophy and mapping the Internet.

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The Pink and Blue Projects: Exploring the Genderization of Color
The Pink and Blue Projects: Exploring the Genderization of Color

How political correctness resulted in enforcing a universal, cross-cultural gender stereotype.

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Gift Guide: Kids & The Eternal Kid
Gift Guide: Kids & The Eternal Kid

From thinking to tinkering, by way of color, music and photography.

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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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