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And So It Goes: A Rare Glimpse of Kurt Vonnegut’s Tortured Soul
And So It Goes: A Rare Glimpse of Kurt Vonnegut’s Tortured Soul

The equilibrium of fiction, or what the Occupy movement can learn from a former GE PR executive.

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The Silver Fox Experiment: How Dogs Became Dogs
The Silver Fox Experiment: How Dogs Became Dogs

Half a century of Siberian science, or why your furry best friend is really a developmentally stunted wolf.

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Hands Are Amazing
Hands Are Amazing

From monkeys to Michelangelo, or what Margaret Mead has to do with combinatorial creativity.

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Artist Terry Border Imagines Everyday Objects in Romantic and Risqué Scenarios
Artist Terry Border Imagines Everyday Objects in Romantic and Risqué Scenarios

Spooning spoons, boogieing sushi, and what bent wire has to do with the mechanism of love.

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Salvador Dalí Illustrates Alice in Wonderland, 1969
Salvador Dalí Illustrates Alice in Wonderland, 1969

What the Mad Hatter has to do with one of the most inspired collaborations in Western culture.

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Venus with Biceps: A Pictorial History of Athletic Women
Venus with Biceps: A Pictorial History of Athletic Women

Exploring gender identity and cultural disposition through rare archival images from 1800-1980.

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The 11 Best Illustrated Children’s and Picture Books of 2011
The 11 Best Illustrated Children’s and Picture Books of 2011

From evil stepmothers to Edward Gorey, or what Richard Dawkins has to do with Hindu deities.

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How to Get Unstuck in 30 Seconds
How to Get Unstuck in 30 Seconds

From squiggle to masterpiece in 30 seconds, or how to refill your annual bucket of creative mojo.

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Free Ride: Digital Parasites and the Fight for the Business of Culture
Free Ride: Digital Parasites and the Fight for the Business of Culture

What the French ideology from 1791 has to do with creative meritocracy and the future of information.

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Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation
Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation

“…and a viral clip of a cat doing flips, and the bings, bongs, and beeps of emails and tweets…”

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