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Arthur Conan Doyle, Psychic: Rare Footage from 1930
Arthur Conan Doyle, Psychic: Rare Footage from 1930

What the world’s most analytical detective has to do with exploring the fringes of spiritual life.

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Green Porno: Isabella Rossellini Celebrates Animal Biology
Green Porno: Isabella Rossellini Celebrates Animal Biology

How dolphins do it, or what the first rule of advertising has to do with expanding the market for biology.

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(Almost) Everything You Need to Know about Culture in 10 Books
(Almost) Everything You Need to Know about Culture in 10 Books

What the limits of the universe have to do with the history of jazz and the secret of happiness.

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Pretty Big Dig: Construction Cranes as Ballet Dancers
Pretty Big Dig: Construction Cranes as Ballet Dancers

Mechanical grace, or how to never look at a construction hat the same way again.

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<em>My Visual Diary</em>: A Month-in-the-Life in Stop-Motion
My Visual Diary: A Month-in-the-Life in Stop-Motion

What people-watching and the love of cereal have to do with fostering visual literacy.

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Dripped: French Animated Homage to Jackson Pollock
Dripped: French Animated Homage to Jackson Pollock

Channeling the maddening hunger for art, or what 2010 Paris has to do with 1950s New York.

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The Vowels: A Ken Burns Parody
The Vowels: A Ken Burns Parody

What the secret quasi-history of vowels has to do with the Founding Fathers’ prankstership.

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American Look: A Technicolor Homage to Mid-Century Design
American Look: A Technicolor Homage to Mid-Century Design

Can you identify these 49 classic pieces of mid-century design?

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Dear Me: Letters by Luminaries to Their 16-Year-Old Selves
Dear Me: Letters by Luminaries to Their 16-Year-Old Selves

What the renouncement of dieting has to do with love and buying shares in Google.

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How Shakespeare Changed Everything
How Shakespeare Changed Everything

What Central Park wildlife has to do with Freud and Abe Lincoln’s assassination.

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