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Origami: A Blend of Sculpture and Mathematics
Artist and MIT professor Erik Demaine makes flat geometric diagrams spring into elegant, three-dimensional origami sculptures
An Illustrated Guide to the World’s Creation Myths
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We just have to look to literature to learn that there’s always been a real danger to the prospect of being invisible
September 2012
| By Mark Strauss
September 2012 | By Smithsonian magazine
Secretary Clough has the skull of naturalist Robert Kennicott in his office to remind him of the remarkable scientists who work for the Smithsonian
September 2012
| By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
September 2012 | By Smithsonian magazine
When the country gained its independence after World War I, artist Alphonse Mucha was called upon to help design an important part of any country's identity - its money
August 21, 2012
| By Jimmy Stamp
From its start in Massachusetts, of all places, to its inspiration of a John Waters film, the lawn ornament has some staying power
September 2012
| By Abigail Tucker
Today the French fashion designer's observations seem wise, clever or amusingly dated
August 20, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
Authors like Roald Dahl or James Joyce never could have predicted that their words could be spun into these tantalizing meals
August 20, 2012
| By Jeanie Riess
England’s most famous living novelist has moved to America—and tilted the literary world
September 2012
| By Ron Rosenbaum
Wheaties has been around for nearly 90 years, but when did they start putting athletes on the cover?
August 17, 2012
| By Jim Morrison
With her magazine, the longtime editor sold sex as well as the latest, often provocative fashions
August 17, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
In 2050, Airbus hopes to fly you around in a see-through jet shaped like a bird skeleton, with morphing seats, spa treatments, and virtual entertainment
August 16, 2012
| By Sarah C. Rich
As these luminaries will attest, there's a lot more to Julia than Beef Bourguignon
August 15, 2012
| By Shaylyn Esposito
From pen-and-ink sketches to digital renderings, generations of Sherlock Holmes fans have undertaken to draft a version of the detective's famous London flat
August 14, 2012
| By Jimmy Stamp
You've heard of mood lighting, try no lighting with the latest trend
August 14, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
With the '80s and '90s status-symbol clothing a bargain on eBay, the Brooklyn artist buys, disassembles and reconstructs them to make abstract "paintings"
August 13, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
The latest look into the impact of New York's water supply on its bagels yields a new potential factor: pride
August 13, 2012
| By Jeanie Riess
The photos tell the story here, as Team USA has always had an eccentric taste in its uniforms
August 10, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
How a three-time Olympic competitor designed an innovative new whitewater system using underwater bricks
August 09, 2012
| By Sarah C. Rich
Vintage styles cycle in and out of favor among medal-winning racers
August 08, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
Memorization may seem like a brain-based skill, but it has as much to do with our bodies and our buildings
August 06, 2012
| By Sarah C. Rich
Author Bob Spitz recounts his trip traveling through Italy with the culinary legend
August 06, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
A modern Sherlock Holmes requires a modern tool. Today, his iconic problem-solving magnifying glass has been replaced by the indispensable cell phone
August 02, 2012
| By Jimmy Stamp
Is there one perfect temperature to serve red or white wine? Perhaps not, but here are some good guidelines
August 02, 2012
| By Kat J. McAlpine
The new trend of modifying cutlery has a new look with the Chork, which combines the scandalous fork with age-old chopsticks to produce a seemingly more effective modern hybrid
August 01, 2012
| By Ayesha Venkataraman
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