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They're the biggest innovation in higher education in years, but are they a threat to small universities and community colleges?
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The evolution of the All American Hero from artist's mannequin to action figure
March 29, 2013
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Celebrate the birthday of the iconic car that changed the way families drove
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A German contemporary artist creates a meditative space—lined with beeswax—at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
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| By Megan Gambino
From rice to glitter, video and paint, these works reflect the best of contemporary portraiture
Five years in, the merits of Make It Right's housing project are under new scrutiny
March 22, 2013
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A new series brings high-end style to vintage wear
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| By Emily Spivack
With a surprisingly light touch, the New York City-based photographer instills feelings of solitude in his images of massive glaciers
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A new poem by Scott Brennan
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Even before there were armchairs, voracious bookworms traveled the world just by reading
March 20, 2013
| By Tony Perrottet
Read about the transformation of food and what happens to it once its in the digestive system
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| By Chloë Schama
A new film recreates the epic voyage—and revives the controversy over its legendary leader, Thor Heyerdahl
April 2013
| By Franz Lidz
The famed playwright reminisces about how he got hooked on collecting artifacts from the golden era of air travel
April 2013
| By David Mamet
With ethereal artworks traced in flames and gunpowder, Cai Guo Qiang is making a big bang
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| By Ron Rosenbaum
Modern headphones have their origin in opera houses, military bases and a kitchen table in Utah
March 19, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
Conference-goers put into verse the ethane lakes on a Saturn moon, the orbital paths of Martian moons and a megachondrule's mistaken identity
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From toxins in textile dyes to torturous corsets, beauty has a long history of coming at a high cost
March 18, 2013
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It was a decade of Uggs and excess but also styles meant to further the greater good
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The story behind how the Windy City gets its yearly watery makeover
March 15, 2013
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A research fellow at the University of Melbourne has found a sneaky way to convert math haters to math lovers. He turns complex geometries into art
March 15, 2013
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It's supposedly the 50th anniversary of the original design of the iconic image, but its history since then is surprisingly complex with millions of dollars at stake
March 13, 2013
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The spectacular aurora borealis is inspiring artists to create light installations, musical compositions, food and fashion
March 12, 2013
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It wasn't a military expert or an aviation pioneer, but a Russian actor who developed the first viable parachute
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From a caterpillar to the Milky Way, the ten finalists in the contest's Natural World category capture the peculiar, the remarkable and the sublime
March 07, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
Visionary designers of the 19th century believed that the future of air travel depended on elaborate airships
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