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The Story Behind Banksy
On his way to becoming an international icon, the subversive and secretive street artist turned the art world upside-down
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
Each culture has its own version of how the universe began. Artist Noah MacMillan brings this “visual vocabulary” to life
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Be happy this Scottish tradition is passé, your future marriage may have depended on it
October 30, 2012
| By K. Annabelle Smith
See a selection of beautiful images captured by scientists gazing through light microscopes
October 29, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
When their faces are obscured, these children transform into frightening little creatures
October 29, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
The details are what separate a good outfit from an amazing one. The images in the Biodiversity Heritage Library can help you make the leap
October 26, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
Sexy or scary, the outfit has cast a spell on costume wearers going back many years
October 26, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
Politicians and parties may flip-flop but for more than 100 years, the political iconography of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant has remained unchanged
October 23, 2012
| By Jimmy Stamp
Why should we consider the fork? And a new biography of the ill-fated George Armstrong Custer
November 2012
| By Chloe Schama
After a legal tug-of-war, Hershey's secured a trademark for the structural design of their classic chocolate bar
October 24, 2012
| By Sarah C. Rich
Pumpkin expert Thomas Andres, of the New York Botanical Garden, provides tips for prolonging the life of your pumpkin
October 24, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
With his erudite Quarterly, the legendary Harper’s editor aims for an antidote to digital-age ignorance
November 2012
| By Ron Rosenbaum
Where do hurricanes start, the Big Bang, sea gulls and other answers from the Smithsonian’s experts
November 2012
| By Smithsonian Magazine
How much drama is too much? These two famous women, who wielded power over how we dress, could have debated the subject
October 23, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
The white marble statutes we revere were originally dressed in eye-popping pigments
November 2012
| By Jamie Katz
A new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery unmasks the titans of modern American poetry
November 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Is the rise of secularism behind the general malaise in the fine arts?
November 2012
| By Camille Paglia
With their divided toes and extreme length, these red knit wonders from an excavated Egyptian site have an otherworldly quality
October 19, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
Mark Perez and his troupe of performers tour the country, using a life-sized version of the popular game to explain simple machines
October 19, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
In Building Stories, cartoonist Chris Ware presents the banality of everyday life as a stunning comic epic
October 18, 2012
| By Jimmy Stamp
From designer appliances to bigger floorplans, Americans love kitchens, just not cooking in them
October 17, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
A new company called Epic Frequency turns historic audio files into artwork
October 17, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
Freshkills was once the biggest landfill in the world. Today, it's the biggest park in New York City
October 15, 2012
| By Jimmy Stamp
Before the Age of Aquarius, there was the age of administrators and their button-down rules about students' wardrobes
October 15, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
How did a tire company get in the restaurant reviewing business?
October 15, 2012
| By Jesse Rhodes
Your comprehensive episode guide to the show that changed futurism forever
Wearing rolled stocking back then must have been akin to the liberating, punk rock feeling of wearing ripped fishnets today
October 12, 2012
| By Emily Spivack
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