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A Myth in the Making

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Paper Boon

Ólafur Elíasson's The Weather Project, Turbine Hall of Tate Modern

A Room with a View

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Hill of Beans

For author Julia Alvarez and her husband, starting an organic coffee plantation was a wake-up call

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Unearthing Egypt’s Greatest Temple

Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago

Sandra Day O’Connor

Ain’t No Lie

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Memory Blocks

Artist Gunter Demnig builds a Holocaust memorial one stone at a time

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For Hire: Master Brewer

A few rounds with beermaker Will Meyers

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Animal Insight

Recent studies illustrate which traits humans and apes have in common—and which they don’t

Art for the Masses

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Red Light Photo

“I always knew strongly who I was and what I was supposed to do,” says Wiki (here at the mouth of the Klamath River on the Yurok Indian reservation in Northern California).

Making the Grade

Yurok Indian Geneva Wiki is helping other young Native Americans “develop their best selves”

With his own record label, Sufjan Stevens is “one of the indie world’s most eccentric and personal songwriters,” says Rolling Stone.

One Man Band

The next Bob Dylan? Maybe. Sufjan Stevens’ honest sound and stark lyrics speak volumes to a new generation. And he plays all the instruments

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