Two Cultures—Never the Twain Shall Meet?
Scientists wonder why today the word “Intellectual” is used to describe only those in arts and letters
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The much-maligned theory of phrenology gets a tip of the hat from modern neuroscience
At the National Postal Museum, envelopes are as critical a part of history as the letters inside
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In Down East Maine, the lobster means more than seafood
It’s colorless, odorless and gets no respect, but it’s vital to the cycle of life and we may be using too much
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Hey, Mr. White, That’s the Wrong Color for That
As hard as you might try, it’s not easy to keep folks from finding out that you’re color-blind
The Man Who Believed in Fairies
For Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, the proof was in the pictures
Artfully balancing them is just one of the tricky tasks faced by designers of museum lighting
Spain wants Gibraltar; the people of the Rock hate the very idea; England is caught in the middle
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Both Audubon and Linnaeus were indebted to this intrepid British limner of the New World
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Green activist Dan Barker is seeding many lives with hope
Planets Around Other Stars Are Hot Hot Hot
Suddenly we find that lots of nearby stars have their own planets, even though so far we can “see” only the giants
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