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The Portrait of Sensitivity: A Photographer in Storyville, New Orleans’ Forgotten Burlesque Quarter
The Big Easy’s red light district had plenty of tawdriness going on—except when Ernest J. Bellocq was taking photographs of prostitutes
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The Greatest Diving Sites in the World
The vertiginous void of the Great Blue Hole offers divers the feeling of facing off with the edge of the world
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Document Deep Dive: What Does the Magna Carta Really Say?
A curator from the National Archives takes us through what the governing charter means
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Hirshhorn’s “SONG 1″ Strikes a Chord With Couple’s Anniversary
For this pair, serendipity was on their side during last weekend’s opening of artist Doug Aitken’s take on the popular tune, “I Only Have Eyes For You”
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The Camera That Can See Around Walls
A new device uses laser pulses to create 3-D images of areas beyond its line of sight
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A Little Less Friction, Please
The big buzzword in digital technology now is “frictionless,” meaning the less we humans have to deal with, the better
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Dinosaur Sighting: Ketchupsaurus and Company
Eight years ago, 100 decorative dinosaurs roamed Pittsburgh, and some of them are still in town
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S-O-F-T Double E, Mister Softee
A one-man band of an adman recorded an infectious three-minute earworm that will disrupt your sanity this summer
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What Chimps Could Tell Us About How Humans Started Walking on Two Legs
A new study of chimpanzees suggests that early hominids evolved upright, two-legged walking to carry valuable resources away from competitors
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I have glimpsed the future. And it is teeming with creepy crawly cyborgs
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Founded after World War I, the City of Light’s English-language library has long been a haven for expats, including Hemingway
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Celebrate the Cherry Blossoms With Hokusai, the Old Man Mad About Art
Meditate on “36 Views of Mt. Fuji” by Japan’s most famous artist, Katsushika Hokusai, at the Sackler Gallery March 24 through June 17
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Moving is a lot easier if you live inside a giant ball
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The rapid development of artificial intelligence is bringing us closer to the day when machines will be able to think for themselves
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A modern Scottish elevator shoe designer runs a global business from his Bangkok outpost
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When Humans Are the Prey: 5 Movies That Came Before The Hunger Games
The blockbuster book adaptation isn’t the first story to feature televised death matches
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It Happened Last Night at the Hirshhorn
In the city that sometimes sleeps, a new work of art at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is rocking the night
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