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The Art That is Hidden in Plain Sight
A Milan-based artistic duo uses color to reveal a series of dreamlike panoramas concealed in white light
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What Your Favorite Book Looks Like in Colors
An artist reveals how each book has its own unique color spectrum
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Slurred Lines: Great Cocktail Moments in Famous Literature
Fancy drinks like the Gimlet and the Brandy Alexander have high class histories
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Carl Warner’s Mountains Are Made of Elbows and Knees
The British photographer creates convincing landscapes—deserts and rocky scenes—by piecing together photos of nude models
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A Butterfly Species Settles in San Francisco’s Market Street
Two advocates track Western tiger swallowtails through the city and use art to encourage residents to think of the fluttering creatures as neighbors
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Biomimetic Design Means We’ll All Be Living A Bug’s Life
Researchers and designers looking to nature for inspiration have literally one million reasons to reveal the secrets of insects
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Eating on the March: Food at the 1963 March on Washington
Organizing an event that large was a formidable task in and of itself. Tackling the issue of handling food for the masses was another issue entirely
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These Patterns Move, But It’s All an Illusion
What happens when your eyes and brain don’t agree?
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Scientists Capture Rare Photographs of Red Lightning
Graduate student Jason Ahrns and colleagues hunt the skies for sprites—fleeting streaks and bursts of color that can appear above thunderstorms
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A History of 1945, Discoveries at Sea, Ben Franklin’s Sister and More Books Worth Your Read
Some of the best books to put on your reading list
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BIG Plans for a Lego Museum in Denmark
Some architects played with Legos as a child. And some never stopped playing with them
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Can You Taste the Difference Between American and Japanese Sake?
Sake has been brewed for thousands of years in Japan. Now, American brewers are starting to make sake—but is it any good?
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How the Coffee Cup Sleeve Was Invented
The cardboard sleeve became the ubiquitous finger-saver for coffee fanatics everywhere
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Lego Architecture Studio Brings Modernism to the Play Room
The childhood toy becomes an architect’s dream come true
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Cosmic Portraits Created From Hubble Space Telescope Images
Sergio Albiac generates images of people by collecting their head shots and replacing pixels with snippets from pictures of stars and galaxies
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Chainmail, Metal Spikes and Unbreakable Material: Can We Design a ‘Shark-Proof’ Wetsuit?
For years, inventors have tried to create a wetsuit capable of withstanding a shark’s deadly bite
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Is There a Liberal Bias to Political Comedy?
There is a liberal bias in America’s political comedy scene, says Alison Dagnes. What gives?
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Shark Repellent: It’s Not Just For Batman Anymore
It was actually first developed during World War II in an effort to help save the lives of seamen and pilots who had to await rescue in open water
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These Ocean Waves Look Like Liquid Sculptures
Photographer Pierre Carreau captures waves mid-break, showing the surf’s delicate balance of power and fragility
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Can Gardening Change the World?
The American History Museum celebrates our country’s lush food history—and explores its food future—with the Food in the Garden series
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