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The Films That Led to Game Change
The HBO film has roots in two acclaimed documentaries that covered the 1992 and 1960 presidential elections
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Drones: The Citrus Industry’s New Beauty Secret
In the future, farmers will use unmanned drones to improve the appearance of their crops
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Underwood’s Deviled Ham: The Oldest Trademark Still in Use
The 1870 trademark was for “Deviled Entremets”—”Intended for Sandwiches, Luncheons, and Traveler’s Repasts”
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Black Lobster and the Birth of Canning
The canning innovation left another lasting impression: Foods are safe only when sterilized
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Which is the Fairest Snow White of Them All?
With two big-screen adaptations about to arrive, here are earlier versions of the fairy tale that you might want to see
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“Here is a refinement that will receive a hearty and permanent welcome,” a reporter wrote of the best thing to hit grocery store shelves
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If flashy package design lure people into eating factory-extruded chemical slurries, why shouldn’t it work to trick food addicts into eating vegetables?
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The Case for a New Grant Wood Painting
In which the author argues that an unidentified work at a Nebraska gallery was painted by the American regionalist master
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While disgust originally protected us from potential poisons, it eventually gave rise to culturally defining flavors and odors, all tied to local microbes
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They Do Call it a Marriage Contract After All
Comedian Richard Pryor pontificates on what makes being married truly difficult
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Designer Kellee Santiago picks five artful video games that tell the history of the medium
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The benefits and drawbacks to streaming video
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Airships and Oranges: The Commercial Art of the Second Gold Rush
How citrus crate label design fueled a boom that caused the art form’s own demise
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How a Ship Full of Fish Helped Recreate an Ancient Fish Sauce
A 2,000-year-old shipwreck held ceramic vessels full of fish sauce, as well as a giant tank for transporting live fish
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The wildly popular novels and movies depict werewolves as members of the Quileute Indians of Washington State – a new exhibit tells their real story
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Music That Rocks the Imagination
The motivation behind Quetzal’s music is stirring dreams – and helping build communities
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For decades, video games have enthralled and inspired, and now they are the subject of a new exhibit that views them as serious works of art
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A James Brown Biography and Other Must-Read Books
This vivid new book charts the dazzling contradictions in the life of the Godfather of Soul
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