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Rocket Slides and Monkey Bars: Chasing the Vanishing Playgrounds of Our Youth
“I looked around the playground and thought, ‘Where is all the equipment that I remember growing up on?’ They had new plastic contraptions, but nothing like the big metal slides I grew up with....” By Lisa Hix.
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Hair
Human hair has a remarkable mystique.... By Scott Lowe.
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Lucky bug eluded eternal entombment in 50 million-year-old amber
A chunk of amber found along the Baltic Sea in Russia provides evidence roughly 50 million years old of an extremely fortunate bug. By Will Dunham.
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Our universe could be reborn as a bouncing baby cosmos
A new model shows how the universe could survive a "big bounce" rather than a big bang, without the need for complex new physics. By Lisa Grossman. (July 11, 2016)
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The Seven Stages of Love, According to French Poetry
A Poem for Each of Stendhal’s Phases of Romance
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Lemonade
Cocorosie
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Berkeley Girl
Harper Simon
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That’s no moth, it’s a wisp of delight on the wing
In recent years, some of the most beautiful moths have either died out here or are now only rare summer visitors. By John Burnside. (May 4, 2016)
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Not In Love
Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith (2010)
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The Golden Age / Embers
Woodkid ft. Max Richter (2014)
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Gumball Machine Weekend
Yppah
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The Voyager Golden Records and the Trouble With Time Capsules
A close examination of the Voyager Golden Records reveals the one flaw behind all attempts to bottle history: humans. By Cara Giaimo.
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Why doesn’t physics help us to understand the flow of time?
From past to present, into the future: the flow of time is central to human experience. Why isn’t it central to physics? By Gene Tracy.
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For What It’s Worth
A Review of the Wu-Tang Clan’s “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.” By Dan Cohen.
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Get off my land! Britain’s terrifying army of scarecrows – in pictures
When Colin Garratt went to photograph the traditional sentinels of the British countryside, he found they ranged from the dapper to the downright sinister
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Break It To You Gently
Camera Obscura
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Fascinating Photos from the Secret Trash Museum in a New York Sanitation Garage
Garbage can be beautiful, if sorted correctly. By Dylan Thuras.
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How Frida Kahlo’s Love Letter Shaped Romance for Punk Poet Patti Smith
Sealed with a kiss, the 1940 note reflects the "earthly human love" between Kahlo and fellow artist Diego Rivera. By Patti Smith.
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The Crazy Attempt to Build a Database of Dreams
How one 1950s professor tried to build a gigantic database of thoughts and feelings. By Jeff Nunokawa.
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Joe Mangrum’s Temporary Sand Paintings Are Pure, Beautiful Magic
Artist Joe Mangrum has creating temporary artworks with sacks of colored sand since 2006. He’s made short-lived masterpieces all over the world, on streets and inside contemporary museums and galleries. He has completed nearly 1000 paintings, and here are some of his best.
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