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The Hungry Tide
On the coast, nothing is permanent. By John Nova Lomax.
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There’s Something about Russia
I remember when I first saw one of Frank Herfort’s photographs and thought it looked like a movie still from some iconic film that I’d somehow never seen...
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Matisse: The Joy of Things
Matisse, unsurprisingly, had strong feelings about the objects of his daily life. They delighted, inspired, or confounded him, in their humble ordinariness and in all that they evoked. These mundane items, the organizing principle for the exhilarating show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, served as sparks for Matisse’s art. By Claire Messud.
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Your guide to August’s solar eclipse
Totality, traffic, telescopes: How ready are you for the event of the century? By Paige Blankenbuehler. (July 7, 2017)
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Masses of Beautiful Alabaster
Humans have long struggled to describe the grandeur and beauty of icebergs.
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The Peculiar Poetry of Paris’s Lost and Found
In modern France, man’s uninterrupted right to his possessions, even his misplaced ones, is one of his most basic. By Nadja Spiegelman.
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Thirty of the World’s Most Valuable Treasures That Are Still Missing
Some of these treasures are now likely destroyed, including the Ark of the Covenant, but some may still exist and be recovered — such as the crown jewels of Ireland, a 333-carat pink diamond and mysterious treasure depicted in a Dead Sea Scroll. By Owen Jarus.
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On eBay, a Fantastical, Earnest World of Haunted Dolls
Once you’ve seen one cracked porcelain face with a dead-eyed pout, you’ve seen ’em all. Instead, it’s the sellers’ storytelling that provides the charge. By Katherine Carlson.
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Seances
Seances is an indefatigable film generating machine that deliberately creates films only to destroy them after their one and only viewing.
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Transient
Dustin Farrell
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The house that Edek built
The architect, his modernist post-War home, and the suitcase full of secrets he kept inside. By Monica Whitlock.
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How to Design Beacons for Humanity’s Afterlife
A time capsule meant to teach aliens about humans could consist of math, DNA, a bot, or a brain—or something else entirely. By Stephen Wolfram.
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So in Love
Hailey Tuck
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La Grande
Laura Gibson
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In Japan, a Buddhist Funeral Service for Robot Dogs
An electronics repair company gives a compassionate farewell to mechanical pets, with a traditional ceremony held in a historic temple. By James Burch.
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On the Remembrance of Death
Death is perhaps one of the most terrifying concepts a human being can grapple with... By Mustapha Itani.
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Selika, Mystery of the Belle Epoque
Selika Lazevski exists in six photographs and nowhere else. She was a black Amazon in Belle Epoque Paris, a horsewoman without a horse. By Susanna Forrest.
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Mirrors
No matter how miraculous a reflection may seem, it is always a harbinger of death. By Meghan O’Gieblyn.
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Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think
The Specials
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Geology Makes You Time-Literate
A scientist tells us how her field instills timefulness. By Marcia Bjornerud.
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