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A new film recreates the epic voyage—and revives the controversy over its legendary leader, Thor Heyerdahl
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The famed playwright reminisces about how he got hooked on collecting artifacts from the golden era of air travel
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With ethereal artworks traced in flames and gunpowder, Cai Guo Qiang is making a big bang
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Photographer Thierry Cohen tries to reconnect city dwellers with nature through his mind-blowing composite images—now at New York City's Danziger Gallery
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They're the biggest innovation in higher education in years, but are they a threat to small universities and community colleges?
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The evolution of the All American Hero from artist's mannequin to action figure
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From brownies and milkshakes to casseroles and salads, Easter's favorite marshmallow can go a long way in the kitchen
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This breaded pie made from seals has been consumed during the Lenten season since 1555
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The iconic car changed the way families drove
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A German contemporary artist creates a meditative space—lined with beeswax—at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
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It's never been the most nutritious green at the grocers, but the versatile lettuce has a knack for sticking around on the dinner table
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Five years in, the merits of Make It Right's housing project are under new scrutiny
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A new series brings high-end style to vintage wear
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From rice to glitter, video and paint, these works reflect the best of contemporary portraiture
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With a surprisingly light touch, the New York City-based photographer instills feelings of solitude in his images of massive glaciers
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While Hawaii was once the big kahuna in pineapple production, it's since been overtaken by other global powers
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Even before there were armchairs, voracious bookworms traveled the world just by reading
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Modern headphones have their origin in opera houses, military bases and a kitchen table in Utah
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Conference-goers put into verse the ethane lakes on a Saturn moon, the orbital paths of Martian moons and a megachondrule's mistaken identity
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From toxins in textile dyes to torturous corsets, beauty has a long history of coming at a high cost
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