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The air quality in China's biggest cities is famously atrocious, but designers think they may have found a way to combat the issue
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In his new book, Serpentine, Mark Laita captures the colors, textures and sinuous forms of a variety of snake species
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New short haircuts announced the wearers' break from tradition and boosted the hairdressing industry
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From the late-19th century to the 1970s, restaurants had one surefire way of standing out
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Ready-made meals, good for months on a pantry shelf, work for busy nights, camping trips and power outages
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Is it art? Or science? With DNA, Eduardo Kac pushes the limits of creativity and ethics
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Artists are borrowing from biology to create dazzling "biodesigns" that challenge our aesthetics—and our place in nature
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To combat the housing crisis in major American cities, architects are designing smaller, more efficient apartments that will change the way urbanites live
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Making healthy foods like tomatoes more palatable may increase our desire to eat these foods while decreasing our gravitation towards sugary snacks
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Macrophotographer Thomas Shahan takes portraits of spiders and insects in the hopes of turning your revulsion of the creatures into reverence
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Everything from parrots to gossipy novels influenced art in Japan between 1603 to 1868
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Finally, women could breathe deeply when the waist-nipping corset went out of style
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The more salt we eat, the more we crave. This new approach to less-salty cooking might help you step off the treadmill
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Ten years ago, the spice company identified chipotle as a taste on the rise. They're back at it again with new predictions for 2013
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Innovative architects are experimenting with small unmanned aerial vehicles to prove that drones can do more than cause destruction
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The Armory Show provoked reactions of love and hate; today it is recognized as changing American art forever
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A clever print by designer Jacqueline Schmidt pays homage to 12 different species with one thing in common—they mate for life
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Former Smithsonian taxidermist Paul Rhymer is a judge on "Immortalized," a TV competition that pits up-and-comers against superstars in the field
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Valentine's Day can be an occasion for quirky expressions of love
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Don't understand love? Not to worry. Scientists continue to study away to try to make sense of it for the rest of us
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