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A new record comes off the press machine at the GZ Media factory in Lodenice, Czech Republic in 2013

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Vinyl Presses Struggle to Keep up with the Resurgent Demand for Records

Only a handful of pressing plants can make records in the U.S. and their machinery is finicky

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Busted: A Years-Long Bourbon Conspiracy

Rogue distillery employee suspected to be at the center of a huge bourbon theft ring

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An Artist Is Trying To Preserve India’s Fading Street Sounds

As shopping malls and suburbs come to Delhi, one woman fights to save the sound of its street vendors

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"Look Ma, No Hands!" A Rock Climber Scales Cliffs Without Using His Hands

Famous British rock climber Johnny Dawes puts a twist on his sport

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These Were 2014’s Most Challenged Books

Native Americans, Iran and gay penguins top the American Library Association’s Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books

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Nine Out of Ten Americans Consider Themselves Middle Class

In a day and age when teens are tasked with picking multimillion dollar dream homes, it's not hard to see why

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What Would Closing the Wage Gap Mean?

The effects for single moms and racial minorities would be particularly significant

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These Mud Figures Fight Injustice

“Figures” challenges British austerity policies—and an artist’s physical endurance

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Meet Your New Favorite Font

Haas Unica, Helvetica’s long-lost sibling, is back after 30 years in obscurity

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Paintings Have Become Increasingly Blue

Move over, orange: modern art is all about hues of blue

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Cash-Strapped Museums are Selling Their Art

Faced with budget cuts and debt, museums turn to “deaccessioning”

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Here’s What the Apostles Ate at the Last Supper

Beans, charoset, and unleavened bread

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This Ancient Egyptian Masterpiece Might Be Fake

“Egypt’s Mona Lisa” is likely a sham

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There Are Communities of People Who Call Themselves Vampires

"Their self-described nature begins to manifest around or just after puberty"

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It Doesn’t Matter How Much Time Parents Spend With Their Kids

New research shows no link between amount of time spent with children and emotional, behavioral, or academic outcomes

Ashima Shiraishi training at Hueco Tanks State Natural Area in Texas when she was 10 years old

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This 13-Year-Old Girl Just Finished One of the World's Hardest Rock Climbs

Ashima Shiraishi scaled Spain's 'Open Your Mind Direct' in about ten minutes after a few days working on the project

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Numbers Don’t Lie: The CD Really Is Dead

Streaming revenues surpass CD revenues for the first time ever

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There's a Good Reason Why People Really Hate Paying Their Taxes

In a word: corporations

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Wikipedia Editing Shows That Different Countries Have Different Sets of Interests

New analysis shows that interests are local, not global

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Watching Cooking Shows Could Make You Fat

Put down the remote—new research links cooking shows, higher BMI

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