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Paint By Numbers
Artists and collectors looking to cash in on the reported one percent’s run on the international art market…
Spying on the Spooks
Armed with binoculars and a standard camera, a different sort of birdwatcher keeps tabs on the world's spy satellites.
Some Thoughts on Julia Child And a Picture of Her Favorite Taqueria
The market for tributes to Julia Child is a crowded one, but on the 100th anniversary of her…
A Woman’s Place is On the Page
New research traces the dramatic rise in feminine pronouns in books over the past century.
Sex Shapes How We Hear Music
Once a year, it seems, the worlds of gender studies, fashion and classical music collide at the Hollywood…
Will Climate Change Wipe Out Surfing?
There is already evidence that storms driven by climate change are causing bigger swells—which makes surfers happy. What makes surfers worry is sea level rise.
Hate Rock 101
A sociologist explains why Sikh temple shooter Wade M. Page's white-power music scene is dying out, just as we're all discovering it.
The Rise and Fall of Sexual Promiscuity
Sleeping around once had its benefits, but turns out women may have given up better fertility for better security.
North Korea is Winning the Olympics
In an Olympic showdown that Jimmy Kimmel is presumably writing jokes about this very second, North Korea’s An…