Culture Archive

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  Feature

  'Arrested Development' Season 4 review: 'am I crazy, or is this good?'

  By David Pierce on May 28, 2013 01:30 pm + 150 comments

  "It's like you always say," George Michael tells his dad. "Family first unless there's a work Continue reading…

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  Feature

  Online classes can be enlightening, edifying, and engaging — but they're not college

  By Maria Bustillos on May 28, 2013 12:45 pm + 151 comments

  The future of higher education online is, at present, clear as mud. Do Massive Open Online Courses, Continue reading…

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  Article

  Is the new 'bible of psychiatry' a weapon for the courts?

  By Matt Stroud on May 28, 2013 12:00 pm + 38 comments

  Three members of Occupy Psychiatry protest the American Psychiatric Association at their annual Continue reading…

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  Article

  High-altitude traffic jams are depriving Mount Everest of its sense of adventure

  By Matt Brian on May 28, 2013 07:43 am + 74 comments

  Climbing Mount Everest is no longer the challenge it used to be, climbing experts are protesting. Continue reading…

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  Article

  'Kiss in Times Square' Leica camera fetches nearly $150,000 at auction

  By Sam Byford on May 28, 2013 03:28 am + 14 comments

  The Leica IIIa rangefinder that Albert Eisenstaedt used to take the famous Kiss in Times Square Continue reading…

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  Article

  Artificial intelligence reconstructs fragmented Jewish history

  By Amar Toor on May 27, 2013 07:27 am + 16 comments

  Researchers have spent years trying to piece together the Cairo genizah — a centuries-spanning Continue reading…

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  Article

  'Blue is the Warmest Colour' is the first comic book adaptation to win top prize at Cannes

  By Amar Toor on May 27, 2013 05:04 am + 71 comments

  Blue is the Warmest Colour, a French drama about a lesbian love affair, took home the top prize at Continue reading…

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  Article

  'Arrested Development' creator releases thank-you letter to fans, recommends watching new season in order

  By Bryan Bishop on May 26, 2013 03:30 pm + 55 comments

  At midnight last night Netflix released the highly-anticipated fourth season of Arrested Development, Continue reading…

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  Article

  The organic geometry of Tom Beddard's Fabergé Fractals

  By Amar Toor on May 26, 2013 02:25 pm + 13 comments

  Tom Beddard is a UK-based artist with a fractal fascination. Among his most fascinating works is a Continue reading…

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  Article

  The best writing of the week, May 26

  By Thomas Houston on May 26, 2013 10:30 am + 8 comments

  We all know the feeling. You're sleepless in the sad hours of the night or stumbling around early on Continue reading…