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  The incredible shadow-dancing light sculptures of Diet Wiegman

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 21, 2013 08:49 am + 20 comments

  For almost 50 years, Diet Wiegman has created beauty from junk. Wiegman's light sculptures utilize Continue reading…

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  The bizarre bunkerization of communist Albania

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 13, 2013 06:06 am + 19 comments

  Under communism, Albania was in a near perpetual state of paranoia, formally at war with neighboring Continue reading…

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  130 years later, modern software helps complete Gaudi's architectural masterpiece

  By Amar Toor on March 11, 2013 07:03 am + 24 comments

  Construction on the Sagrada Familia began in 1883, when famed architect Antoni Gaudi first laid the Continue reading…

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  Obama's hokey Jedi religion makes more sense than you think

  By Amar Toor on March 3, 2013 11:37 am + 123 comments

  President Obama drew a lot of criticism from sci-fi fans last week, when he conflated Star Trek and S Continue reading…

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  Watch the Oscars in its entirety on Hulu and ABC

  By Amar Toor on February 25, 2013 05:50 am + 9 comments

  If you missed Sunday night's Oscars ceremony you're in luck, because the show will soon be available Continue reading…

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  The Classics: cultural artifacts for the new millennium

  By Adi Robertson on February 18, 2013 11:47 am

  The Classics are must-see, must-read, must-play works revered by The Verge staff. They offer Continue reading…

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  Library of Congress aims to preserve old audio recordings for future generations

  By Amar Toor on February 14, 2013 05:43 am + 3 comments

  The Library of Congress this week announced a new program designed to help preserve some of Continue reading…

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  Watch 'The Kidnappers Foil,' the movie one man remade hundreds of times

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 12, 2013 08:14 am + 9 comments

  From the 1930s to the early seventies, Texan filmmaker Melton Barker spent his life shooting the Continue reading…

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  What Wikipedia's most popular pages say about us

  By Amar Toor on February 11, 2013 03:28 am + 48 comments

  Wikipedia member West.andrew.g has spent more than three years downloading and analyzing data on Continue reading…

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  It's a surreal life, 'At Home with the Furries'

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 4, 2013 04:12 am + 12 comments

  Tom Broadbent has spent the past few years photographing "Furries" — people who spend parts of Continue reading…