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2000 to 2010: Charting How the World Has Changed

 2000 to 2010: Charting How the World Has Changed

Stephanie Fox and io9 create a visual depiction of how the world changed from 2000 to 2010.

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The Science of Kissing: Why Do We Do It?

The Science of Kissing: Why Do We Do It?

Sheril Kirshenbaum's new book, The Science of Kissing, explores the history and biology behind mankind's most recognizable gesture of affection.

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Image of the Day: "The Book's Story," by Cara Barer

Image of the Day: "The Book's Story," by Cara Barer

Cara Barer's "The Book's Story" is a cross between photography, found art, and sculpture.

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Street Art Versus Graffiti, in Chart Form

Street Art Versus Graffiti, in Chart Form

What's the difference between street art and graffiti?

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Car-Free New York City Streets, a Beautifully Illustrated Dream

Car-Free New York City Streets, a Beautifully Illustrated Dream

For a recent New York Times opinion piece, Bruce McCall imagines what the Big Apple might look like if all roads were car-free. It's not pretty.

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Image of the Day: Make This Better in Ripper's Valley

Image of the Day: Make This Better in Ripper's Valley

Broken City Lab set up these brighlty colored cardboard letters to call attention to Windsor, Ontario's "dead-zone" known to as "Ripper's Valley."

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Julian Assange Free to Fight His Extradition

Julian Assange has been released on bail. Again.

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Pew Report: More Seniors Use Facebook; No One Uses Second Life

Pew Report: More Seniors Use Facebook; No One Uses Second Life

There's nothing shocking about the new Pew Internet and American Life Project report, but the information speaks volumes about the way we live...

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Image of the Day: Transparent City Voyeurism from Michael Wolf

Image of the Day: Transparent City Voyeurism from Michael Wolf

Michael Wolf's Transparent City #39 is one of many voyeuristic visions of big cities on display at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery.

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Black Segregation Hits 100-Year Low

Black Segregation Hits 100-Year Low

New Census figures from 2005 to 2009 show that black residential segregation has decreased since the year 2000 to reach a 100-year low.

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Image of the Day: Mapping Racial and Financial Identity in America

Image of the Day: Mapping Racial and Financial Identity in America

  Mapping America: Every City, Every Block is an interactive feature by The New York Times that allows you to explore the financial, racial, and...

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Video: Making Skateboards by Hand in France

Video: Making Skateboards by Hand in France

Jeremy Hughes shot this beautiful video that follows the start to finish process of hand-making a new Rekiem skateboard.

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Top 10 of Everything 2010

Time breaks down the top 10 of everything—from news to science to political gaffes to art to pop culture—from this past year.

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Assange Granted Bail, Sent Back to Jail

Julian Assange was granted bail, briefly, then sent back to prison, where he awaits a possible extradition decision.

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Video: 270 Films from 2010 in Six Minutes

Video: 270 Films from 2010 in Six Minutes

One ambitious cinephile took 270 films that were either produced or distributed in 2010 and edited them into the following video, "Filmography 2010."

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Blu Responds to MOCA Censorship; Won't Paint Over Erased Mural

Blu Responds to MOCA Censorship; Won't Paint Over Erased Mural

Blu says getting buffed from MOCA's wall amounts to censorship that almost turned into self-censorship. The artist won't paint another.

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Birds of America's Record-Breaking Sale

After much build-up, the world's most expensive book, James Audubon's Birds of America, sold for a record $10.3 million at auction.  

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Stem Cell Transplant "Cures" Patient's HIV but Isn't Yet Scalable

Stem Cell Transplant "Cures" Patient's HIV but Isn't Yet Scalable

The process is not yet scalable, but a patient appears to have been "cured" of HIV and leukemia through a stem cell transplant.

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For the David Foster Wallace Fan Who Has Everything

As of today, David Foster Wallace superfans can now purchase his undergraduate thesis, Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will.

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Gawker Accounts Hacked: How to Protect Your Info

Here is a tool to see whether your Gawker profile was hacked. If it was, immediately change your password, especially if you use the same...

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