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Intermission: What It's Like to Be Gay in Rural America

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What Inspires You: The Wildlife Photographer

What Inspires You: The Wildlife Videographer

An acclaimed filmmaker and videographer, Bill Wallauer has spent 20 years documenting chimps in the wild. See what inspires his work.

Did the Discovery Channel Censor a Climate Change Show?

They say it's a "scheduling issue," but the channel that birthed "Shark Week" looks to be blocking climate change information.

Intermission: On 11/11/11, Turn it Up to 11

Today is Nigel Tufnel Day, which occurs once a century.

'As a Gay Man': Coming Out, Quinto-Style

Will actor Zachary Quinto's low-key confession in New York magazine usher in a new era of casual coming-out moments?

Who Will Win the Race to Build a Great Electric Vehicle?

The Revenge of the Electric Car, the sequel to 2006’s Who Killed the Electric Car? examines the competition to build a great EV.

Pan Am and The Playboy Club Trade Sexism For Nostalgia

Like Mad Men, two new shows about the 1960s shine a light on the women of pre-feminist America. Too bad they’re shilling revisionist history.

Something Doesn’t Add Up The Maddening Math of Crime Shows

Crunching the numbers on a crime show that’s supposed to be about math

Contagion's Reminder: In the Post-9/11 Age, Fear Goes Viral

Contagion gives space to a timely question: How do you stop the spread of one virus without also spreading panic?

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A journalist believes poor people shouldn't be able to afford VCRs, so we went shopping to find out if he's right.

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You're probably a snob for liking Don Draper but not Vinnie Chase.

How My Mother's Writing Helped Me Cope With Her Death

While the world celebrates my writer mother's life, I'm still coming to terms with her death.

Intermission: What It's Like to Be Gay in Rural America

This film about gay pride in Montana smashes assumptions not only of the LGBT community, but of small towns, too.

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Environmental cues may inform our eating habits even more than the taste of food.

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An acclaimed filmmaker and videographer, Bill Wallauer has spent 20 years documenting chimps in the wild. See what inspires his work.

They say it's a "scheduling issue," but the channel that birthed "Shark Week" looks to be blocking climate change information.

NBC sitcom Community is in trouble, and all this time I thought it was a runaway hit. Thanks for nothing, Twitter.

Today is Nigel Tufnel Day, which occurs once a century.

Will actor Zachary Quinto's low-key confession in New York magazine usher in a new era of casual coming-out moments?

The Revenge of the Electric Car, the sequel to 2006’s Who Killed the Electric Car? examines the competition to build a great EV.

Like Mad Men, two new shows about the 1960s shine a light on the women of pre-feminist America. Too bad they’re shilling revisionist history.

Crunching the numbers on a crime show that’s supposed to be about math

Contagion gives space to a timely question: How do you stop the spread of one virus without also spreading panic?

A journalist believes poor people shouldn't be able to afford VCRs, so we went shopping to find out if he's right.

You're probably a snob for liking Don Draper but not Vinnie Chase.

While the world celebrates my writer mother's life, I'm still coming to terms with her death.

This film about gay pride in Montana smashes assumptions not only of the LGBT community, but of small towns, too.

Environmental cues may inform our eating habits even more than the taste of food.

As 9/11's tenth anniversary nears, a filmmaker has put together a montage of the World Trade Center's movie moments.

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