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Tech

Does Misery in Literature Really Follow Miserable Economics?

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By Ben Richmond
Tech

What a Bestseller About Vesuvius Does to Your Brain

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Tech

Ranking the Arts By How Much They Contribute to America’s GDP

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Tech

The British Library’s Wi-fi Blocked Hamlet, But These 14 Classics Are Way More Violent

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Tech

Zombies, the Apocalypse, and Alton Brown: The Motherboard Guide to the Bay Area Science Festival

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Tech

This Burlesque Movie by the ‘Reefer Madness’ Director Is Totally Nuts (NSFW)

10.24.12

By Mclean Gordon
Tech

The Town Hall Presidential Debate in 10 GIFs

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By Daniel Stuckey
Tech

The Entire VP Debate in Seven GIFs

10.12.12

By Daniel Stuckey
Tech

Resurrecting Atari’s Slyly Subversive TwiLight Screensavers as Digital Art Prehistory

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By Michael Byrne
Tech

Future Technologies That Will Not Kill You: The Most Mindbending Inventions at Ars Electronica

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