The contemporary art world was shocked in 2010 when the prestigious Turner prize went to a voice installation, the work of the Scottish artist Susan Philipsz.
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All eyes have been on the Middle East for some months now. But al Qaeda has been conspicuous for its absence...
"Fight Club" for women -- that's the book Sarai Walker wanted to read. So she wrote it herself. "Dietland" is a revenge fantasy and feminist manifesto for fat girls and women everywhere. If you've ever felt ashamed of your body, this is the book for you.
Travel writer William Dalrymple has lived in India since 1989, witnessing the economic boom and the cultural changes that followed.
Shaun Alexander tells Steve Paulson what chess does for him and why he thinks it’s good for inner city youth.
The process of data sonification is exactly what it sounds like: the translation of data points into various sounds, each with unique characteristics that can change over time. So instead of turning your spreadsheets into charts and graphs, they can now be turned into a kind of music. Matt Kenney demonstrates how it's done.
Some of the greatest trips give us that feeling of traveling back in time. Last summer, Aubrey Ralph did nearly that, when he spent nine days sailing aboard a 200 year old tall ship, across two Great Lakes. He was with the reconstructed U.S. Brig Niagara as she shoved off from her home port in Erie, PA.
Psychologist Stanley Coren tells Jim Fleming how the modern dog developed and why they have such an important place in people's lives.
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