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How an Experiment to Amplify Light in Hospital Operating Rooms Led to the Accidental Invention of the Snow Globe
The origins of the decoration lie in Vienna’s 17th district, where the inventor’s descendants are still making them for ...
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A Brilliant Folk Musician Turned the Natural Sounds of the Blue Ridge Mountains Into Powerful Songs
Daniel Bachman is on a mission to evoke Virginia’s past through strange medleys of sounds Brendan Fitzgerald Daniel Bachman ...
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At the Smithsonian’s National Design Museum, a Home Is What You Make of It
In a new exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, artists explore just what makes a space feel like home ...