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Dan McPharlinA scale model produced by designer illustrator Dan McPharlin for Lo Recordings.

Dan McPharlin

A scale model produced by designer illustrator Dan McPharlin for Lo Recordings.

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Rip Curl CanyonThe rip curl cayon was a kind of mythical location in the american west where land and water collide, far from houston’s flat drained swamps….

Rip Curl Canyon

The rip curl cayon was a kind of mythical location in the american west where land and water collide, far from houston’s flat drained swamps….

Apr 09
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Making Money Hand Over FistAn oil trader demonstrates the hand signals used on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Text and graphics by Ben Schott, a contributing columnist.

Making Money Hand Over Fist

An oil trader demonstrates the hand signals used on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Text and graphics by Ben Schott, a contributing columnist.

Apr 08
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Wear a condom save the AmazonMaking love might not seem like the most obvious way to save the world’s largest tropical rainforest - and combat the threat of Aids.[image source]

Wear a condom save the Amazon

Making love might not seem like the most obvious way to save the world’s largest tropical rainforest - and combat the threat of Aids.

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Apr 07
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Meat BeatTwo decades ago, Jack Dangers co-founded Meat Beat Manifesto, a band that delivered an explosive mashup of performance, multimedia and head-trip soundtracking that teased brains as ably as it packed dance floors.

Meat Beat

Two decades ago, Jack Dangers co-founded Meat Beat Manifesto, a band that delivered an explosive mashup of performance, multimedia and head-trip soundtracking that teased brains as ably as it packed dance floors.

Apr 06
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The erotics of investingWhen young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make a larger financial gamble than if they were shown a picture of something scary, such as a snake, or something neutral, such as a stapler, university researchers reported.

The erotics of investing

When young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make a larger financial gamble than if they were shown a picture of something scary, such as a snake, or something neutral, such as a stapler, university researchers reported.

Apr 05
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The end of the line?An unlikely row has erupted in France over suggestions that the semicolon’s days are numbered; worse, the growing influence of English is apparently to blame. Jon Henley reports on the uncertain fate of this most subtle and misused of punctuation marks. Aida Edemariam discovers which writers love it - and which would be glad to see it disappear

The end of the line?

An unlikely row has erupted in France over suggestions that the semicolon’s days are numbered; worse, the growing influence of English is apparently to blame. Jon Henley reports on the uncertain fate of this most subtle and misused of punctuation marks. Aida Edemariam discovers which writers love it - and which would be glad to see it disappear