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The Cowboy in Winter

The Cowboy in Winter

Two black dots appeared in the distance, barely visible through swirling snow. Drawing closer, they resol...

Dark Doubling

Dark Doubling

Gregor Schneider works in peculiar ways. A German sculptor and installation artist, he came on the scene...

Warhol’s Pop Politics

Warhol’s Pop Politics

No doubt Andy Warhol, who died in 1987, would have reveled in our current media-saturated election....

Q and A: Wanda Jackson

Q and A: Wanda Jackson

In the 1950s, Wanda Jackson was one of the first women to record rock 'n' roll. Now 70, Jackson is the...

Buried Treasure

Buried Treasure

Superficially, it was a hat: worn, discolored, mundane. It once belonged to a Pullman Company sleepi...

Mapping a Different View

Mapping a Different View

Last week I visited The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery , a delightful space in the Washington DC Jewish C...

Feeling Blue: Expressionist Art on Display in Munich

Feeling Blue: Expressionist Art on Display in Munich

If you spot a blue horse on your next trip to Munich, chances are that you've either been enjoying too...

Spirals of History

Spirals of History

In 1882, Robert Visser, a German merchant who had been offered an opportunity to manage cacao and coffee...

Q and A: Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Q and A: Christo and Jeanne-Claude

In 1976, installation artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude built Running Fence , a 24.5-mile fabric divide...

From Castro to Warhol to Mother Teresa, He Photographed Them All

From Castro to Warhol to Mother Teresa, He Photographed Them All

Photography fans know him as the man who shot Winston Churchill—shot him in 1941 in a back room at t...

NASA is getting serious about UFOs

NASA is getting serious about UFOs

New York (CNN Business) NASA's new chief is setting up an effort to further study unidentified flying...

Mysterious ancient 'dragon man' joins the human family tree

Mysterious ancient 'dragon man' joins the human family tree

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Montana issues air quality warning due to wildfire smoke

Montana issues air quality warning due to wildfire smoke

(CNN) Smoke from the Western wildfires has prompted officials in Montana to issue air quality warnings...

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died at age 90

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died at age 90

(CNN) Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission...

Meteor shower in May 2021: When to see the Eta Aquariids

Meteor shower in May 2021: When to see the Eta Aquariids

(CNN) In the early morning hours on Wednesday, the Eta Aquariids meteor shower will shoot streams of...

Meet the 'seed detective' on a mission to save our rarest vegetables

Meet the 'seed detective' on a mission to save our rarest vegetables

(CNN) Hidden amongst lush Welsh woods and fields of wildflowers, grows an assortment of rare vegetable...

Meet 'dragon man,' the latest addition to the human family tree

Meet 'dragon man,' the latest addition to the human family tree

(CNN) A cranium hidden at the bottom of a well in northeastern China for more than 80 years may belong...

Medieval Europeans regularly reopened graves — and not to rob them

Medieval Europeans regularly reopened graves — and not to rob them

(CNN) Early Medieval graves in Europe were reopened as part of widespread burial traditions -- not onl...

Marsquakes reveal the mysterious interior of the red planet

Marsquakes reveal the mysterious interior of the red planet

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Mars on Earth: Apply for NASA's simulated Martian mission

Mars on Earth: Apply for NASA's simulated Martian mission

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