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*** Biosphere
Somewhere in a San Francisco mall, there's a shop selling psychedelic new-age posters of great whales singing their majestic songs, deep beneath the waves; and lush, green rainforests where thousands of exotic species thrive in harmony, far from the cities of man. Alexis Rockman's paintings will not be found there.
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Milk is Murder
There's more than one kind of bullsh*t that comes from cows. By David Helvarg.
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Obsolete Media
Rotting books, tape decks, old film cameras, antiquated computers--"knowledge as clutter, to be swept out to let air and light in." Photographs by Moyra Davey. Words by Geoffrey O'Brien.
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Rats
They can ruin your sex life. And eat your dinner. Human attempts to kill them are in vain. The Year of the Rat scurries on. By Stephen Williams.
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Why You Drive Where You Live
Tom Vanderbilt examines how the car became king, and suburbs the kingdom. A companion piece to the POV documentary, "Taken for a Ride."
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24 Hours In Manhattan
Moyra Davey can tell you what time it is in a New York minute.
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Shooters
What's it really like to pull the trigger? Interviews by Stephen Williams.
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