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National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths Belt didn't let motherhood put her career on hold. In a new book, the award-winning photographer shares how she managed motherhood and global adventure during her 30-year career at the magazine.Web Extra: See Photos
Artist Ellen Frank revives the atelier, a workshop where apprentices learn the skills of a master.Web Extra:View a Gallery
The Houston Zoo, for example, offers a $500 experience, in which an orangutan paints just for you.
April 11, 2008 · Public confidence in journalism has been on a steady decline, but a new museum celebrating the profession aims to change that. The Newseum, which opens Friday in a brand-new building in Washington, D.C., features interactive exhibits and a journalistic ethics game.Web Extra: View a Gallery
March 30, 2008 · The creator of the television series The Twilight Zone often battled with the networks over the content of his scripts. Noon on Doomsday inspired by Emmett Till's story, was considered too hot for TV in the 50's. It was peformed for the first time Saturday night.
March 25, 2008 · Comic books — or, in more highbrow parlance, graphic novelizations — are nudging their way onto the shelves of bookstores and the pages of literary magazines. And writers such as Joss Whedon and Jodi Picoult are trying their hand at the genre.Web Extra: Read an Excerpt
March 16, 2008 · An Italian engineer believes a mural by Leonardo da Vinci that hasn't been seen for 500 years is hidden behind another wall painting, and he says he can prove it. Maurizio Seracini plans to use an energy beam that can read pigments through walls.
March 7, 2008 · This weekend the finale of the critically acclaimed urban drama The Wire airs on HBO. For 'Youth Radio's' Orlando Campbell, the series reflects what life is like in the inner city.
March 6, 2008 · A recently uncovered 1888 photo of Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, is notable because it shows the young Keller holding a doll. "Doll" was the first word the "Miracle Worker" Sullivan spelled out for her blind, deaf student — who amazed the world by learning to read and write.
February 23, 2008 · Photographer Amanda Jones, who takes pictures of people's beloved dogs. Her sessions run $1,400, not including the charge for prints. But she has plenty of takers among pet fans.
March 1, 2008 · Bill McLaughlin and Dick Hughes, two friends in their 80s, have toured all 203 museums in the Philadelphia area. The two began their museum beat as a distraction when McLaughlin's wife fell ill. They've documented their three years of museum hunting in "Travels with Dick and Bill," a guide published last month.
February 20, 2008 · Pythons, fighting fish, sports team logos — nothing is off-limits at "Hair Wars," a circus-like hair extravaganza. Founded in Detroit about 20 years ago, the event has expanded across the U.S., challenging the boundaries of what can be done with a person's hair.
February 20, 2008 · Photographer Kevin Connolly was born without legs and was used to being gawked at. Then he started gawking back — with a camera.Web Extra: Audio slideshow
February 15, 2008 · Transportation authorities in London ban subway ads for an exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts, calling them "overtly sexual." The posters feature a 16th century painting of Venus wearing nothing but a sheer veil.
February 16, 2008 · Last week Polaroid announced that it will no longer make its trademark instant film. Bernd Nobel of the International Center for Photography remembers the Polaroid picture.
New York University professor Randy Martin parses the shocking, the controversial and the profound.
Benson has spent the past five decades capturing famous faces — from the Beatles to the Clintons.
Formerly half of the comedy duo "Cheech and Chong," Marin is now making his mark in the art world.
In the 1970s, Clifford Irving got a million-dollar advance for an "autobiography" of Howard Hughes.
In this week's installment of Summary Judgment from online magazine Slate, we'll hear about the critics' verdicts on this week's new movies: Meet the Robinsons, The Lookout and Blades of Glory.
A question over the film's music rights has kept it out of theaters, despite its legions of fans.