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Scintillating Evergreen
At the Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal tells how the Christmas tree helped to domesticate the terrifying energies of electricity around the turn of the last century. Read More »
The Dictionary of Lost Moving-Picture Media
Animaloscope, cinnomonograph, katoptiikum, lobsterscope, mutoscope, phenakistoscope, vivrescope, xograph—just a few of the turn-of-the-last-century's names for a strange new medium. Read More »
To preserve the union, it took a lot of boxes
Along with advances in telegraphy, weaponry, and medicine, the Civil War seems to have touched off a revolution in box-making. Read More »
Mobile and the perpetual renewal of the public sphere
At the Web 2.0 Summit, a look at the emergence of mobile technology and unforeseen twists in the story of the digital divide and the ongoing evolution of the public sphere. Read More »
