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Why Borders Disfigure Landscapes as Well as Thoughts

WALLONWALL is a photo exhibition on the Berlin Wall about walls that separate people worldwide.

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Barbie Gets Crucified in Germany

Would you want to visit the Barbie Dreamhouse or are you glad people are out protesting?

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In Berlin, the Smallest Monuments Leave Biggest Impression

These tiny monuments in Berlin leave a big impression of Nazi Germany.

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How Gnocchi From Uruguay Landed in a Berlin Kitchen

A family recipe has been passed on. Yet, two generations later, the general attitude towards food has changed dramatically. Not very long ago, sustainable householding was not so much an option as a necessity of everyday life.

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After a Decade Hiatus, David Bowie Is Back With a Love Letter to Berlin

After 10 years David Bowie announces the release of a new album.

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Open Source Year: One Man's Experiment in Living Without Copyrighted Products

Berlin filmmaker Sam Muirhead will live for a year without proprietary goods in the ultimate DIY maker experiment. But what about toilet paper?

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Confronting Comfort: BMW Guggenheim Lab Opens

Brought to you by BMW Guggenheim Lab. The lab opens in Berlin today, calling on city residents to confront urban comfort and inspire change.

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Feast Your Eyes: Uli Westphal's Archive of Non-standard Fruits, Roots, and Vegetables

Stunning photos of forked carrots and curvy cucumbers ask us to rethink how we perceive and classify food—and what that says about us.

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Feast Your Eyes: A Tree Made from Sausages

Vintage photos from a food and agriculture trade show capture today's innovations—vertical farming and fruit-vending machines—yesterday.

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Stem Cell Transplant "Cures" Patient's HIV but Isn't Yet Scalable

The process is not yet scalable, but a patient appears to have been "cured" of HIV and leukemia through a stem cell transplant.

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Video: Aaron Rose Explores Berlin's Famous Kreuzberg Neighborhood

Director Aaron Rose explores West Berlin's Kreuzberg neighborhood with an iPhone 4 HD camera.

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Berlin Gives Fixies das Boot

In Berlin, fixed-gear bicycles are now illegal. The news comes from The Local, and English-language German news site: In a country where...

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Updates: JR

When we last saw street artist JR, he was pasting large pictures of Israelis and Palestinians on either side of the Gaza Wall. Now, he's taken his...