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Touring Dallas’ Architectural Graveyard

One suspects Dallas-area developers aren’t really haunted by the ghosts of the buildings they’ve knocked down. But there’s one place in town that is: The Park and Rec’s Boneyard. And you can visit it this Friday.

Afternoon Delight: Why Do We Cry?

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Unfortunately, this has been a week with a lot of tears. This video explains the science behind why we cry.

The ‘Green’ Bush: The New Presidential Center’s Eco-Sensitive Design

Naturally, we kick off our series, Inside the Bush Center, with a look mostly at the outside. George W. Bush did not have a great environmental record as president. His new Center at SMU is a different matter.

Revealing Shakespeare’s Dark Lady and Her Texas Relatives

Emilia Bassano was the daughter of Italian Jews in Elizabethan London and an outspoken defender of women in print. But was she Shakespeare’s lover? A UNT professor wrote a play about her — and found that Emilia has kinfolk hereabouts.

Art&Seek Jr: Spend the Day With Your Mother (Earth,That Is)

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It’s easy being green. Find out how at one of these fun Earth Day celebration this weekend.

This Week in Texas Music History: Johnny Dollar

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a rockabilly singer who always had a dollar to his name.

Friday Morning Roundup

Today in the roundup: David Lowery to direct Robert Redford, the Perot Museum earns an environmental distinction and the DMA offers an incentive.

Here Be Monsters: Kimbell Purchases Two Mayan Ceramics

They’re like highly-detailed totem poles made of heads of jaguars and reptile-gods. The two stands held the ceremonial bowl where the copal incense was burned – in Chiapas around 700 A. D. These babies are rare in the U.S.

Q&A: Birds of Paradise’s Ed Scholes

On Thursday, National Geographic Live! brings its Birds of Paradise program to the AT&T Performing Arts Center. Guest blogger Danielle Marie Georgiou spoke with ornithologist Ed Scholes for a preview.

Afternoon Delight: Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?

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It’s that time of year where the answer could come in handy. Your gut answer is probably correct, but here’s the physics that backs it up.

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