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What Does The Doctor Mean to You? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-11-21
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- description: It's the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who!!! Whovians everywhere are excited to see what the newest Doctor will bring to the character, and that got us thinking: what makes the Doctor, THE Doctor? 11 different doctors have played the role over the past...
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Is Pop Music Holding You Hostage? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-11-13
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- description: Love or hate pop music, it's pretty hard to escape. From Katy Perry to Lady Gaga, pop songs are recorded, packaged, and sold down a well worn pipeline, designed to make you, the listener, LOVE THIS SONG! But do you really? Does the song have real...
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Controlling vs "Being" Your Video Game Avatar | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-10-24
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- description: Do you control or *are* you your video game avatar? Avatars have increased in complexity over the years, from paddles and Pacman to highly rendered and human-like beings and first-person floating cameras. Whatever your avatar is, it is consistently a...
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Did Horse_ebooks Show Us that SPAM is the Web's Native Artform? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-10-16
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- description: Horse_ebooks was a twitter spambot par excellence. It was algorithmic assembled poetry. It was the soul in the machine. But we recently learned that for the past few years horse_ebooks was in fact human authored, by a Buzzfeed writer, no less! And...
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Can You Actually Enjoy Breaking Bad? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-10-09
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- description: We love Breaking Bad. So so much. But do we ENJOY it? The show undoubtedly satisfies, and over the past 6 years, the show has been a roller coaster of feelings: frustration, respect, horror, amazement, and more. But it may be similar to roller...
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Is There An Introvert Craze Because of Technology? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-10-02
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- description: Introverts are super popular right now, celebrated to the point of meme-level. Stereotypically quiet, smart, and reserved, they are often conflated with nerds (who are also currently deemed awesome according to pop culture). But why do we suddenly...
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How Does Night Vale Confront Us With the Unknown? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-09-25
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- description: Night Vale's masterful balance of mystery, humor, and horror has made it the #1 podcast in America. Night Vale employs the techniques of H.P. Lovecraft, specifically his masterful manipulation of THE UNKNOWN, but the medium chosen makes it literally...
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Are the Titans from Attack on Titan Evil? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-09-18
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- description: The titans, from the anime series Attack on Titan, are most definitely the bad guys. But can we call them EVIL? If you're unfamiliar, the titans are huge beings that devour humans, but their motivation is a little unclear. Is it just hunger? Do they...
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Are There TWO Nikola Teslas? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-09-11
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- description: Unless you're new to the internet, you probably know that Tesla was an incredibly popular scientist and inventor who was WAY ahead of his time. But was he really the valiant underdog against the Goliath of Edison that we've come to know and...
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Is the Internet Cats? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-08-14
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- description: I think we can all agree that the Internet has an intense, borderline obsessive, appreciation for cats. With felines as its spirit animal, the internet can even seem cat-like in personality. Where does all this kitteh love come from? Humans made the...
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Does It Matter What Evangelion's Creator Says? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-08-06
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- description: Hideaki Anno says Neon Genesis Evangelion is meaningless. For #GeekWeek we ask if we should listen to him. Neon Genesis Evangelion may be the MOST ultimate work of anime ever! More than just Mecha, NGE is dark and emotional, taking on serious topics...
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How Does Glitchy Art Show Us Broken Is Beautiful? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-07-24
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- description: We all love broken things. WAIT WHAT?! Yes, you read that correctly. You may have noticed this thing called "glitch", where people purposely push machines to malfunction, creating fascinating "mistakes". But instead of being frustrated and disdainful...
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Does Animal Crossing Promote Otaku Citizenship? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-07-10
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- description: Like us, you may not have initially realized the significance of Animal Crossing. Sure it's a simple game for kids, with cute animals and bright colors. But could it be true that it inspires otaku citizenship?! Otaku, if you don't know, means...
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Is the Discovery of Global Warming Our Greatest Scientific Achievement? | Idea Channel | PBS
- Published_at:2013-07-03
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- description: Global warming exists! But how do we know that? It may seem like a simple process of just looking at the temperature from year to year, but it is SO MUCH MORE than that! Our understanding of the global climate comes from a compendium of data including...
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Why Do We Love Zombies? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-06-19
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- description: Zombies are EVERYWHERE!! Wait, don't panic- we mean in pop culture, not outside your window. But why is that? Bad guys and monsters seem to go through phases: one decade there's a dozen movies about aliens, ten years later it's vampires. And right...
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Is Math a Feature of the Universe or a Feature of Human Creation? | Idea Channel | PBS
- Published_at:2013-06-03
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- description: Math is invisible. Unlike physics, chemistry, and biology we can't see it, smell it, or even directly observe it in the universe. And so that has made a lot of really smart people ask, does it actually even EXIST?!?! Similar to the tree falling in...
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Is Sad Music Actually Sad? | Idea Channel | PBS
- Published_at:2013-05-08
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- description: Be it Elliott Smith or Queen, classical or dub step, there's usually a clear understanding that some songs are sad, and some songs are happy. But what is it about the music that makes us feel these feelings we're feeling? You might think it has...
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Is A Tagged Instagram More Than Just A Photo? | Idea Channel | PBS
- Published_at:2013-04-24
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- description: Here's an idea: a tagged Instagram is more than just a photo. Sure, Instagram is pretty awesome, but it's even more #INTERESTING than you think! The hashtag, so simple and ubiquitous, raises the image from mere photo to a new complex entity. An...
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Is Community A Postmodern Masterpiece? | Idea Channel | PBS
- Published_at:2013-04-03
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- description: Here's an idea: Community is a postmodern masterpiece. Though the TV show Community has never achieved huge ratings, it has a passionate cult following, including us here at Idea Channel. The show plays with genre and narrative in such a creative...
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Is Piracy Helping Game of Thrones? | Idea Channel | PBS
- Published_at:2013-03-20
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- description: Here's an idea: Game Of Thrones owes its success to piracy. If you're like us, you LOVE Game of Thrones. But if you're also like us, you may not, technically, have... cable. So how are we seeing this amazing show on HBO, which is stuck behind a pay...
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Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism? | Idea Channel | PBS
- Published_at:2013-02-06
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- description: Transhumanism is a scientific philosophy that says technology will solve all our human biological constraints and that immortality is right around the corner (well not RIGHT around the corner, but WAYYY closer). They envision a world of endlessly...
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Is Homestuck the Ulysses of the Internet? | Idea Channel | PBS
- Published_at:2012-09-05
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- description: If you're unfamiliar, Homestuck is a webcomic created Andrew Hussie that is over 5000 PAGES so far! And it's still not complete!! It has a strong cult following, even though it presents incredible challenges to its readers; including a giant cast of...
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