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Watch: Stanley Kubrick's Boxes

"It's like the '2001' of boxes." -Jon Ronson, commenting on one of Kubrick's custom-made boxes

Tuesday on American Experience: Tesla

All about the "patron saint of geeks."

Traceroute, A Documentary about Nerds and Annihilation

"Maybe the physically impossible promise of 'unlimited breadsticks' haunts my skeptical mind." -Johannes Grenzfurthner

Monday on PBS: James Randi in An Honest Liar

"No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived." -James Randi

Renaissance Faires Are a Way of Life for These Traveling Performers

In the short documentary 'American Renaissance,' directors Jarred Alderman and Ryan Scafuro go behind the scenes at the New York Renaissance Faire.

Monday on HBO: Becoming Mike Nichols

"There are only three types of scenes: negotiations, seductions, and fights." -Mike Nichols

Watch the History of the Apollo Program

To the moon!

Watch This: Powers of Ten

A zoom through the universe...and inside ourselves.

The Time Australia Accidentally Overran Itself With Toads

Humans have a long history of clever ideas that go horribly wrong.

Required Viewing: Everything is a Remix

How George Lucas, Led Zeppelin, the Beastie Boys, and tons of artists borrowed from others...and why that's okay.

'Star Wars Begins,' The Complete Filmumentary

If you like 'Star Wars,' set aside two hours to watch this.

Raiding the Lost Ark: The Ultimate Raiders Companion

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is 115 minutes long. This movie ABOUT "Raiders" is 143.

Tales from the World's Longest Yard Sale

The "127 Sale" is a 690-mile stretch of yard sales from Alabama to Michigan. Here's what happens there.

Video Premiere: Richard Feynman on Understanding

"My father, you see, interested me in patterns at the very beginning, and then later in things, like we would turn over stones and watch the ants carry the little white babies down deeper into the holes. We would look at worms. We’d go for walks and we’d