Michelle Legro
Michelle Legro is an associate editor at Lapham's Quarterly and the web editor of laphamsquarterly.org. Her writing has appeared online at The Second Pass, The Rumpus, and The New Yorker Book Bench.
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'The Lady Anatomist': 18th-Century Wax Sculptures by Anna Manzolini
Wax anatomists of the time had to be incredibly well-versed in medicine and skilled in sculpture, and few were as talented as Anna Manzolini.
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One Small Stitch for Man: The Best and Worst of the Etsy/NASA Crafts Contest
NASA and the craft site Etsy teamed up. What could go wrong? What could go right?
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Ken Jennings vs. Watson 'Jeopardy' Liveblog
Watch this space for live coverage of the robot takeover or humanity's finest hour as IBM's Watson competes on Jeopardy!
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Old, Weird Tech: Christmas Robot Baby Edition
Thousands of robot dolls screeched "Merry Christmas" when stuffed with Edison's tiny, hand-cranked phonographs
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Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain
Over the years, neuroscientists have invented new ways of seeing
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Old, Weird Tech: Telharmonium Edition
A sound system built for the masses, this "perfect" instrument had listeners yearning for missing human tics