How would one go about getting (assisted and monitored) access to scientific/medical research equipment in the Chicago area? (fMRI, MRI, electron microscopes, mass spectrometry) [more inside]
posted by chambers on Sep 24, 2009 - 5 answers

How to visit Amish country in Ohio? I want to get beyond the for-tourist world and learn something more authentic about plain culture, but I don't want to be a rude outsider. Where should I go? Who should I talk to? What should I say? [more inside]
posted by terceiro on Aug 1, 2007 - 11 answers

What should I say/do to be polite about someone's baby? [more inside]
posted by Listener on Feb 9, 2007 - 44 answers

I am looking for some good documentaries about outsider artists. Anything you've seen that you've enjoyed or were fascinated by - long and small pieces, pieces about the art and pieces about the artist, old and new. Specifically of artists that are still living and who are interesting characters. Thanks, MeFi.
posted by billysumday on Nov 29, 2006 - 26 answers