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• Was the Baghdad Battery Actually a Battery?: An Archaeologist Demystifies the 2,000-Year-Old Artifact, 10 Dec 2025 in History
• See What the Original Mona Lisa Likely Looked Like, 09 Dec 2025 in Art&History
• How Frank Gehry (RIP) and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Changed Architecture, 08 Dec 2025 in Architecture
• The Gnostic Gospels: An Introduction to the Forbidden Teachings of Jesus, 05 Dec 2025 in History&Religion
• Did Tintin Creator Hergé Collaborate with the Nazis? A Historical Investigation, 04 Dec 2025 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&History
• Why Do Filmmakers Call The Battle of Algiers the Greatest War Movie Ever?: Watch It Free Online, 03 Dec 2025 in Film&History
• The Unlikely Friendship of Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla, 02 Dec 2025 in History&Literature&Technology
• Inside Disney’s Long, Frustrated Quest to Create Artificial Human Beings: A Six-Hour Documentary, 01 Dec 2025 in History&Technology
• An Immersive, ASMR-Style Look at Japanese Woodblock Printing, 01 Dec 2025 in Art
• How the “Marvelization” of Cinema Accelerates the Decline of Filmmaking, 28 Nov 2025 in Film
• What Was the Most Revolutionary Painting of the 20th Century?: The Case for Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 26 Nov 2025 in Art&History
• How to Improve Your Attention Span: Daniel Pink’s Strategies for the Digital Age, 25 Nov 2025 in Psychology
• Take a 2‑Hour Walking Tour Through New York City: Architects Reveal the Secrets Behind Its Most Iconic Buildings, 24 Nov 2025 in Architecture&History
• How IKEA Revolutionized Furniture-Making, 21 Nov 2025 in Business&Design
• Why Movies Don’t Feel Real Anymore: A Close Look at Changing Filmmaking Techniques, 20 Nov 2025 in Film
• An Introduction to Hilma af Klint: Once a Forgotten Painter, Now a Celebrated Pioneer of Abstract Art, 19 Nov 2025 in Art
• The Fascinating History of Tarot Card Decks: From the Renaissance to the Modern Day, 18 Nov 2025 in Art&History&Museums
• Why Overconfidence Is Our Most Dangerous Cognitive Bias, 17 Nov 2025 in Psychology
• Why Your Vision of Ancient Rome Is All Wrong, According to Historian Mary Beard, 14 Nov 2025 in History
• How Paris Became Paris: The Story Behind Its Iconic Squares, Bridges, Monuments & Boulevards, 13 Nov 2025 in Architecture&History
• Watch 50 David Bowie Music Videos Spanning Five Decades of Reinvention: “Space Oddity,” “Life on Mars?” “ ‘Heroes’,” “Let’s Dance” & More, 12 Nov 2025 in Film&Music
• The Groundbreaking Animation That Defined Pink Floyd’s Psychedelic Visual Style: Watch “French Windows” (1972), 11 Nov 2025 in Animation&Film&Music
• The Ambitious Engineering Behind the Golden Gate Bridge, 10 Nov 2025 in Architecture&History
• The Roman Empire’s Vast Road Network—186,000 Miles of It—Has Just Been Mapped in a New Digital Atlas, 07 Nov 2025 in History&Maps
• Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Inventions Rendered in 3D Animation: Helicopters, Robotic Knights, The First Ever Diving Suit & More, 06 Nov 2025 in History&Technology
• Discover the Oldest Book of the Americas: A Close Look at the Astronomical Maya Codex of Mexico, 05 Nov 2025 in Astronomy&Books&History
• Inside the Making of the Alien Suit: How H. R. Giger’s Dark Vision Came to Life in Ridley Scott’s Film, 05 Nov 2025 in Film&Sci Fi
• How Marlon Brando Changed Acting: Inside a Scene from On the Waterfront, 04 Nov 2025 in Film&History
• Explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconic Houses Through Eight Short Documentaries, 04 Nov 2025 in Architecture
• Celebrate Halloween with Michael Jackson’s Horrifically Entertaining “Thriller” Music Video—and a Behind-the-Scenes Documentary, 31 Oct 2025 in Film&Music
• When Marcel Duchamp Drew a Mustache & Goatee on the Mona Lisa (1919), 30 Oct 2025 in Art&History
• Roger Waters Reflects on the Haunting Psychological Decline of Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett, 30 Oct 2025 in Music
• A Tour of a Utopian Home Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Presented by His Last Living Client, 29 Oct 2025 in Architecture&History
• How Saul Bass Designed the Strange Original Poster for Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, 28 Oct 2025 in Art&Design&Film
• You Can Now See the Parthenon Without Scaffolding for the First Time in 200 Years, 24 Oct 2025 in Architecture&History
• How Did The World Get So Ugly?: Then Versus Now, 23 Oct 2025 in Design&History
• The 135 Movies You Must See to Understand Cinema, 22 Oct 2025 in Film&History
• When a Salvador Dalí Sketch Was Stolen from Rikers Island Prison (2003), 21 Oct 2025 in Art&History
• The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time, According to 750,000 Readers in the UK (2003), 20 Oct 2025 in Books&Literature
• The Surprising Power of Boredom: It Lets You Confront Big Questions & Give Life Meaning, 17 Oct 2025 in Life&Psychology
• The Genius Engineering of Roman Aqueducts, 16 Oct 2025 in Architecture&History&Technology
• 78 Great Directors Who Shaped the History of Cinema: An Introduction, 15 Oct 2025 in Film
• Why Real Biblical Angels Are Creepy, Beastly, and Hardly Angelic, 15 Oct 2025 in History&Religion
• The 1976 Synth Album That Promised to Help Your Plants Grow: Discover Mother Earth’s Plantasia, 13 Oct 2025 in Music
• Every Filmed and Televised Performance by Joy Division (1978–79), 10 Oct 2025 in Music&Television
• When David Bowie Starred in—and Created Music for—a Dystopian Cyberpunk Video Game: Discover Omikron: The Nomad Soul (1999), 08 Oct 2025 in Music&Video Games
• Einstein’s Divorce Letters and the Cruel List of Marital Demands He Imposed on His First Wife, 07 Oct 2025 in History&Letters&Science
• What’s the Most Banned Book of the 2024–25 School Year?: A Clockwork Orange, 07 Oct 2025 in Books
• What a Lack of Social Contact Does to Your Brain, 03 Oct 2025 in Psychology
• See Beethoven’s Entire 9th Symphony Visualized in Colorful Animations, 02 Oct 2025 in Animation&Music
• Discover the Oldest, Weirdest Instrument On Earth: The Lithophone, 01 Oct 2025 in Music&Nature
• An Introduction to Moebius, the Comic Artist Who Influenced Blade Runner and Miyazaki, 30 Sep 2025 in Art&Comics/Cartoons
• Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Critically & Knowing Pseudoscience When You See It, 29 Sep 2025 in Books&Science
• Meryl Streep’s First Film Role Was in an Animated Film on Erik Erikson’s Stages of Life (1976), 29 Sep 2025 in Animation&Life&Psychology
• A Tour of the New David Bowie Archive Featuring 90,000 Artifacts from His Life & Career, 25 Sep 2025 in Museums&Music
• Explore a New Digital Edition of Printing Types, the Authoritative History of Printing & Typography from 1922, 24 Sep 2025 in Books&Design
• A Trip Around the World in 1900: See Restored Footage Showing Life in New York, London, India, Japan, China & Beyond, 23 Sep 2025 in Film&History
• When CBS Canceled The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for Criticizing the American Establishment and the Vietnam War (1969), 22 Sep 2025 in Comedy&History&Television
• Explore the Fascinating Map of Fungi: An Introduction to the Vast Mushroom Kingdom, 22 Sep 2025 in Biology&Maps
• A 107-Year-Old Irish Farmer Reflects on the Changes He’s Seen During His Life (1965), 18 Sep 2025 in History&Television
• How a 19th Century Scientist Created Incredibly Realistic 3D Models of the Moon (1874), 17 Sep 2025 in History&Science
• When Michelangelo Created Artistic Designs for Military Fortifications to Protect Florence (1529–1530), 16 Sep 2025 in Art&History
• Everything That Went Wrong During The Wizard of Oz’s Seriously Troubled Production, 15 Sep 2025 in Film&History
• The Horrifying Paintings of Francis Bacon, 12 Sep 2025 in Art&History&Religion
• The Technology That Brought Down Medieval Castles and Changed the Middle Ages, 11 Sep 2025 in Architecture&History
• How Erik Satie Invented Modern Music: A Visual Explanation, 10 Sep 2025 in History&Music
• The Advanced Technology of Ancient Rome: Automatic Doors, Water Clocks, Vending Machines & More, 09 Sep 2025 in History&Technology
• What an 85-Year-Long Harvard Study Says Is the Real Key to Happiness, 08 Sep 2025 in Life&Psychology
• Why You Should Only Work 3–4 Hours a Day, Like Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf & Adam Smith, 08 Sep 2025 in Life&Productivity
• How Egon Schiele Made Enduring Art from His Troubled Life and Times, 04 Sep 2025 in Art&History
• Hear the First Masterpiece of Electronic Music, Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Gesang der Jünglinge, 03 Sep 2025 in Music
• How Raphael Became A Master: Watch the Evolution of the Artist Through His Madonna Paintings, 02 Sep 2025 in Art&History
• Empire Without Limit: Watch Mary Beard’s TV Series on Ancient Rome, 01 Sep 2025 in History&Television
• Hear the Long-Lost Chants of English Monks, Revived for the First Time in 500 Years, 29 Aug 2025 in History&Music&Religion
• The 1830s Device That Created the First Animations: The Phenakistiscope, 28 Aug 2025 in Animation&Film&History&Technology
• Watch Momijigari, Japan’s Oldest Surviving Film (1899), 27 Aug 2025 in Film&History&Theatre
• Franz Kafka’s Anxious Letters to His Fiancée, Read Aloud by Richard Ayoade, 26 Aug 2025 in History&Letters&Literature
• Seven Philosophy Books for Beginners: Where to Start, 26 Aug 2025 in Books&Philosophy
• The Origins of Satan: The Evolution of the Devil in Religion, 25 Aug 2025 in History&Religion
• Did Paul McCartney Really Die in 1966? How the Biggest Beatles Conspiracy Theory Spread, 22 Aug 2025 in History&Music
• The Ancient Roman Dodecahedron: The Mysterious Object That Has Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries, 21 Aug 2025 in History
• 21 Rules for Living from Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s Samurai Philosopher (1584–1645), 20 Aug 2025 in History&Philosophy
• Yuval Noah Harari Explains How to Protect Your Mind in the Age of AI, 19 Aug 2025 in Current Affairs&Technology
• What Is Kabbalah? An Introduction to the Jewish Mystical Tradition, 15 Aug 2025 in Religion
• The Stunt That Ended Buster Keaton’s Brilliant Career, 14 Aug 2025 in Film&History
• Tim Burton Visits a Paris Video Store & Talks About His Favorite Movies, 13 Aug 2025 in Film
• How Ancient Greek Technology Was Used to Sculpt Mount Rushmore, 12 Aug 2025 in History&Technology
• Why Ancient Romans Paid a Fortune for the Color Purple — More Than Even Silver, 11 Aug 2025 in Fashion&History
• One-in-70-Trillion: An Evolutionary Biologist Explains the Mind-Bending Probability of Our Existence, 08 Aug 2025 in Biology&Science
• Memento Mori: How Smiling Skeletons Have Reminded Us to Live Fully Since Ancient Times, 08 Aug 2025 in Art&History
• The Spinal Tap Sequel Arrives Next Month: Watch the Trailer and a Scene with Elton John & Paul McCartney, 07 Aug 2025 in Comedy&Film&Music
• Watch Meshes of the Afternoon, the Experimental Short Voted the 16th Best Film of All Time, 06 Aug 2025 in Film
• When Medieval & Early Modern Europeans Cleansed with Poison: The Strange History of Antimony Cups and Pills, 05 Aug 2025 in Health&History
• A Man Read 3,599 Books Over 60 Years, and Now His Family Has Shared the Entire List Online, 04 Aug 2025 in Books
• Hundreds of Medieval Medical Manuscripts with Strange Cures Get Digitized & Put Online: From Leeches to Crushed Weasel Testicles, 01 Aug 2025 in Health&History
• An Introduction to Aleister Crowley, History’s Most Infamous Occultist, 30 Jul 2025 in History&Religion
• Tom Lehrer, RIP: Hear All of His Witty, Satirical Songs in One Playlist, 29 Jul 2025 in Comedy&Music
• W.H. Auden’s 1941 Syllabus Asked Students to Read 32 Great Literary Works, Totaling 6,000 Pages, 28 Jul 2025 in Education&Literature
• How Disney Fought Fascism with Propaganda Cartoons During World War II & Averted Financial Collapse, 25 Jul 2025 in Animation&History
• Plato, Aristotle & Other Greek Philosophers in Raphael’s Renaissance Masterpiece, The School of Athens, 24 Jul 2025 in Art&History
• Watch The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne: A Free Documentary on the Heavy Metal Pioneer (RIP), 23 Jul 2025 in Music
• The Iconic Glass House Built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe—and the Lawsuit That Cast a Shadow Over It, 22 Jul 2025 in Architecture&History
• The Real Science Experiments That Inspired Frankenstein, 21 Jul 2025 in History&Literature&Science
• Revisit One of the Most Polarizing Albums in Rock History: Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music, Which Came Out 50 Years Ago, 18 Jul 2025 in Music
• How Jackie Chan Filmed the Best Fight Scene in Cinema History, 17 Jul 2025 in Film
• The Story Told on the Famous Bayeux Tapestry Explained from Start to Finish, 16 Jul 2025 in Art&History
• The Entire History of English in 22 Minutes, 15 Jul 2025 in History&Language
• How the Ancient Greeks Built Their Magnificent Temples: The Art of Ancient Engineering, 14 Jul 2025 in Architecture&History
• The World’s Oldest Cookbook: Discover 4,000-Year-Old Recipes from Ancient Babylon, 11 Jul 2025 in Food & Drink&History
• Tomorrow Never Knows: How The Beatles Invented the Future With Studio Magic, Tape Loops & LSD, 10 Jul 2025 in History&Music&Technology
• The Invisible Horror of The Shining: How Music Makes Stanley Kubrick’s Iconic Film Even More Terrifying, 09 Jul 2025 in Film
• Paradise Lost Explained: How John Milton Wrote His Epic Religious Poem from Satan’s Perspective, 08 Jul 2025 in Literature&Poetry&Religion
• J. R. R. Tolkien Reads from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings & Other Works, 07 Jul 2025 in Literature
• The Genius Urban Design of Amsterdam: Canals, Dams & Leaning Houses, 07 Jul 2025 in Architecture&History
• How Four Masters—Michelangelo, Donatello, Verrocchio & Bernini—Sculpted David, 04 Jul 2025 in Art&History
• Discover the Only Painting Van Gogh Ever Sold During His Lifetime, 02 Jul 2025 in Art&History
• How 16th-Century Artist Joris Hoefnagel Made Insects Beautiful—and Changed Science Forever, 02 Jul 2025 in Art&History&Nature
• A Visualization of the History of Technology: 1,889 Innovations Across Three Million Years, 30 Jun 2025 in History&Technology
• Listen to Never-Before-Heard Works by Erik Satie, Performed 100 Years After His Death, 29 Jun 2025 in Music
• Watch the Very First YouTube Video, a Defining Moment in Internet History, 26 Jun 2025 in Current Affairs&Video - Arts & Culture
• Why Bob Dylan’s Unreleased “Blind Willie McTell” Is Now Considered a Masterpiece, 25 Jun 2025 in History&Music
• How Scientists Recreated Ancient Egypt’s Long-Lost Pigment, “Egyptian Blue”, 24 Jun 2025 in Art&History&Science
• How Art Conservators Restore Old Paintings & Revive Their Original Colors, 23 Jun 2025 in Art
• When the Dutch Tried to Live in Concrete Spheres: An Introduction to the Bolwoningen in the Netherlands, 20 Jun 2025 in Architecture&History
• Hear the Letter of Gratitude That Albert Camus Wrote to His Teacher After Winning the Nobel Prize, as Read by Footballer Ian Wright, 19 Jun 2025 in History&Letters&Literature
• Watch Bob Dylan Play “Mr. Tambourine Man” in Color at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival, 18 Jun 2025 in History&Music
• A Grad Student Asks Carl Sagan If He Believes in God (1994), 17 Jun 2025 in Religion&Science
• How Jackson Pollock Redefined Modern Art: An Introduction, 16 Jun 2025 in Art
• The Genius of Brian Wilson (RIP) and How He Turned “Good Vibrations” Into the Beach Boys’ Pocket Symphony, 13 Jun 2025 in Music
• An Architectural Tour of Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconic Desert Home and Studio, 12 Jun 2025 in Architecture
• Every Wes Anderson Movie, Explained by Wes Anderson, 11 Jun 2025 in Film
• How the BIC Cristal Ballpoint Pen Became the Most Successful Product in History, 10 Jun 2025 in History&Technology&Writing
• The Dylatov Pass Incident: Has One of the Biggest Soviet Mysteries Been Solved?, 09 Jun 2025 in History
• An Introduction to George Orwell’s 1984 and How Power Manufactures Truth, 06 Jun 2025 in Books&History&Literature&Politics
• When the State Department Used Dizzy Gillespie and Jazz to Fight the Cold War (1956), 05 Jun 2025 in History&Music&Politics
• The 100 Greatest Paintings of All Time: From Botticelli and Bosch to Bacon and Basquiat, 04 Jun 2025 in Art&History
• How John Lennon Wrote the Beatles’ Best Song, “A Day in the Life”, 03 Jun 2025 in Music
• Wim Wenders’ New Short Film Reminds Europe of the Lessons of World War II, 02 Jun 2025 in Film&History
• Harvard Lets You Take 133 Free Online Courses: Explore Courses on Justice, American Government, Literature, Religion, CompSci & More, 30 May 2025 in Education&Harvard&Online Courses
• Will Machines Ever Truly Think? Richard Feynman Contemplates the Future of Artificial Intelligence (1985), 29 May 2025 in Artificial Intelligence&Technology