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• The Elaborate Pictogram Ernest Hemingway Received in the Hospital During WWI: Can You Decode Its Meaning?, 01 Mar 2019 in History&Literature
• Download 10,000+ Books in Arabic, All Completely Free, Digitized and Put Online, 28 Feb 2019 in Books&e-books
• All the Rembrandts: The Rijksmuseum Puts All 400 Rembrandts It Owns on Display for the First Time, 27 Feb 2019 in Art
• The Life & Work of Edvard Munch, Explored by Patti Smith and Charlotte Gainsbourg, 26 Feb 2019 in Art
• The Lifespan of Ancient Civilizations Detailed in a Handy Infographic: Are We Headed Towards Our Own Collapse?, 25 Feb 2019 in History
• Hear a Six-Hour Mix Tape of Hunter S. Thompson’s Favorite Music & the Songs Name-Checked in His Gonzo Journalism, 22 Feb 2019 in Literature&Music
• The History of Ancient Greece in 18 Minutes: A Brisk Primer Narrated by Brian Cox, 21 Feb 2019 in History
• Haruki Murakami Announces an Archive That Will House His Manuscripts, Letters & Collection of 10,000+ Vinyl Records, 20 Feb 2019 in Literature&Music
• Watch Bauhaus World, a Free Documentary That Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Germany’s Legendary Art, Architecture & Design School, 19 Feb 2019 in Architecture&Design
• Famous Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Celebrated in a New Series of Stamps, 18 Feb 2019 in Art&History
• Watch the Trailers for Tolkien and Catch-22, Two New Literary Films, 15 Feb 2019 in Film&Literature&Television
• Hear Neil Gaiman Read Aloud 15 of His Own Works, and Works by 6 Other Great Writers: From The Graveyard Book & Coraline, to Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven & Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, 14 Feb 2019 in Literature
• “Odyssey of the Ear”: A Beautiful Animation Shows How Sounds Travel Into Our Ears and Become Thoughts in Our Brain, 13 Feb 2019 in Harvard&K-12&Neuroscience
• How Talking Heads and Brian Eno Wrote “Once in a Lifetime”: Cutting Edge, Strange & Utterly Brilliant, 12 Feb 2019 in Music
• Dieter Rams Lists the 10 Timeless Principles of Good Design–Backed by Music by Brian Eno, 11 Feb 2019 in Design
• The Atlas of Endangered Alphabets: A Free Online Atlas That Helps Preserve Writing Systems That May Soon Disappear, 08 Feb 2019 in Writing
• The East German Secret Police’s Illustrated Guide for Identifying Youth Subcultures: Punks, Goths, Teds & More (1985), 07 Feb 2019 in Fashion&History
• Watch The Journey, the New Ridley Scott Short Film Teased During the Super Bowl, 06 Feb 2019 in Film&Television
• Pioneering Sci-Fi Author William Gibson Predicts in 1997 How the Internet Will Change Our World, 05 Feb 2019 in Books&Literature&Sci Fi&Technology
• How Dorothea Lange Shot, Migrant Mother, Perhaps the Most Iconic Photo in American History, 04 Feb 2019 in Photography
• How the Clavichord & Harpsichord Became the Modern Piano: The Evolution of Keyboard Instruments, Explained, 01 Feb 2019 in History&Music
• The Evolution of the Alphabet: A Colorful Flowchart, Covering 3,800 Years, Takes You From Ancient Egypt to Today, 31 Jan 2019 in History
• Neil Gaiman Teaches the Art of Storytelling in His New Online Course, 30 Jan 2019 in Online Courses&Writing
• Ursula K. Le Guin’s Daily Routine: The Discipline That Fueled Her Imagination, 29 Jan 2019 in Sci Fi&Writing
• How Michel Legrand (RIP) Gave the French New Wave a Sound: Revisit the Influential Music He Composed for Jean-Luc Godard & Jacques Demy’s Films, 28 Jan 2019 in Film&Music
• Why Should We Read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451? A New TED-Ed Animation Explains, 25 Jan 2019 in Animation&Books
• Watch 110 Lectures by Donald Knuth, “the Yoda of Silicon Valley,” on Programming, Mathematical Writing, and More, 24 Jan 2019 in Computer Science&Stanford
• Mountain Monks: A Vivid Short Documentary on the Monks Who Practice an Ancient, Once-Forbidden Religion in Japan, 23 Jan 2019 in Film&Religion
• The Ancient Romans First Committed the Sartorial Crime of Wearing Socks with Sandals, Archaeological Evidence Suggests, 22 Jan 2019 in Fashion&History
• To Help Digitize and Preserve the Sound of Stradivarius Violins, a City in Italy Has Gone Silent, 21 Jan 2019 in History&Music
• Hear the Sounds of the Actual Instruments for Which Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, and Handel Originally Composed Their Music, 18 Jan 2019 in History&Music
• An Animated History of Cheese: 10,000 Years in Under Six Minutes, 17 Jan 2019 in Food & Drink
• An Ancient Egyptian Homework Assignment from 1800 Years Ago: Some Things Are Truly Timeless, 16 Jan 2019 in Education&History&Writing
• Download Vincent van Gogh’s Collection of 500 Japanese Prints, Which Inspired Him to Create “the Art of the Future”, 15 Jan 2019 in Art
• A New Edition of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 That’s Only Readable When You Apply Heat to Its Pages: Pre-Order It Today, 14 Jan 2019 in Books
• Marie Kondo v. Tsundoku: Competing Japanese Philosophies on Whether to Keep or Discard Unread Books, 11 Jan 2019 in Books
• Artist Hand-Cuts an Intricate Octopus From a Single Piece of Paper: Discover the Japanese Art of Kirie, 10 Jan 2019 in Art
• When Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire Were Accused of Stealing the Mona Lisa (1911), 09 Jan 2019 in Art&History
• Watch Four Daring Films by Lois Weber, “the Most Important Female Director the American Film Industry Has Known” (1913–1921), 08 Jan 2019 in Film&History
• The Largest J.R.R. Tolkien Exhibit in Generations Is Coming to the U.S.: Original Drawings, Manuscripts, Maps & More, 07 Jan 2019 in Art&Books&Maps
• The King and the Mockingbird: The Surreal French Animated Film That Took 30 Years to Complete, and Profoundly Influenced Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, 04 Jan 2019 in Animation&Film
• An Animated History of Versailles: Six Minutes of Animation Show the Construction of the Grand Palace Over 400 Years, 03 Jan 2019 in Architecture&History
• 450+ Movie Scenes Where Actors Break the Fourth Wall, Presented in Two Big Supercuts, 02 Jan 2019 in Film
• Watch an Art Conservator Bring Classic Paintings Back to Life in Intriguingly Narrated Videos, 01 Jan 2019 in Art
• Haruki Murakami Day: Stream Seven Hours of Mixes Collecting All the Jazz, Classical & Classic American Pop Music from His Novels, 31 Dec 2018 in Books&Music
• Earthrise, Apollo 8’s Photo of Earth from Space, Turns 50: Download the Iconic Photograph from NASA, 28 Dec 2018 in Astronomy&History&Photography
• NASA Creates Movie Parody Posters for Its Expedition Flights: Download Parodies of Metropolis, The Matrix, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and More, 27 Dec 2018 in Design&Sci Fi&Science
• Buckminster Fuller Documented His Life Every 15 Minutes, from 1920 Until 1983, 26 Dec 2018 in Architecture&Design&History
• What Makes Music Sound Like Christmas Music? Hear the Single Most Christmassy Chord of All Explained, 25 Dec 2018 in Music
• Artificial Intelligence Creates Realistic Photos of People, None of Whom Actually Exist, 24 Dec 2018 in Photography&Technology
• Discover Isotype, the 1920s Attempt to Create a Universal Language with Stylish Icons & Graphic Design, 21 Dec 2018 in Design&History
• Take a Virtual Tour of Brazil’s National Museum & Its Artifacts: Google Digitized the Museum’s Collection Before the Fateful Fire, 20 Dec 2018 in Museums
• Watch the First-Ever Kiss on Film Between Two Black Actors, Just Honored by the Library of Congress (1898), 19 Dec 2018 in Film&History
• See Classic Japanese Woodblocks Brought Surreally to Life as Animated GIFs, 18 Dec 2018 in Animation&Art
• Pristine Footage Lets You Revisit Life in Paris in the 1890s: Watch Footage Shot by the Lumière Brothers, 17 Dec 2018 in Film&History
• The Revolutionary Title Sequences and Trailers Created by Pablo Ferro: Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, Stop Making Sense, Bullitt & Other Films, 17 Dec 2018 in Animation&Film
• How the Astonishing Sushi Scene in Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs Was Animated: A Time-Lapse of the Month-Long Shoot, 14 Dec 2018 in Animation&Film&Food & Drink
• The Evolution of The Great Wave off Kanagawa: See Four Versions That Hokusai Painted Over Nearly 40 Years, 13 Dec 2018 in Art&History
• Watch Andy Warhol Eat an Entire Burger King Whopper–While Wishing the Burger Came from McDonald’s (1981), 12 Dec 2018 in Art&Film&Food & Drink
• Wes Anderson’s Breakthrough Film, Rushmore, Revisited in Five Video Essays: It Came Out 20 Years Ago Today, 11 Dec 2018 in Film
• Hear the Very First Sounds Ever Recorded on Mars, Courtesy of NASA, 10 Dec 2018 in Astronomy&Science
• In 1964, Isaac Asimov Predicts What the World Will Look Like Today: Self-Driving Cars, Video Calls, Fake Meats & More, 06 Dec 2018 in History&Sci Fi&Technology
• David Byrne Creates a Playlist of Eclectic Music for the Holidays: Stream It Free Online, 05 Dec 2018 in Music
• See the Complete Works of Vermeer in Augmented Reality: Google Makes Them Available on Your Smartphone, 04 Dec 2018 in Art&Technology
• Behold the Original Deck of Oblique Strategies Cards, Handwritten by Brian Eno Himself, 03 Dec 2018 in Art&Creativity&Music
• Blade Runner Getting Adapted into a New Anime Series, Produced by Cowboy Bebop Animator Shinichiro Watanabe, 30 Nov 2018 in Animation&Film&Sci Fi&Television
• How David Lynch Manipulates You: A Close Reading of Mulholland Drive, 29 Nov 2018 in Film
• Watch 99 Movies Free Online Courtesy of YouTube & MGM: Rocky, The Terminator, Four Weddings and a Funeral & More, 28 Nov 2018 in Film
• How Nicolas Roeg (RIP) Used David Bowie, Mick Jagger & Art Garfunkel in His Mind-Bending Films, 27 Nov 2018 in Film&Music
• In 17th-Century Japan, Creaking Floors Functioned as Security Systems That Warned Palaces & Temples of Approaching Intruders and Assassins, 26 Nov 2018 in Architecture&History
• Japanese Artist Creates Bookshelf Dioramas That Magically Transport You Into Tokyo’s Back Alleys, 23 Nov 2018 in Art&Books
• How to Write a Bestselling Page Turner: Learn from The Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown’s New Masterclass, 22 Nov 2018 in Online Courses&Writing
• The Psychedelic 1970s Animations of Keiichi Tanaami: A Music Video for John Lennon’s “Oh Yoko!,” Surreal Tributes to Elvis & Marilyn Monroe, and More, 21 Nov 2018 in Animation&Art
• Download 586 Free Art Books from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20 Nov 2018 in Art&Books
• Hear the Sounds of World War I: A Gas Attack Recorded on the Front Line, and the Moment the Armistice Ended the War, 20 Nov 2018 in History
• The Captivating Story Behind the Making of Ansel Adams’ Most Famous Photograph, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 19 Nov 2018 in Photography
• A Japanese Illustrated History of America (1861): Features George Washington Punching Tigers, John Adams Slaying Snakes & Other Fantastic Scenes, 16 Nov 2018 in Art&Books&History
• NASA Digitizes 20,000 Hours of Audio from the Historic Apollo 11 Mission: Stream Them Free Online, 15 Nov 2018 in Archives&History
• The Art of Letterlocking: The Elaborate Folding Techniques That Ensured the Privacy of Handwritten Letters Centuries Ago, 14 Nov 2018 in History&Letters
• R.I.P. Stan Lee: Take His Free Online Course “The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture”, 13 Nov 2018 in Comics/Cartoons&History&Online Courses
• Hundreds of Wonderful Japanese Firework Designs from the Early-1900s: Digitized and Free to Download, 12 Nov 2018 in Books&Design
• Download Digitized Copies of The Negro Travelers’ Green Book, the Pre-Civil Rights Guide to Traveling Safely in the U.S. (1936–66), 09 Nov 2018 in Books&History&Travel
• The Disgusting Food Museum Curates 80 of the World’s Most Repulsive Dishes: Maggot-Infested Cheese, Putrid Shark & More, 08 Nov 2018 in Food & Drink&Museums
• Behind the Banksy Stunt: An In-Depth Breakdown of the Artist’s Self-Shredding Painting, 07 Nov 2018 in Art
• The Exhilarating Filmmaking of Robert Bresson Explored in Eight Video Essays, 06 Nov 2018 in Film
• How to Make and Wear Medieval Armor: An In-Depth Primer, 05 Nov 2018 in History
• The Philosophy of Hayao Miyazaki: A Video Essay on How the Traditional Japanese Religion Shinto Suffuses Miyazaki’s Films, 02 Nov 2018 in Animation&Film&Philosophy&Religion
• The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596): A Stunningly Detailed Illuminated Manuscript Created over Three Decades, 01 Nov 2018 in Art&Books&History
• 36 Artists Give Advice to Young Creators: Wim Wenders, Jonathan Franzen, Lydia Davis, Patti Smith, David Byrne, Umberto Eco & More, 31 Oct 2018 in Art&Creativity&Education&Life
• Martin Scorsese Creates a List of the 11 Scariest Horror Films, 31 Oct 2018 in Film
• Wagashi: Peruse a Digitized, Centuries-Old Catalogue of Traditional Japanese Candies, 30 Oct 2018 in Books&Food & Drink
• How to Practice Effectively: Lessons from Neuroscience Can Help Us Master Skills in Music, Sports & Beyond, 29 Oct 2018 in Neuroscience&Productivity&Psychology
• The Ancient Egyptians Wore Fashionable Striped Socks, New Pioneering Imaging Technology Imaging Reveals, 26 Oct 2018 in Fashion&History
• The Golden Age of Ancient Greece Gets Faithfully Recreated in the New Video Game Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, 25 Oct 2018 in History&Video Games
• Leonardo da Vinci Saw the World Differently… Thanks to an Eye Disorder, Says a New Scientific Study, 24 Oct 2018 in Art
• How an 18th-Century Monk Invented the First Electronic Instrument, 23 Oct 2018 in History&Music
• The Big Lebowski at 20: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman & Steve Buscemi Reunite to Discuss the Coen Brothers’ Beloved Film, 22 Oct 2018 in Film
• Rembrandt’s Masterpiece, The Night Watch, Will Get Restored and You Can Watch It Happen Live, Online, 19 Oct 2018 in Art
• Stephen Hawking’s Final Book and Scientific Paper Just Got Published: Brief Answers to the Big Questions and “Information Paradox”, 18 Oct 2018 in Astronomy&Physics&Science
• Watch Richard Linklater’s Anti-Ted Cruz Political Ads: The Texas Director Versus the Texas Senator, 17 Oct 2018 in Film&Politics
• A 16th Century Book That Opens Six Different Ways, Revealing Six Different Books in One, 16 Oct 2018 in Books&History&Technology
• Haruki Murakami Became a DJ on a Japanese Radio Station for One Night: Hear the Music He Played for Delighted Listeners, 15 Oct 2018 in Literature&Music&Radio
• Buckminster Fuller Creates Striking Posters of His Own Inventions, 12 Oct 2018 in Architecture&Art&Design
• The 10 Commandments of Chindōgu, the Japanese Art of Creating Unusually Useless Inventions, 11 Oct 2018 in Art&Comedy&Technology
• The Cornell Note-Taking System: Learn the Method Students Have Used to Enhance Their Learning Since the 1940s, 10 Oct 2018 in Education
• A Radical Map Puts the Oceans–Not Land–at the Center of Planet Earth (1942), 09 Oct 2018 in Maps
• How the Ancient Mayans Used Chocolate as Money, 08 Oct 2018 in Economics&Food & Drink&History
• “Lynchian,” “Kubrickian,” “Tarantinoesque” and 100+ Film Words Have Been Added to the Oxford English Dictionary, 05 Oct 2018 in English Language&Film
• When Andy Warhol Made a Batman Superhero Movie (1964), 04 Oct 2018 in Comics/Cartoons&Film
• How Youtube’s Algorithm Turned an Obscure 1980s Japanese Song Into an Enormously Popular Hit: Discover Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love”, 03 Oct 2018 in Music
• The Outsiders: Lou Reed, Hunter S. Thompson, and Frank Zappa Reveal Themselves in Captivatingly Animated Interviews, 02 Oct 2018 in Animation&Radio
• What Makes The Night Watch Rembrandt’s Masterpiece, 01 Oct 2018 in Art&History
• Hear Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Pioneering Compositions for Music Boxes, 28 Sep 2018 in Music
• 1,100 Classic Arcade Machines Added to the Internet Arcade: Play Them Free Online, 27 Sep 2018 in Internet Archive&Video Games
• The Talmud Is Finally Now Available Online, 26 Sep 2018 in Philosophy&Religion
• How Ancient Scrolls, Charred by the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, Are Now Being Read by Particle Accelerators, 3D Modeling & Artificial Intelligence, 25 Sep 2018 in History&Physics&Science
• In 1900, a Photographer Had to Create an Enormous 1,400-Pound Camera to Take a Picture of an Entire Train, 24 Sep 2018 in Photography
• William Shatner Is Releasing a Christmas Album with Iggy Pop & Henry Rollins : Get a First Listen to “Jingle Bells”, 21 Sep 2018 in Music
• Discover Rare 1980s CDs by Lou Reed, Devo & Talking Heads That Combined Music with Computer Graphics, 20 Sep 2018 in Computer Science&Music&Software&Technology
• Get a First Listen to David Lynch & Angelo Badalamenti’s Long-Lost Album, Thought Gang, 19 Sep 2018 in Film&Music&Television
• Download Classic Japanese Wave and Ripple Designs: A Go-to Guide for Japanese Artists from 1903, 18 Sep 2018 in Art&Books&Design&History
• Umberto Eco Explains Why We Make Lists, 17 Sep 2018 in History&Literature
• Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovered Radio Pulsars in 1974, But the Credit Went to Her Advisor; In 2018, She Gets Her Due, Winning a $3 Million Physics Prize, 14 Sep 2018 in Astronomy&Physics&Science
• One Second from Each Episode of Twin Peaks: Experience David Lynch’s Groundbreaking TV Drama in Less than a Minute, 13 Sep 2018 in Television
• Mary Shelley’s Handwritten Manuscript of Frankenstein: This Is “Ground Zero of Science Fiction,” Says William Gibson, 12 Sep 2018 in Literature&Sci Fi
• Stephen Fry Voices a New Dystopian Short Film About Artificial Intelligence & Simulation Theory: Watch Escape, 11 Sep 2018 in Film&Technology
• A Drone’s Eye View of the Ruins of Pompeii, 10 Sep 2018 in History
• When Steve Jobs Taught Andy Warhol to Make Art on the Very First Macintosh (1984), 07 Sep 2018 in Art&History&Technology
• Watch Willem Dafoe Become Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s New Film, At Eternity’s Gate, 06 Sep 2018 in Art&Film
• How Breaking Bad Crafted the Perfect TV Pilot: A Video Essay, 06 Sep 2018 in Television
• A First Look at The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks, a Feature-Length Journey Into the Mind of the Famed Neurologist, 05 Sep 2018 in Animation&Film&Neuroscience
• “The Long Tomorrow”: Discover Mœbius’ Hard-Boiled Detective Comic That Inspired Blade Runner (1975), 04 Sep 2018 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Sci Fi
• MIT Students Solve the Spaghetti Breaking Mystery That Stumped Richard Feynman, 03 Sep 2018 in Food & Drink&Physics
• Watch the New Trailer for Orson Welles’ Lost Film, The Other Side of the Wind: A Glimpse of Footage from the Finally Completed Film, 31 Aug 2018 in Film
• John Turturro Introduces America to the World Wide Web in 1999: Watch A Beginner’s Guide To The Internet, 30 Aug 2018 in Film&History&Web/Tech
• How Jim Jarmusch Gets Creative Ideas from William S. Burroughs’ Cut-Up Method and Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies, 29 Aug 2018 in Creativity&Film
• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: 17,500 Entries on All Things Sci-Fi Are Now Free Online, 28 Aug 2018 in Sci Fi
• V.S. Naipaul Creates a List of 7 Rules for Beginning Writers, 27 Aug 2018 in Literature&Writing
• Salvador Dalí & Walt Disney’s Short Animated Film, Destino, Set to the Music of Pink Floyd, 24 Aug 2018 in Animation&Film&Music
• The Assassin’s Cabinet: A Hollowed Out Book, Containing Secret Cabinets Full of Poison Plants, Made in 1682, 23 Aug 2018 in Books&History