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• The Feynman Lectures on Physics, The Most Popular Physics Book Ever Written, Is Now Completely Online, 19 Apr 2018 in e-books&Physics
• How the Iconic Eames Lounge Chair Is Made, From Start to Finish, 18 Apr 2018 in Art
• Stream Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN, Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize In Music, 17 Apr 2018 in Music
• A Dazzling Aerial Photograph of Edinburgh (1920), 12 Apr 2018 in Photography
• UC Berkeley Is Offering Data Science, Its Fastest-Growing Course Ever, for Free Online, 09 Apr 2018 in Online Courses&UC Berkeley
• How to Use the Rotary Dial Phone: A Primer from 1927, 05 Apr 2018 in Technology
• How Bill Gates Reads Books, 02 Apr 2018 in Books
• Applause Fills the Air as Stephen Hawking Gets Laid to Rest in Cambridge, England, 31 Mar 2018 in Life&Physics
• A Periodic Table Visualizing the Year & Country in Which Each Element Was Discovered, 28 Mar 2018 in Chemistry
• The Models for “American Gothic” Pose in Front of the Iconic Painting (1942), 27 Mar 2018 in Art&Life
• Come on Down to David Byrne’s Giant Suit Emporium: We’re Burning Down the House with Savings!, 26 Mar 2018 in Music&Random
• Philosophy for Beginners: A Free Introductory Course from Oxford University, 26 Mar 2018 in Online Courses&Philosophy
• The MC5’s Wayne Kramer Demonstrates the Correct & Official Way to Play “Kick Out the Jams” on the Guitar, 23 Mar 2018 in Music
• A Free Oxford Course on Deep Learning: Cutting Edge Lessons in Artificial Intelligence, 22 Mar 2018 in Artificial Intelligence&Computer Science&Online Courses
• Watch a Marathon Streaming of All 856 Episodes of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, and the Moving Trailer for the New Documentary, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, 22 Mar 2018 in Film&Television
• A Free Online Course Helps Us Identify Hoaxes, Rumors & Misinformation in the News, 21 Mar 2018 in Online Courses
• Coursera Now Offering Complete Bachelor’s and Master’s Programs–With Tuition Reduced by 70%, 20 Mar 2018 in Online Courses
• Jane Goodall Now Teaching a Free Online Course on Developing Compassionate Leaders: Enroll and Start Today, 19 Mar 2018 in Online Courses
• Watch “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on The 405,” the New Oscar-Winning Portrait of an Artist, 15 Mar 2018 in Film
• IDEO.org’s Free Design Course on Prototyping Starts Today, 13 Mar 2018 in Design&Online Courses
• A Turing Machine Handmade Out of Wood, 09 Mar 2018 in Computer Science&Technology
• Time Lapse Video Captures Light Illuminating the Stained Glass Windows of Washington National Cathedral, 08 Mar 2018 in Architecture&Art
• Oxford’s Free Introduction to Philosophy: Stream 41 Lectures, 06 Mar 2018 in Online Courses&Philosophy
• Google Launches a Free Course on Artificial Intelligence: Sign Up for Its New “Machine Learning Crash Course”, 05 Mar 2018 in Artificial Intelligence&Computer Science&Google&Online Courses
• Judd Apatow Teaches the Craft of Comedy: A New Online Course from MasterClass, 02 Mar 2018 in Comedy&Online Courses
• New York City Buskers Sound Just Like the Beatles, 01 Mar 2018 in Music
• Pablo Neruda’s Poem, “The Me Bird,” Becomes a Short, Beautifully Animated Film, 01 Mar 2018 in Animation&Poetry
• Tattoos Can Now Start Monitoring Your Medical Conditions: Harvard and MIT Researchers Innovate at the Intersection of Art & Medicine, 28 Feb 2018 in Art&Harvard&MIT&Science&Technology
• HBO Drops a Teaser Trailer for Fahrenheit 451, Its New Adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Classic Dystopian Novel, 27 Feb 2018 in Sci Fi&Television
• Free: The Best Books for Learning Modern Statistics, 25 Feb 2018 in e-books&Math
• Leo Tolstoy Makes a List of the 50+ Books That Influenced Him Most (1891), 23 Feb 2018 in Books&Literature
• The History of Cartography, the “Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever,” Is Now Free Online, 22 Feb 2018 in Maps
• Learn to Code with Harvard’s Popular Intro to Computer Science Course: A Free Course (2017), 21 Feb 2018 in Computer Science&Online Courses
• Finding Meaning in Music: A Short Documentary on How a Young Tech Pioneer, Confronting His Mortality, Prepared for His Final Violin Performance, 19 Feb 2018 in Life&Music
• The Strange, Sci-Fi Sounds of Skating on Thin Black Ice, 16 Feb 2018 in Nature&Sci Fi
• How Do Computers Work?: New Video Series Explains the Inner Workings of the Device You Use Every Day, 14 Feb 2018 in Computer Science
• Criterion Collection Films 50% Off for a Limited Time: Get Great Films at Half Price, 13 Feb 2018 in Deals&Film
• Designer Creates Origami Cardboard Tents to Shelter the Homeless from the Winter Cold, 13 Feb 2018 in Design&Life
• One Minute Art History: Centuries of Artistic Styles Get Packed Into a Short Experimental Animation, 09 Feb 2018 in Art
• Download 240+ Free eBooks on Design, Data, Software, Web Development & Business from O’Reilly Media, 09 Feb 2018 in Computer Science&Data&Design&e-books
• A Field Guide to Fake News and Other Information Disorders: A Free Manual to Download, Share & Re-Use, 08 Feb 2018 in Media
• Bill Gates Names His New Favorite Book of All Time: A Quick Introduction to Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now, 07 Feb 2018 in Books
• Download 150 Free Coloring Books from Great Libraries, Museums & Cultural Institutions: The British Library, Smithsonian, Carnegie Hall & More, 06 Feb 2018 in Art&Coloring Books&Libraries&Museums
• Slow Burn: An Eight-Episode Podcast Miniseries on the Unfolding of the Watergate Scandal, 05 Feb 2018 in History&Podcasts
• What Do You Want to Do with Your Life?: Reflect with This Short Hand-Drawn Animation by Steve Cutts, 04 Feb 2018 in Life
• “Every Concussion in the NFL This Year” Documented in a Chilling Five Minute Video, 02 Feb 2018 in Health&Sports
• Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” Played With 167 Theremins Placed Inside Matryoshka Dolls in Japan, 01 Feb 2018 in Music
• Watch the Making of the Dymaxion Globe: A 3‑D Rendering of Buckminster Fuller’s Revolutionary Map, 31 Jan 2018 in Maps
• Literary Theorist Stanley Fish Offers a Free Course on Rhetoric, or the Power of Arguments, 30 Jan 2018 in Online Courses
• H.P. Lovecraft’s Poem “Nemesis” Gets Unexpectedly Sung to the Tune of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man”, 29 Jan 2018 in Music&Poetry
• Harry Potter Finally Gets Translated Into Scots: Hear & Read Passages from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stane, 26 Jan 2018 in Books
• Robert Reich Makes His UC Berkeley Course on Wealth and Inequality in America Available on Facebook, 25 Jan 2018 in Current Affairs&Economics
• Carl Sagan’s “The Pale Blue Dot” Animated, 24 Jan 2018 in Astronomy&Life
• The London Time Machine: Interactive Map Lets You Compare Modern London, to the London Shortly After the Great Fire of 1666, 22 Jan 2018 in History&Maps
• How a Virtual Reality Model of Auschwitz Helped Convict an SS Concentration Camp Guard: A Short Documentary on a High Tech Prosecution, 19 Jan 2018 in History&Technology
• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Free Course from Princeton, 16 Jan 2018 in Online Courses&Technology
• A Teaser Trailer for Fahrenheit 451: A New Film Adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Ever-Relevant Novel, 15 Jan 2018 in Film&Sci Fi
• 170+ Courses Starting at Stanford Continuing Studies This Week: Explore the Catalogue of Campus and Online Courses, 15 Jan 2018 in Online Courses&Stanford
• Binge-Watch Carl Sagan’s Original Cosmos Series Free Online (Available for a Limited Time), 13 Jan 2018 in Science&Television
• The “True” Story Of How Brian Eno Invented Ambient Music, 10 Jan 2018 in Music&Random
• Take a Virtual Tour of The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the World-Famous Collection of Renaissance Art, 10 Jan 2018 in Art
• David Bowie: The Last Five Years Is Now Airing/Streaming on HBO, 10 Jan 2018 in Film&Music
• Spheres Dance to the Music of Bach, Performed by Glenn Gould: An Animation from 1969, 09 Jan 2018 in Animation
• Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Reworked in Major Key, Becomes a Cheerful Pop Song, 08 Jan 2018 in Music
• Hear a Dramatization of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys: Free for a Limited Time, 05 Jan 2018 in Audio Books
• Introducing the Librarian Action Figure: The Caped Crusader Who Fights Against Anti-Intellectualism, Ignorance & Censorship Everywhere, 04 Jan 2018 in Books&Random
• The 10 Most Popular Courses on Coursera in 2017 (and 2,000 Courses You Can Take for Free in January, 2018), 02 Jan 2018 in Online Courses
• How to “Hijack” Amazon Prime for Good: Short Video Shows How Prime & Other Instant Delivery Services Can Easily Help the Homeless, 01 Jan 2018 in Life
• What Happens When a Cat Watches Hitchcock’s Psycho, 30 Dec 2017 in Random
• Where Are They Now? An Animated Mockumentary Reveals What Happened to Your Favorite 1980s Cartoon Characters After Their Heyday, 29 Dec 2017 in Animation&Comics/Cartoons&Life
• The American Revolution: A Free Course from Yale University, 28 Dec 2017 in History&Online Courses&Yale
• Photographer Nan Goldin Now on Instagram, 26 Dec 2017 in Photography
• Advanced Algorithms: A Free Course from Harvard University, 25 Dec 2017 in Computer Science&Harvard
• Did Santa Claus & His Reindeers Begin with a Mushroom Trip?: Discover the Psychedelic, Shamanistic Side of Christmas, 25 Dec 2017 in Religion
• David Bowie & Bing Crosby Sing “The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth” (1977), 22 Dec 2017 in Music
• Need a Last Minute Gift? Give Online Courses Created by Cultural Icons Like Annie Leibovitz, Herbie Hancock, Werner Herzog and Many More, 22 Dec 2017 in Online Courses
• Algorithms for Big Data: A Free Course from Harvard, 21 Dec 2017 in Computer Science&Harvard&Online Courses
• How the Russian Theatre Director Constantin Stanislavski Revolutionized the Craft of Acting: A New Video Essay, 21 Dec 2017 in Film
• The Vincent Van Gogh Action Figure, Complete with Detachable Ear, 20 Dec 2017 in Art&Random
• Dr. Demento’s New Punk Album Features William Shatner Singing The Cramps, Weird Al Yankovic Singing The Ramones & Much More, 19 Dec 2017 in Comedy&Music
• The Not Yorker: A Collection of Rejected & Late Cover Submissions to The New Yorker, 18 Dec 2017 in Art&Magazines
• Why Coffee Naps Will Perk You Up More Than Either Coffee, or Naps, Alone, 15 Dec 2017 in Food & Drink&Health
• 500,000 Years of Humans Degrading Nature Captured in a Biting Three Minute Animation by Steve Cutts, 14 Dec 2017 in Animation&Life
• 10 Reasons Why Hannibal’s Military Genius Still Captures Our Imagination Today, 13 Dec 2017 in History
• The Future of Blues Is in Good Hands: Watch 12-Year-Old Toby Lee Trade Riffs with Chicago Blues Guitarist Ronnie Baker Brooks, 12 Dec 2017 in Music
• Watch “The “Art of Flying,” a Short Film Capturing the Wondrous Murmurations of the Common Starling, 11 Dec 2017 in Nature
• Giant Clown Sings a Creepy Cover of Radiohead’s “Creep”, 10 Dec 2017 in Music
• The Periodic Table of Endangered Elements: Visualizing the Chemical Elements That Could Vanish Before You Know It, 07 Dec 2017 in Chemistry
• The Van Gogh of Microsoft Excel: How a Japanese Retiree Makes Intricate Landscape Paintings with Spreadsheet Software, 06 Dec 2017 in Art&Software&Technology
• New App, Litlong, Lets You Take a Literary Tour of Edinburgh: Features 50,000 Book Excerpts, 05 Dec 2017 in Literature
• An Espresso Maker Made in Le Corbusier’s Brutalist Architectural Style: Raw Concrete on the Outside, High-End Parts on the Inside, 30 Nov 2017 in Architecture&Food & Drink
• Visit Monte Testaccio, the Ancient Roman Hill Made of 50 Million Crushed Olive Oil Jugs, 29 Nov 2017 in Food & Drink&History
• The Robots of Your Dystopian Future Are Already Here: Two Chilling Videos Drive It All Home, 28 Nov 2017 in Technology
• Google Street View Lets You Walk in Jane Goodall’s Footsteps and Visit the Chimpanzees of Tanzania, 27 Nov 2017 in Biology&Environment&Maps
• What Happens When a Jazz Musician Accidentally Texts His Wife with Voice Recognition…While Playing the Trombone, 24 Nov 2017 in Random
• Watch the Illustrated Version of “Alice’s Restaurant,” Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving Counterculture Classic, 23 Nov 2017 in Music
• Net Neutrality Explained and Defended in a Doodle-Filled Video by Vi Hart: The Time to Save the Open Web is Now, 22 Nov 2017 in Current Affairs&Technology
• Expensive Wine Is for Dupes: Scientific Study Finds No Strong Correlation Between Quality & Price, 22 Nov 2017 in Food & Drink
• Watch “Alike,” a Poignant Short Animated Film About the Enduring Conflict Between Creativity and Conformity, 21 Nov 2017 in Animation&Creativity&Life
• New “Women of NASA” Lego Immortalizes the STEM Contributions of Sally Ride, Margaret Hamilton, Mae Jemison & Nancy Grace Roman, 20 Nov 2017 in Gender&Science&Technology
• Helen Mirren Now Teaching Her First Online Course on Acting, 20 Nov 2017 in Film&Online Courses
• Herbie Hancock Is Now Teaching His First Online Course on Jazz, 16 Nov 2017 in Music&Online Courses
• Meet the 35-Year-Old British Man Who Lives Entirely in the Year 1946, 15 Nov 2017 in Life
• Mona Lisa Selfie: A Montage of Social Media Photos Taken at the Louvre and Put on Instagram, 15 Nov 2017 in Art&Life
• China’s New Luminous White Library: A Striking Visual Introduction, 14 Nov 2017 in Architecture&Books&Libraries
• What Do Aliens Look Like? Oxford Astrobiologists Draw a Picture, Based on Darwinian Theories of Evolution, 13 Nov 2017 in Biology
• Filmmaker Creates a Luxury-Style Car Commercial to Sell a 21-Year-Old Used Honda Accord, 11 Nov 2017 in Random
• Bob Woodward Is Now Teaching an Online Course on Investigative Journalism–a Course for Our Time, 10 Nov 2017 in Media&Online Courses
• Journey to the Center of a Triangle: Watch the 1977 Digital Animation That Demystifies Geometry, 08 Nov 2017 in Animation&Math
• “Library Extension” Helps You Find Books At Your Local Library While You Shop for Books Online, 07 Nov 2017 in Books
• The Edvard Munch Scream Action Figure, 03 Nov 2017 in Art&Business
• A Free Trial Offer for The Great Courses Plus: A Special Deal for Open Culture Readers, 31 Oct 2017 in Deals
• A New 2‑In‑1 Illustrated Edition of Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? & A Scanner Darkly, 31 Oct 2017 in Books&Sci Fi
• Google’s Free Photo Editing Software, the Nik Collection, Has Been Acquired by DxO & Will Live Another Day, 30 Oct 2017 in Photography&Software
• New Documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold Now Streaming on Netflix, 29 Oct 2017 in Film&Literature
• 2,800 JFK Assassination Documents Just Released by the National Archives, 26 Oct 2017 in History
• 6,000 Letters by Marcel Proust to Be Digitized & Put Online, 26 Oct 2017 in Literature
• Albert Einstein’s Elegant Theory of Happiness: It Just Sold for $1.6 Million at Auction, But You Can Use It for Free, 25 Oct 2017 in Life&Physics
• Illustrations Of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit from the Soviet Union (1976), 25 Oct 2017 in Art&Books
• Coursera Partners with Leading Universities to Offer Master’s Degrees at a More Affordable Price, 24 Oct 2017 in Business&Computer Science&Online Courses
• Bob Dylan Plays Tom Petty’s “Learning to Fly” Live in Concert (and How Petty Witnessed Dylan’s Musical Epiphany in 1987), 23 Oct 2017 in Life&Music
• Alan Turing Algorithmically Approximated by Ellipses: A Computer Art Project, 19 Oct 2017 in Art&Computer Science
• Criterion Collection Films 50% Off for the Next 13 Hours: Get Great Films at Half Price, 17 Oct 2017 in Deals&Film
• A‑ha Performs a Beautiful Acoustic Version of Their 1980s Hit, “Take on Me”: Recorded Live in Norway, 17 Oct 2017 in Music
• Hear Florence Welch’s Radio Documentary About the Making of David Bowie’s Heroes (Free for a Limited Time), 16 Oct 2017 in Music
• Drone Footage Captures the US Postal Service Eerily Delivering Mail to Neighborhoods Razed by the California Fires, 13 Oct 2017 in Life
• To Read This Experimental Edition of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, You’ll Need to Add Heat to the Pages, 12 Oct 2017 in Books&Design
• If You Drive Down a Stretch of Route 66, the Road Will Play “America the Beautiful”, 12 Oct 2017 in Random&Travel
• New Documentary on a Weird & Wonderful Dutch Library Now Free to Stream on Amazon Prime, 11 Oct 2017 in Books&Film
• Download New Storyboarding Software That’s Free & Open Source, 11 Oct 2017 in Art&Software
• 90,000 Fans Sing “I Won’t Back Down” at University of Florida Football Game: A Goosebump-Inducing Tribute to Tom Petty, 10 Oct 2017 in Life&Sports
• Leo Tolstoy’s Family Recipe for Mac ‘N’ Cheese, 10 Oct 2017 in Food & Drink&Literature
• “Goodnight Moon,” as Read to Neil deGrasse Tyson by LeVar Burton, 09 Oct 2017 in Audio Books&K-12
• Jason Aldean Performs “I Won’t Back Down” on SNL–A Moving Tribute the Victims of the Las Vegas Shooting & Tom Petty, 07 Oct 2017 in Life&Music
• Tom Petty Takes You Inside His Songwriting Craft, 06 Oct 2017 in Art&Music
• People Walked a Little Differently During Medieval Times: A Quick Primer, 05 Oct 2017 in History
• Depeche Mode Releases a Goosebump-Inducing Cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes”, 04 Oct 2017 in Music
• Watch Tom Petty (RIP) and the Heartbreakers Perform Their Last Song Together, “American Girl”: Recorded on 9/25/17, 02 Oct 2017 in Life&Music
• Dr. Weil’s 60-Second Technique for Falling Asleep, 29 Sep 2017 in Health
• Judy Blume Now Teaching an Online Course on Writing, 27 Sep 2017 in Online Courses&Writing