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• 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
• Marilyn Monroe & Elvis Presley Star in an Action-Packed Pop Art Japanese Monster Movie, 27 Sep 2017 in Animation
• A Virtual Tour of Japan’s Inflatable Concert Hall, 26 Sep 2017 in Architecture&Design&Music
• Stream Online The Vietnam War, the New Documentary by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, 25 Sep 2017 in Film&History
• Martin Scorsese to Teach His First Online Course on Filmmaking, 22 Sep 2017 in Film&Online Courses
• Lin-Manuel Miranda Reads Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, 22 Sep 2017 in Audio Books&Literature
• Circus Artist Roxana Küwen Will Captivate You with Her Foot Juggling Routine, 21 Sep 2017 in Art
• AC/DC’s “Back in Black” Played on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument Dating Back to the 6th Century, 20 Sep 2017 in Music
• Watch Björk’s Hypnotic Music Video for Her New Song, “The Gate”, 19 Sep 2017 in Music
• How a Simple Email Survey Pulled Scripts Out of Hollywood Purgatory & Turned Them Into Award-Winning Films, 19 Sep 2017 in Film
• Dr. Jane Goodall Is Now Teaching an Online Course on Conservation, Animal Intelligence & Activism, 17 Sep 2017 in Environment&Online Courses
• Harry Dean Stanton (RIP) Reads Poems by Charles Bukowski, 15 Sep 2017 in Audio Books&Poetry
• Download Theft! A History of Music, a New Free Graphic Novel Exploring 2,000 Years of Musical Borrowing, 15 Sep 2017 in Comics/Cartoons&Law
• Free Courses on Design from the Famous California Design Firm IDEO Start This Week, 14 Sep 2017 in Design&Online Courses
• The Velvet Underground Meets Lawrence Welk, 14 Sep 2017 in Music&Random
• What Is Fair Use?: A Short Introduction from the Maker of Everything is a Remix, 13 Sep 2017 in Law&Media
• A New Mural Pays Tribute to John Coltrane in Philadelphia, 12 Sep 2017 in Art&Music
• 20 Free Business MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) That Will Advance Your Career, 11 Sep 2017 in Business
• 54 Cats Riding Out Hurricane Irma in Ernest Hemingway’s Key West Home, 10 Sep 2017 in Literature&Random
• The Addams Family Dance to The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop”, 07 Sep 2017 in Random
• NASA Lets You Download Free Posters Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Voyager Missions, 07 Sep 2017 in Astronomy
• The Planetarium Table Clock: Magnificent 1775 Timepiece Tracks the Passing of Time & the Travel of the Planets, 06 Sep 2017 in Art&Technology
• The 38 States of America: Geography Professor Creates a Bold Modern Map of America (1973), 05 Sep 2017 in Maps
• A Free Trial Offer for The Great Courses Plus: A Special Deal for Open Culture Readers, 04 Sep 2017 in Online Courses
• John Ashbery Reads “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror”, 03 Sep 2017 in Uncategorized
• The Periodic Table of Elements Presented as Interactive Haikus, 31 Aug 2017 in Chemistry&Poetry
• How to Listen to Music: A Free Course from Yale University, 30 Aug 2017 in Music&Online Courses&Yale
• Bob Dylan Hates Me: An Animation, 29 Aug 2017 in Animation&Music
• Watch “Adam,” an Award-Winning Short Claymation That Wonderfully Re-Tells the Story of Creation, 28 Aug 2017 in Uncategorized
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Demonstrates the Physics-Defying Rattleback, 24 Aug 2017 in Physics
• How a Liberal Arts Education Helped Derek Black, the Godson of David Duke, Break with the White Nationalist Movement, 24 Aug 2017 in Education&Life
• Watch Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” Acted Out Literally as a Short Crime Film, 23 Aug 2017 in Film&Music
• How to Win at Texas Hold ‘Em: A Free MIT Course, 23 Aug 2017 in Games&MIT&Online Courses
• Artists Put a Hidden Message in Their Letter Resigning from President’s Committee on the Arts & the Humanities, 21 Aug 2017 in Art&Current Affairs&Politics
• Final Show of Metallica’s North American Tour Now Streaming Free Online, 20 Aug 2017 in Music
• Artistic Maps of Pakistan & India Show the Embroidery Techniques of Their Different Regions, 19 Aug 2017 in Art&Maps
• Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Because of Pink Floyd, I’ve Spent Decades Undoing the Idea That There’s a Dark Side of the Moon”, 18 Aug 2017 in Music&Science
• The Last Surviving Witness of the Lincoln Assassination Appears on the TV Game Show “I’ve Got a Secret” (1956), 17 Aug 2017 in History&Television
• Prince Gets an Official Purple Pantone Color, 16 Aug 2017 in Music
• New BBC Dramatization of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children Now Streaming Free for a Limited Time, 15 Aug 2017 in Audio Books&Literature
• Harvard Course on Positive Psychology: Watch 30 Lectures from the University’s Extremely Popular Course, 15 Aug 2017 in Harvard&Online Courses&Psychology
• How Doors Open onto Philosophical Mysteries in Robert Bresson’s Films: A Short Video Essay by Kogonada, 14 Aug 2017 in Film&Philosophy
• Apple’s Hypercard Software, the Innovative 1980s Precursor to Hypertext, Now Made Available by Archive.org, 14 Aug 2017 in Apple&Internet Archive&Software
• Adam Savage Takes Us Inside Jack White’s Third Man Records, the First New Record-Pressing Plant in the US in 30 Years, 13 Aug 2017 in Music
• A Century of Global Warming Visualized in a 35 Second Video, 10 Aug 2017 in Environment
• The Nano Guitar: Discover the World’s Smallest, Playable Microscopic Guitar, 09 Aug 2017 in Music&Technology
• New Deep Learning Courses Released on Coursera, with Hope of Teaching Millions the Basics of Artificial Intelligence, 09 Aug 2017 in Artificial Intelligence&Computer Science&Online Courses
• New Yorkers Can Now Stream 30,000 Free Movies, Including the Entire Criterion Collection, with Their Library Cards, 07 Aug 2017 in Film
• People Are Planting Flowers in Potholes Worldwide: See the Creative Protest Taking Place in Montreal, Ukraine & Beyond, 07 Aug 2017 in Current Affairs
• Free: You Can Now Read Classic Books by MIT Press on Archive.org, 04 Aug 2017 in Books&Internet Archive&MIT
• Watch “The Woodswimmer,” a Stop Motion Film Made Entirely with Wood, and “Brutally Tedious” Techniques, 03 Aug 2017 in Random
• Siri Can Sing Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, 02 Aug 2017 in Random
• Graphic Shows the House Plants That Naturally Clean the Air in Your Home, According to a NASA Study, 01 Aug 2017 in Health&Science
• Google Launches Free Course on Deep Learning: The Science of Teaching Computers How to Teach Themselves, 28 Jul 2017 in Computer Science&Google&Online Courses
• Watch 50 Hours of Nature Soundscapes from the BBC: Scientifically Proven to Ease Stress and Promote Happiness & Awe, 27 Jul 2017 in Nature
• The British Museum Creates 3D Models of the Rosetta Stone & 200+ Other Historic Artifacts: Download or View in Virtual Reality, 25 Jul 2017 in Art&Museums&Technology
• 2,000+ Cassettes from the Allen Ginsberg Audio Collection Now Streaming Online, 24 Jul 2017 in Literature&Poetry&Stanford
• Salvador Dalí’s Body Gets Exhumed, Revealing That, 28 Years After His Death, His Moustache Remains Perfectly Intact, 21 Jul 2017 in Art&Life
• Google’s DeepMind AI Teaches Itself to Walk, and the Results Are Kooky, No Wait, Chilling, 21 Jul 2017 in Technology
• Director Michel Gondry Makes a Charming Film on His iPhone, Proving That We Could Be Making Movies, Not Taking Selfies, 20 Jul 2017 in Apple&Film&Technology
• Interactive Periodic Table of Elements Shows How the Elements Actually Get Used in Making Everyday Things, 19 Jul 2017 in Chemistry
• Eadweard Muybridge’s 1870s Photographs of Galloping Horses Get Encoded on the DNA of Living Bacteria Cells, 18 Jul 2017 in Photography&Science
• Watch A Single Life: An Oscar-Nominated Short About How Vinyl Records Can Take Us Magically Through Time, 17 Jul 2017 in Animation
• Attempting to Set the World Record for Most Frida Kahlo Lookalikes in One Place: It Happened in Dallas, 14 Jul 2017 in Art&Random
• Syd Barrett’s “Effervescing Elephant” Comes to Life in a New Retro-Style Animation, 13 Jul 2017 in Animation&Music
• Send a Text Message to SFMOMA, and They’ll Send Works of Art to Your Mobile Phone, 12 Jul 2017 in Art
• Watch the Making of a Hand-Crafted Violin, from Start to Finish, in a Beautifully-Shot Documentary, 11 Jul 2017 in Music
• 65,000 Fans Break Into a Singalong of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” at a Green Day Concert in London’s Hyde Park, 07 Jul 2017 in Music
• The Splendid Book Design of the 1946 Edition of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 06 Jul 2017 in Books&Design
• When a Cat Co-Authored a Paper in a Leading Physics Journal (1975), 05 Jul 2017 in Physics&Random
• John Wayne Recites and Explains the Pledge of Allegiance (1972), 04 Jul 2017 in Politics
• Dog Crashes a Performance of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, in the Ancient City of Ephesus: The “Cutest Moment in Classical Music”, 03 Jul 2017 in Random
• Garry Kasparov Now Teaching an Online Course on Chess, 30 Jun 2017 in Games
• All the Rivers & Streams in the U.S. Shown in Rainbow Colors: A Data Visualization to Behold, 29 Jun 2017 in Maps
• A Lecture About the History of the Scots Language … in Scots: How Much Can You Comprehend?, 27 Jun 2017 in Language Lessons
• Google Uses Artificial Intelligence to Map Thousands of Bird Sounds Into an Interactive Visualization, 26 Jun 2017 in Computer Science&Nature
• A Light Show on The Empire State Building Gets Synced to the Dead’s Live Performance of “Touch of Grey” (6/24/2017), 25 Jun 2017 in Art&Music
• Herbie Hancock to Teach His First Online Course on Jazz, 23 Jun 2017 in Music&Online Courses
• Sigourney Weaver Stars in a New Experimental Sci-Fi Film: Watch “Rakka” Free Online, 22 Jun 2017 in Film&Sci Fi
• Bill Gates Recommends Five Books for Summer 2017, 22 Jun 2017 in Books
• Free eBooks with Modern Typography & Nice Formatting, All “Carefully Produced for the True Book Lover”, 21 Jun 2017 in e-books&Literature
• The Illustrated Guide to a PhD: 12 Simple Pictures That Will Put the Daunting Degree into Perspective, 20 Jun 2017 in Education
• Watch a Star Get Devoured by a Supermassive Black Hole, 19 Jun 2017 in Astronomy
• Sci-Fi Radio: Hear Radio Dramas of Sci-Fi Stories by Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. LeGuin & More (1989), 16 Jun 2017 in Audio Books&Radio&Sci Fi
• Talking Heads Perform The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” Live in 1977 (and How the Bands Got Their Start Together), 15 Jun 2017 in Music
• See New York City in the 1930s and Now: A Side-by-Side Comparison of the Same Streets & Landmarks, 15 Jun 2017 in History
• Take Free Philosophy Courses from The Institute of Art and Ideas: From “The Meaning of Life” to “Heidegger Meets Van Gogh”, 14 Jun 2017 in Online Courses&Philosophy
• American Archive of Public Broadcasting Lets You Stream 7,000 Hours of Historic Public TV & Radio Programs, 13 Jun 2017 in Radio&Television
• Introduction to Python, Data Science & Computational Thinking: Free Online Courses from MIT, 12 Jun 2017 in Computer Science&MIT&Online Courses