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• Ayn Rand’s Philosophy and Her Resurgence in 2012: A Quick Primer by Stanford Historian Jennifer Burns, 04 Sep 2012 in Philosophy&Politics&Stanford
• Johnny Cash’s Short and Personal To-Do List, 04 Sep 2012 in Life&Music
• Stephen Greenblatt’s Pulitzer Prize Winner, The Swerve, Available as AudioBook on iTunes for $5.95, 01 Sep 2012 in Books&Literature
• Campbell’s to Sell Special Andy Warhol Soup Cans, and What Makes Those Cans Art Anyway, 31 Aug 2012 in Art&Business
• Kurt Vonnegut Writes an Offbeat Contract Outlining His Chores Around the House, 1947, 30 Aug 2012 in Life&Literature
• The Legendary Bluesman Robert Johnson Brought to Life in (Somewhat Creepy) Animated Image, 29 Aug 2012 in Music
• Bill Nye, The Science Guy, Says Creationism is Bad for Kids and America’s Future, 27 Aug 2012 in Education&K-12&Science
• Remembering Neil Armstrong, the First Man on the Moon, with Historic Footage and a BBC Bio Film, 25 Aug 2012 in Astronomy&Life
• How to Remove Egg Yolks with a Plastic Bottle, and More Strange Culinary Tips, 24 Aug 2012 in Random
• Three Public Service Announcements by Frank Zappa: Vote, Brush Your Teeth, and Don’t Do Speed, 24 Aug 2012 in Life&Music
• The Famous Intro to 20th Century Fox Films … As It Ought to Be, 24 Aug 2012 in Comedy&Film&Random
• India’s Answer to M.I.T. Presents 268 Free Online Courses (in English), 22 Aug 2012 in Online Courses&Technology
• The Final Descent of NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Captured in High Resolution, 21 Aug 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• Parking Garage Door Does Impression of Miles Davis’ Jazz Album, Bitches Brew, 21 Aug 2012 in Music
• What If Everyone Jumped at Once? What Color is a Mirror? Big Questions Answered in Viral Videos, 21 Aug 2012 in Video - Science
• Bill Murray Reads Wallace Stevens Poems — “The Planet on The Table” and “A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts”, 20 Aug 2012 in Film&Poetry
• Russian Punk Band, Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Deriding Putin, Releases New Single, 18 Aug 2012 in Current Affairs&Music&Politics
• One Trillion Frames Per Second: The Science of Capturing Light in Motion, 17 Aug 2012 in Photography&Technology&TED Talks
• The Joy of Making Artistic Homemade Guitars, 16 Aug 2012 in Music
• The Making of Apocalypse Now Remixed/Revisited, 16 Aug 2012 in Film&Life
• What Would It Be Like to Fly Through the Universe?, 15 Aug 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• What Makes Paris Look Like Paris? A Creative Use of Google Street View, 14 Aug 2012 in Google&Technology
• The Hearts of Age: Orson Welles’ Surrealist First Film (1934), 13 Aug 2012 in Film
• David Rakoff Reads Personal Story During Live Stage Performance of This American Life (May, 2012), 11 Aug 2012 in Books&Comedy&Life
• NASA Archive Collects Great Time-Lapse Videos of our Planet, 10 Aug 2012 in Astronomy
• Jon Hamm and Lena Dunham Unveil The New Yorker’s New iPhone App, 10 Aug 2012 in iPhone&Media
• The Story of the Guitar: The Complete Three-Part Documentary, 09 Aug 2012 in Music
• Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead Rehearse Together in Summer 1987: Hear 74 Tracks, 08 Aug 2012 in Music
• Carl Sagan Presents Six Lectures on Earth, Mars & Our Solar System … For Kids (1977), 07 Aug 2012 in Astronomy&Physics&Video - Science
• Watch the Descent of Curiosity in Stop Motion Animation: The View from the Mars Rover, 07 Aug 2012 in Astronomy
• Video: The Minutes Before & After the Landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover, 05 Aug 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• Take a Panoramic Tour of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with Google Street View, 02 Aug 2012 in Astronomy&Google&Science
• The Latest, Greatest Cultural Perk of Amazon Prime: Stream Movies and TV Shows to the iPad, 02 Aug 2012 in Amazon Kindle&Film&iPad
• Jerry Garcia Sings a Soulful Peggy‑O (For His Would-Be 70th Birthday), 01 Aug 2012 in Music
• Gore Vidal (1925–2012) Feuds with Norman Mailer & William F. Buckley, 31 Jul 2012 in Books&Literature
• Paris in (Stop) Motion, 31 Jul 2012 in Random
• The Benefits of Being Awestruck, 31 Jul 2012 in Psychology&Science&Video - Science
• Star Trek Celebrities, William Shatner and Wil Wheaton, Narrate Mars Landing Videos for NASA, 31 Jul 2012 in Astronomy&Sci Fi&Television
• The Strawberry Fields Forever Demos: The Making of a Beatles Classic (1966), 30 Jul 2012 in Music
• Leni Riefenstahl Captures Jesse Owens Dashing Nazi Dreams at the 1936 Olympics, 27 Jul 2012 in History
• Great Cities at Night: Views from the International Space Station, 26 Jul 2012 in Astronomy
• Martin Scorsese Appears in New Apple Ad with Siri, Plays on His Chilling Cameo in Taxi Driver, 25 Jul 2012 in Business&Film&Television
• Great Moments with Bertrand Russell: The Philosopher on Love, Smoking and The Afterlife, 25 Jul 2012 in Philosophy
• NASA’s Van Gogh Sun, 24 Jul 2012 in Art&Astronomy&Video - Science
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: Jerry Seinfeld’s News Series Debuts on the Web, 23 Jul 2012 in Comedy&Television
• Pavarotti Sings with Lou Reed, Sting, James Brown and Other Friends, 22 Jul 2012 in Music
• Tom Davis, Original Saturday Night Live Writer, “De-animates” at 59, 20 Jul 2012 in Comedy&Life
• Bob Dylan’s (In)Famous Electric Guitar From the Newport Folk Festival Discovered?, 19 Jul 2012 in Music
• The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela Retold with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, 18 Jul 2012 in History&Media&Technology
• Coursera Strikes Partnerships with 12 Universities, Raises More $$$, Announces a Long List of Courses, 17 Jul 2012 in Online Courses&Stanford
• Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” Movingly Flashmobbed in Spain, 16 Jul 2012 in Music
• Our Big List of 500 Free Courses Featured by The Young Turks, 14 Jul 2012 in Online Courses
• Does God Exist? Christopher Hitchens Debates Christian Philosopher William Lane Craig (2009), 12 Jul 2012 in Philosophy&Religion
• Mr. Deity Greets Christopher Hitchens at the Gates of Heaven, 11 Jul 2012 in Comedy&Religion
• An Abridged History of Western Music: “What a Wonderful World” Sung in 16 Different Styles, 10 Jul 2012 in Music
• The Tour de Francis: Can an Amateur Tackle the World’s Greatest Cycling Race?, 10 Jul 2012 in Current Affairs
• When Super Heroes Get Old and Retire to Miami, 10 Jul 2012 in Animation&Comedy
• Books Made with Disappearing Ink Strategically Fade Away, 09 Jul 2012 in Books&Media
• The Grand Finale: All 135 Space Shuttle Launches in One Video, 08 Jul 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• Stephen Hawking Loses $100 on the Higgs Boson Discovery, 07 Jul 2012 in Physics
• The Evolution of the Moon: 4.5 Billions Years in 2.6 Minutes (and More Culture From Around the Web), 06 Jul 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• Dark Matter Animated: The Next Frontier of Discovery for Physicists and Cosmologists, 05 Jul 2012 in Physics&Video - Science
• The Higgs Boson and Its Discovery Explained with Animation, 04 Jul 2012 in Animation&Physics
• Isaac Asimov: “I Am Crazy, Absolutely Nuts, About our National Anthem” (1991), 04 Jul 2012 in History&Music
• A History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in 100 Riffs, 02 Jul 2012 in Music
• Evolver: A Darwinist Reimagination of The Beatles’ 1966 album, 02 Jul 2012 in Music&Science
• William Shatner Sings O Canada (and Happy Canada Day), 01 Jul 2012 in Television
• Science Behind the Bike: Four Videos from the Open University on the Eve of the Tour de France, 29 Jun 2012 in Physics&Science&Technology
• Jason Silva Preaches the Gospel of “Radical Openness” in Espresso-Fueled Video (at TEDGlobal 2012), 28 Jun 2012 in TED Talks
• Bruce Springsteen Singin’ in the Rain in Italy, and How He Creates Powerful Imaginary Worlds, 27 Jun 2012 in Music&Psychology
• Nora Ephron’s Lists: “What I Will Miss” and “What I Won’t Miss”, 27 Jun 2012 in Books&Film&Life
• Bob Dylan Classic, “Forever Young,” Animated for Children, 26 Jun 2012 in Books&Literature&Music
• The LEGO Turing Machine Gives a Quick Primer on How Your Computer Works, 25 Jun 2012 in Computer Science&Technology
• Bill Murray’s Baseball Hall of Fame Speech (and Hideous Sports Coat), 21 Jun 2012 in Comedy&Film&Random
• Microsoft Rolls Out Its New Tablet in Fine Apple Style, 20 Jun 2012 in Apple&iPad&Technology
• Salvador Dalí Sketches Five Spanish Immortals: Cervantes, Don Quixote, El Cid, El Greco & Velázquez, 20 Jun 2012 in Art&Literature
• The Karl Marx Credit Card — When You’re Short of Kapital, 19 Jun 2012 in Economics&Random
• Salman Khan Returns to MIT, Gives Commencement Speech, Likens School to Hogwarts, 19 Jun 2012 in Graduation Speech&K-12&MIT
• Richard Dawkins Explains Why There Was Never a First Human Being, 19 Jun 2012 in Biology&Video - Science
• Paul McCartney Turns a Spry 70 Today, Thanks to Meditation, a Vegetarian Diet and Three Hour Gigs, 18 Jun 2012 in Life&Music
• Udacity to Launch 5 New Courses, from Statistics to Physics. Shooting for Largest Online Class Ever., 18 Jun 2012 in Math&Online Courses
• 1905 Video: The Funeral of Hiram Cronk, The Last Surviving Veteran of the War of 1812, 16 Jun 2012 in History
• A Master List of 500 Free Courses From Great Universities, 15 Jun 2012 in Online Courses
• Thomas Pynchon Novels Coming to eBook, at Long Last, 14 Jun 2012 in Books&e-books&Literature
• Marlon Brando Screen Tests for Rebel Without A Cause (1947), 14 Jun 2012 in Film
• World Cinema: Joel and Ethan Coen’s Playful Homage to Cinema History, 14 Jun 2012 in Film
• A Stringed Salute to AC/DC and Guns N’ Roses, 12 Jun 2012 in Music
• Young Robert De Niro Appears in 1969 AMC Car Commercial, 12 Jun 2012 in Film&Television
• The Art of Making the Hofner Beatles Bass Guitar, 12 Jun 2012 in Music
• Michael Lewis Tells Princeton Graduates How Moneyball Rules Apply to Real Life, 11 Jun 2012 in Books&Graduation Speech
• Kurt Vonnegut: “How To Get A Job Like Mine” (2002), 08 Jun 2012 in Literature&Writing
• Rembrandt’s Facebook Timeline, 07 Jun 2012 in Art&Technology
• Ray Bradbury Reads Moving Poem, “If Only We Had Taller Been,” on the Eve of NASA’s 1971 Mars Mission, 07 Jun 2012 in Astronomy&Sci Fi&Video - Science
• The Transit of Venus in HD Video, 06 Jun 2012 in Video - Science
• Ray Bradbury Offers 12 Essential Writing Tips and Explains Why Literature Saves Civilization, 06 Jun 2012 in Books&Literature&Sci Fi
• Salvador Dalí’s Illustrations of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, 06 Jun 2012 in Art&Literature
• Rare Color Footage of the 1939 World Series: Yankees v. Reds, 05 Jun 2012 in History
• Author Flannery O’Connor Captured on Film at Age 5, with Her Chickens, 05 Jun 2012 in Literature
• This is Coffee!: A 1961 Tribute to Our Favorite Stimulant, 05 Jun 2012 in History&Life
• A Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali, Narrated by the Great Orson Welles, 04 Jun 2012 in Art&Film
• The Ghosts of Père Lachaise, 03 Jun 2012 in Animation&Music
• Allen Ginsberg Reads His Famously Censored Beat Poem, Howl (1959), 03 Jun 2012 in Audio Books&Literature&Poetry
• The Best Animated Films of All Time, According to Terry Gilliam, 01 Jun 2012 in Animation&Film
• The 15 Worst Covers of Beatles Songs: William Shatner, Bill Cosby, Tiny Tim, Sean Connery & Your Excellent Picks, 01 Jun 2012 in Music
• The Art of Making a Flamenco Guitar: 299 Hours of Blood, Sweat & Tears Experienced in 3 Minutes, 31 May 2012 in Music
• Building the Golden Gate Bridge: A Retro Film Featuring Original Archival Footage, 30 May 2012 in History
• Download David Hockney’s Playful Drawings for the iPhone and iPad, 30 May 2012 in Apple&Art&iPad&iPhone
• William F. Buckley Meets (Possibly Drunk) Jack Kerouac, Tries to Make Sense of Hippies, 1968, 30 May 2012 in History&Literature&Television
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Delivers the Greatest Science Sermon Ever, 29 May 2012 in Astronomy&Physics&Religion
• The Open Goldberg Variations: J.S. Bach’s Masterpiece Free to Download, 29 May 2012 in Music
• Daniel Dennett (a la Jeff Foxworthy) Does the Routine, “You Might be an Atheist If…”, 28 May 2012 in Philosophy&Religion
• Andy Samberg Announces Death of Liberal Arts, Coolness of Science Majors at Harvard Class Day, 27 May 2012 in Comedy&Graduation Speech&Harvard
• Bill Murray Stars in Playful, Slo-Mo, Mock Trailer (and More Culture from Around the Web), 26 May 2012 in Film
• David Rees and His One-Man Artisanal Pencil Sharpening Service, 25 May 2012 in Comedy
• Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-Winner, Tweets New Story with The New Yorker, 25 May 2012 in Books&Literature&Twitter
• Leonard Susskind, Father of String Theory, Warmly Remembers His Friend, Richard Feynman, 24 May 2012 in Physics&Stanford
• Watch: New Film by Roman Polanski, Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Sir Ben Kingsley & Prada Shoes, 24 May 2012 in Film
• The First Films of Great Directors: Kubrick, Coppola, Scorsese, Tarantino & Truffaut, 23 May 2012 in Film
• The Idea TED Didn’t Consider Worth Spreading: The Rich Aren’t Really Job Creators, 23 May 2012 in Current Affairs&TED Talks
• Charles Bukowski: Depression and Three Days in Bed Can Restore Your Creative Juices (NSFW), 22 May 2012 in Life&Poetry&Psychology
• Manuel Lima Visualizes Knowledge in Our Interconnected World in a Brand New RSA Animated Video, 22 May 2012 in Animation&Technology
• A Most Unfortunate Commencement Typo at UT Austin, 21 May 2012 in Comedy
• Neil Gaiman Gives Graduates 10 Essential Tips for Working in the Arts, 21 May 2012 in Books&Graduation Speech&Life&Literature
• Last Night’s Solar Eclipse in a 60-Second, 700-Picture Timelapse Video, 21 May 2012 in Video - Science
• Adam Savage (Host of Mythbusters) Tells Sarah Lawrence Grads to Think Broadly … and Don’t Work for Fools, 20 May 2012 in Education&Life
• Moons, Moons, They’re Everywhere. The Unexpected Shadows of the Solar Eclipse, 20 May 2012 in Random
• Einstein Explains His Famous Formula, E=mc², in Original Audio, 18 May 2012 in Physics
• Morgan Freeman Teaches Kids to Read in Vintage Electric Company Footage from 1971, 17 May 2012 in Education&K-12&Television
• Brussels Express: The Perils of Cycling in Europe’s Most Congested City, 17 May 2012 in Film&Life
• A Child’s Introduction to Jazz by Cannonball Adderley (with Louis Armstrong & Thelonious Monk), 16 May 2012 in K-12&Music
• Willie Nelson Sings Pearl Jam’s “Just Breathe” (And We’re Taking a Deep Breath Too), 16 May 2012 in Music&Technology
• True Story: The Time Pixar Almost Deleted Toy Story 2, 15 May 2012 in Animation&Film
• Why the University System, as We Know It, Won’t Last .… and What’s Coming Next, 14 May 2012 in Education
• Neil deGrasse Tyson & Richard Dawkins Ponder the Big Enchilada Questions of Science, 14 May 2012 in Physics&Science&Video - Science
• What Happens When a Terry Gross/Fresh Air Interview Ends: A Comic Look, 12 May 2012 in Comedy&Radio
• 1377 TED Talks Listed in a Neat Spreadsheet — And More Stellar Culture Links on the Web, 11 May 2012 in TED Talks
• The Electronic Nose and The Strange Future of Public Health & Safety, 10 May 2012 in Science
• The Making of “Tomorrow Never Knows,” The Beatles’ Song That Aired on an Historic Episode of Mad Men, 10 May 2012 in Music&Television
• Watch the Animation of Maurice Sendak’s Surreal and Controversial Story, In the Night Kitchen, 09 May 2012 in Animation&Books&Film&K-12
• Flash Mob Fun Part II: Copenhagen Philharmonic Plays Grieg’s Peer Gynt in the Subway, 08 May 2012 in Music