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• 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
• Crowdsourcing Free Educational Resources for Kids: We Want Your Help, 08 May 2012 in K-12
• David Byrne Plays Seven Characters & Interviews Himself in Funny Promo for Stop Making Sense, 08 May 2012 in Comedy&Film
• Coldplay Covers Fight For Your Right to Party at the Hollywood Bowl: A Tribute to MCA, 07 May 2012 in Music
• Pursuit of Light: The Earth & Beyond Seen with NASA’s Amazing Data Visualizations, 07 May 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• Steve Jobs Plays FDR in Apple’s Rally-the-Troops Film, 1944, 07 May 2012 in Apple&Technology
• Something from Nothing? Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss Discuss Cosmology, Origins of Life & Religion Before a Packed Crowd, 06 May 2012 in Physics&Video - Science
• Fight For Your Right Revisited: Adam Yauch’s 2011 Film Commemorates the Beastie Boys’ Legendary Music Video, 05 May 2012 in Film&Music
• MIT & Khan Academy Team Up to Develop Science Videos for Kids. Includes The Physics of Unicycling, 03 May 2012 in K-12&MIT&Video - Science
• Supermassive Black Hole Shreds a Star, and You Get to Watch, 03 May 2012 in Astronomy
• Harvard and MIT Create EDX to Offer Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Worldwide, 02 May 2012 in Harvard&MIT&Online Courses
• Q: Salvador Dalí, Are You a Crackpot? A: No, I’m Just Almost Crazy (1969), 02 May 2012 in Art
• Shel Silverstein Reads His Poem ‘Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too’ in Animated Video, 01 May 2012 in Animation&Books&K-12
• Christopher Walken, Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry & Other Celebs Read Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, 01 May 2012 in Audio Books&Literature&Music
• Venice in a Day: From Daybreak to Sunset in Timelapse, 30 Apr 2012 in Travel
• The Man Who Quit Money — and Lived to Tell About It, 30 Apr 2012 in Books&Life
• The Higgs Boson, AKA the God Particle, Explained with Animation, 27 Apr 2012 in Animation&Physics
• Talking Heads’ “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” Performed on Traditional Chinese Instruments, 27 Apr 2012 in Music
• A Quick Video Introduction to the World’s First Asteroid Mining Company, 26 Apr 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• Orson Welles Explains Why Ignorance Was His Major “Gift” to Citizen Kane, 26 Apr 2012 in Film
• The Canterbury Tales Remixed: Baba Brinkman’s New Album Uses Hip Hop to Bring Chaucer Into the 21st Century, Yo, 25 Apr 2012 in Literature&Music
• Animated Plays by William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Othello and Other Great Tales Brought to Life, 24 Apr 2012 in Animation&K-12&Literature
• Neil deGrasse Tyson: Space Exploration is Good for Our Culture (and More Good Links From Around the Web), 23 Apr 2012 in Video - Science
• Bruce Springsteen Exhibition Held in Philadelphia; It’s Now Official, The Boss is an American Icon, 23 Apr 2012 in Music
• An Easy, Scientifically-Proven Way to Make Yourself Smarter. Go for a Good Walk or Swim Every Day, 21 Apr 2012 in Life&Science&Video - Science
• Martin Scorsese Captures Levon Helm and The Band Performing “The Weight” in The Last Waltz, 20 Apr 2012 in Music
• The Geometry of Sound Waves Visualized, 19 Apr 2012 in Video - Science
• The Art of the Book Cover Explained at TED, 19 Apr 2012 in Art&Books&TED Talks
• Coursera Adds Humanities Courses, Raises $16 Million, Strikes Deal with 3 Universities, 18 Apr 2012 in Online Courses
• Growing Up in the Universe: Richard Dawkins Presents Captivating Science Course for Kids (1991), 18 Apr 2012 in K-12&Video - Science
• The First Images and Video Footage from Outer Space, 1946–1959, 17 Apr 2012 in Science&Video - Science
• Isaac Asimov Imagines Learning in the Electronic Age … and Gets It Quite Right (1989), 16 Apr 2012 in Literature&Online Courses&Sci Fi
• Paul McCartney Shoots New Music Video with Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp, 14 Apr 2012 in Film&Music
• The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Text, Audio and Now Graphic Novel, 13 Apr 2012 in Books&Sci Fi
• Damien Hirst Takes Us Through His New Exhibition at Tate Modern, 13 Apr 2012 in Art
• Orson Whales!: Welles Meets Led Zeppelin Meets Melville in Mashup Animation, 12 Apr 2012 in Animation&Books
• John Cleese, Monty Python Icon, on How to Be Creative, 11 Apr 2012 in Comedy&Creativity&Life&Psychology&Video - Science
• Yale Introduces Another Seven Free Online Courses, Bringing Total to 42, 11 Apr 2012 in Online Courses&Yale
• Henri Matisse Illustrates 1935 Edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses, 10 Apr 2012 in Art&Books&Literature
• The Invention (and Demonstration) of the First Football Helmet, 1932, 10 Apr 2012 in Random
• Purdue Sets World Record with Largest Rube Goldberg Machine, 09 Apr 2012 in Random&Technology
• Richard Feynman Presents Quantum Electrodynamics for the NonScientist, 09 Apr 2012 in Physics&Video - Science
• Salvador Dali Gets Surreal with Mike Wallace (RIP) in 1958, 08 Apr 2012 in Art&Media&Television
• How Fender Guitars Are Made, Then (1959) and Nowadays (2012), 06 Apr 2012 in Music
• Jim Henson’s Original, Spunky Pitch for The Muppet Show, 06 Apr 2012 in Television
• The Birth and Decline of a Book: Two Videos for Bibliophiles, 05 Apr 2012 in Books
• Google Gives 360° Tour of the White House, 05 Apr 2012 in Google&Politics
• Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea Animated Not Once, But Twice, 04 Apr 2012 in Film&Literature
• Google Art Project Expands, Bringing 30,000 Works of Art from 151 Museums to the Web, 03 Apr 2012 in Art&Google&Museums
• Views from Hitchcock’s Rear Window in Timelapse, 03 Apr 2012 in Film
• Perpetual Ocean: A Van Gogh-Like Visualization of Our Ocean Currents, 03 Apr 2012 in Video - Science
• James Joyce’s Ulysses: Download as a Free Audio Book & Free eBook, 01 Apr 2012 in Audio Books&Literature
• Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet & PC in 1974, 31 Mar 2012 in Technology
• Orson Welles’ Last Interview and Final Moments Captured on Film, 30 Mar 2012 in Film
• The Wondrous Night When Glen Hansard Met Van Morrison, 29 Mar 2012 in Music
• Nelson Mandela Archive Goes Online (With Help From Google), 29 Mar 2012 in History
• The Bayeux Tapestry Animated, 29 Mar 2012 in Animation&History
• Art in the Era of the Internet (and Why Open Education Matters), 28 Mar 2012 in Art&Technology
• Ballet in Super Slow Motion (And More Culture Around the Web), 27 Mar 2012 in Random
• Richard Dawkins Rallies for Reason in Washington DC, 27 Mar 2012 in Current Affairs&Religion&Science
• Star Gazing from the International Space Station (and Free Astronomy Courses Online), 26 Mar 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• Free Science Fiction Classics on the Web: Huxley, Orwell, Asimov, Gaiman & Beyond, 26 Mar 2012 in Audio Books&Books&Sci Fi
• Filmmaker James Cameron Going 36,000 Feet Under the Sea, 23 Mar 2012 in Film&Science
• Tour the Amazon with Google Street View; No Passport Needed, 22 Mar 2012 in Google&Travel
• Van Gogh to Rothko in 30 Seconds, 21 Mar 2012 in Apple&Art&iPad
• Man Flies Like a Bird in The Hague, 21 Mar 2012 in Random&Technology
• The Tyranny of The New Yorker (And More Culture Around the Web), 20 Mar 2012 in Life&Literature&Media
• Albert Einstein Archive Now Online, Bringing 80,000+ Documents to the Web, 20 Mar 2012 in Physics&Science
• ParaHawking in Nepal: What It’s Really Like to Fly with Birds, 19 Mar 2012 in Life&Random&Science
• Bono Reads Two Poems by Charles Bukowski, “Laureate of American Lowlife”, 19 Mar 2012 in Music&Poetry
• Bruce Springsteen’s Personal Journey Through Rock ‘n’ Roll (Slightly NSFW But Simply Great), 18 Mar 2012 in Music
• Hitchcock on Happiness, 17 Mar 2012 in Film&Life
• “Sweet Home Alabama” Played on Tesla Coils (and More Culture Around the Web), 15 Mar 2012 in Music&Random
• Keith Haring’s Eclectic Journal Entries Go Online, 15 Mar 2012 in Art
• Robert Altman’s First Film Found at Flea Market (Free to Watch Online), 15 Mar 2012 in Film
• Quentin Tarantino Gives Sneak Peek of Pulp Fiction to Jon Stewart in 1994, 13 Mar 2012 in Film
• Leonard Bernstein’s Masterful Lectures on Music (11+ Hours of Video Recorded at Harvard in 1973), 13 Mar 2012 in Harvard&Music
• Michio Kaku: We’re Born Scientists But Switch to Investment Banking (and More Culture Around the Web), 12 Mar 2012 in Physics
• Nabokov Reads Lolita, and Names the Greatest Books of the 20th Century, 10 Mar 2012 in Books&Literature
• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Live at the Apollo, 10 Mar 2012 in Music
• Frank Zappa Debates Censorship on CNN’s Crossfire (1986), 09 Mar 2012 in Music&Politics&Television
• Science & Cooking: Harvard Profs Meet World-Class Chefs in Unique Online Course, 08 Mar 2012 in Harvard&Science
• The Most Astounding Fact According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, 08 Mar 2012 in Physics&Science&Video - Science
• Vintage Footage of Picasso and Jackson Pollock Painting … Through Glass, 07 Mar 2012 in Art
• Five Free Courses from Stanford Start This Month, 06 Mar 2012 in Online Courses&Stanford
• Mick Jones Plays Three Favorite Songs by The Clash at the Library, 06 Mar 2012 in Music
• 16th-Century Amsterdam Stunningly Visualized with 3D Animation, 05 Mar 2012 in Art&History
• Slavoj Žižek & Pres. Obama Give Their Take on The Wire (and More Culture Around the Web), 05 Mar 2012 in Philosophy&Television
• Stephen Hawking’s Universe: A Visualization of His Lectures with Stars & Sound, 02 Mar 2012 in Physics&Video - Science
• 75 Free Philosophy Courses, 01 Mar 2012 in Philosophy
• Wes Anderson from Above. Quentin Tarantino From Below., 29 Feb 2012 in Film
• Futurist Ray Kurzweil, 17 Years Old, Appears on “I’ve Got a Secret” (1965), 28 Feb 2012 in History&Technology
• Earth-Size Tornadoes On The Sun, 27 Feb 2012 in Astronomy&Science&Video - Science
• 36 Free Oscar Winning Films Available on the Web, 26 Feb 2012 in Film
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: Film for Book Lovers Wins Oscar, 26 Feb 2012 in Animation&Books&Film
• Dhani Harrison Presents The George Harrison Guitar App for the iPad, 26 Feb 2012 in iPad&Music
• Inspirations: A Short Film Celebrating the Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher, 24 Feb 2012 in Art&Film&Math
• “The Periodic Table Table” — All The Elements in Hand-Carved Wood, 24 Feb 2012 in Science
• Harvard Thinks Big 2012: 8 All-Star Professors. 8 Big Ideas., 23 Feb 2012 in Harvard&TED Talks
• Princeton v. Yale, 1903: The Oldest College Football Game on Film, 23 Feb 2012 in Film&History
• 30 Free Essays & Stories by David Foster Wallace on the Web, 22 Feb 2012 in e-books&Literature
• The David Foster Wallace Audio Archive: A Little Gift For the Novelist’s 50th Birthday, 21 Feb 2012 in Literature
• Animated: Robert Johnson’s Classic Blues Tune Me and the Devil Blues, 20 Feb 2012 in Animation&Music
• How the Great George Carlin Showed Louis CK the Way to Success (NSFW), 18 Feb 2012 in Comedy&Life
• Everything is a Remix: An Exploration of Remixing as a Form of Creativity, 16 Feb 2012 in Film&Literature&Technology
• A Brief, Animated Introduction to Thomas Edison (and Nikola Tesla), 15 Feb 2012 in Animation&History&Technology
• Enroll in MIT’s First Free Certificate Course Today, 14 Feb 2012 in Education&MIT
• Mr. Happy Man, 14 Feb 2012 in Film&Life
• William S. Burroughs on Saturday Night Live, 1981, 14 Feb 2012 in Literature&Television