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• How Italian Physicist Laura Bassi Became the First Woman to Have an Academic Career in the 18th Century, 16 Sep 2021 in Gender&History&Physics&Science
• Elvis Presley Gets the Polio Vaccine on The Ed Sullivan Show, Persuading Millions to Get Vaccinated (1956), 15 Sep 2021 in Health&History&Television
• The Roman Colosseum Has a Twin in Tunisia: Discover the Amphitheater of El Jem, One of the Best-Preserved Roman Ruins in the World, 15 Sep 2021 in Architecture&History
• What Makes Basquiat’s Untitled Great Art: One Painting Says Everything Basquiat Wanted to Say About America, Art & Being Black in Both Worlds, 14 Sep 2021 in Art
• Sci-Fi Pioneer Hugo Gernsback Predicts Telemedicine in 1925, 13 Sep 2021 in Health&Sci Fi&Technology
• William Blake’s 102 Illustrations of The Divine Comedy Collected in a Beautiful Book from Taschen, 10 Sep 2021 in Art&Books&Literature
• Tove Jansson, Beloved Creator of the Moomins, Illustrates The Hobbit, 09 Sep 2021 in Art&Books
• A Restored Vermeer Painting Reveals a Portrait of a Cupid Hidden for Over 350 Years, 08 Sep 2021 in Art
• Why Do We Dream?: An Animated Lesson, 08 Sep 2021 in Neuroscience&Psychology
• Darth Vader’s Voice: The Original Voice Versus the Vocals of James Earl Jones, 08 Sep 2021 in Film
• The First Air Raid Happened When Austria Dropped Bombs on Venice from Pilotless Hot-Air Balloons (1849), 07 Sep 2021 in History
• Meet Brushy One String, the One String Guitar Player Who Will Blow Your Mind, 06 Sep 2021 in Music
• Hear Charlie Watts Inimitable Isolated Drum Tracks on “Gimme Shelter,” “Beast of Burden,” and “Honky Tonk”, 06 Sep 2021 in Music
• The Evolutionary History of Fat: Biologists Explain Why It’s Necessary for Our Survival & Why We’re Biased Against It, 02 Sep 2021 in Biology&Health
• What Makes Rodin’s The Thinker a Great Sculpture: An Introduction to Rodin Life, Craft & Iconic Work, 01 Sep 2021 in Art
• Chinese Youth Announce That They’re “Lying Flat” and Resisting the Pressures of Modern Life, 01 Sep 2021 in Current Affairs&Economics&Politics
• An Archaeologist Creates the Definitive Guide to Beer Cans, 31 Aug 2021 in Food & Drink&History
• Watch Lost Studio Footage of Brian Wilson Conducting “Good Vibrations,” The Beach Boys’ Brilliant “Pocket Symphony”, 31 Aug 2021 in Music
• An 18-Year-Old Spends a Year Alone Building a Log Cabin in the Swedish Wilderness: Watch from Start to Finish, 30 Aug 2021 in Life
• 17th Century Scientist Gives First Description of Alien Life: Hear Passages from Christiaan Huygens’ Cosmotheoros (1698), 27 Aug 2021 in Astronomy&Sci Fi&Science
• Medieval Scribes Discouraged Theft of Manuscripts by Adding Curses Threatening Death & Damnation to Their Pages, 26 Aug 2021 in Books&History&Religion
• Saying Goodbye to Charlie Watts (RIP), the Engine of the Rolling Stones for Half a Century, 25 Aug 2021 in Music
• The Wicked Scene in Amadeus When Mozart Mocked the Talents of His Rival Antonio Salieri: How Much Does the Film Square with Reality?, 24 Aug 2021 in Film&History&Music
• 360 Degree Virtual Tours of the Hagia Sophia, 23 Aug 2021 in Architecture&Art&History&Travel
• An Interactive Map of 530 Female Composers from Across the Globe, 23 Aug 2021 in Music
• Hear Philip K. Dick’s Famous Metz Speech: “If You Find this World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others” (1977), 20 Aug 2021 in Literature&Philosophy&Sci Fi
• Songs That Use “Word Painting”: The Art of Creating Music That Sounds Like the Lyrics, 19 Aug 2021 in Music
• How Doctor Who First Started as a Family Educational TV Program (1963), 19 Aug 2021 in Education&Sci Fi&Television
• Brian Eno Day: Hear 10 Hours of Radio Programming Featuring Brian Eno Talking About His Life & Career (1988), 18 Aug 2021 in Music
• Hear 45 Minutes of Funky Old Soundtracks from 1960s-70s Japanese Films & TV Shows, 17 Aug 2021 in Film&Music&Television
• Listen to Plato Invent the Myth of Atlantis (360 B.C), 17 Aug 2021 in History&Philosophy
• Take a Trip to the LSD Museum, the Largest Collection of “Blotter Art” in the World, 16 Aug 2021 in Art&Chemistry&History&Museums&Random
• 200 Comic Book Adaptations of Classic Novels Created (1941-1971): Frankenstein, Moby Dick, Hamlet & More, 13 Aug 2021 in Comics/Cartoons&Literature
• Hear Sherlock Holmes Stories Read by The Great Christopher Lee, 12 Aug 2021 in Audio Books&Literature
• Every Christmas, Peruvians Living in the Andes Settle Their Scores at Fist-Fighting Festivals, 12 Aug 2021 in Life&Travel
• Hear Vincent Price Star in a Classic Radio Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984, 10 Aug 2021 in Books&Literature&Politics
• What Makes Picasso’s Guernica a Great Painting?: Explore the Anti-Fascist Mural That Became a Worldwide Anti-War Symbol, 09 Aug 2021 in Art
• A Charlie Watts-Centric View of the Rolling Stones: Watch Martin Scorsese’s Footage of Charlie & the Band Performing “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “All Down the Line”, 09 Aug 2021 in Music
• Jocelyn Bell Burnell Changed Astronomy Forever; Her Ph.D. Advisor Won the Nobel Prize for It, 05 Aug 2021 in Astronomy&Gender&History&Science
• Footage of Cities Around the World in the 1890s: London, Tokyo, New York, Venice, Moscow & More, 05 Aug 2021 in History
• Is the Viral “Red Dress” Music Video a Sociological Experiment? Performance Art? Or Something Else?, 04 Aug 2021 in Life&Media&Music
• Carl Jung Offers an Introduction to His Psychological Thought in a 3-Hour Interview (1957), 04 Aug 2021 in Psychology
• How Steven Van Zandt Organized the Sun City Boycott and Helped Catalyze the Anti-Apartheid Movement (1985), 03 Aug 2021 in Music&Politics
• Watch Beautiful Footage of the Rarely Seen Glass Octopus, 03 Aug 2021 in Biology&Science
• The Cramps Legendary Concert at a California Psychiatric Hospital Gets Revisited in the New Documentary, We Were There to Be There: Watch It Online, 02 Aug 2021 in Music
• Take an Intellectual Odyssey with a Free MIT Course on Douglas Hofstadter’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, 02 Aug 2021 in Computer Science&Creativity&Math&MIT&Music&Neuroscience&Philosophy&Psychology
• A Gallery of 1,800 Gigapixel Images of Classic Paintings: See Vermeer’s Girl with the Pearl Earring, Van Gogh’s Starry Night & Other Masterpieces in Close Detail, 29 Jul 2021 in Art
• An Animated History of Writing: From Ancient Egypt to Modern Writing Systems, 29 Jul 2021 in History&Writing
• Are We All Getting More Depressed?: A New Study Analyzing 14 Million Books, Written Over 160 Years, Finds the Language of Depression Steadily Rising, 28 Jul 2021 in Data&Psychology
• How ABBA Won Eurovision and Became International Pop Stars (1974), 27 Jul 2021 in Music
• The Making of a Violin from Start to Finish: Watch a French Luthier Practice a Time-Honored Craft, 27 Jul 2021 in Music
• The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Oldest-Known Work of Literature in World History, 22 Jul 2021 in History&Literature
• Explore Divine Comedy Digital, a New Digital Database That Collects Seven Centuries of Art Inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy, 21 Jul 2021 in Art&Literature
• Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Artist, 21 Jul 2021 in Art
• They Might Be Giants’ John Linnell Releases an EP of Songs in Latin, 20 Jul 2021 in Language&Music
• When Rage Against the Machine Interviewed Noam Chomsky (1999), 20 Jul 2021 in Music&Politics
• Neil Young Plays “Hey, Hey, My, My” with Devo: Watch a Classic Scene from the Improvised Movie Human Highway (1980), 19 Jul 2021 in Film&Music
• How American Bandstand Changed American Culture: Revisit Scenes from the Iconic Music Show, 16 Jul 2021 in Music&Television
• Hear Isabella Rossellini Sing “Blue Velvet” in Its Entirety, 15 Jul 2021 in Film
• B.F. Skinner Demonstrates His “Teaching Machine,” the 1950s Automated Learning Device, 15 Jul 2021 in Education&History&Psychology
• What the Eagles’ “Hotel California” Really Means, 13 Jul 2021 in Music
• Watch Blondie Perform a Classic Concert During The Breakout Year: “Dreamin,” “One Way Or Another,” “Heart of Glass” & More (1979), 13 Jul 2021 in Music
• Hear Louis Armstrong’s Last Reel-to-Reel Tape, Made Hours Before His Death (1971), 12 Jul 2021 in Music
• Leon Theremin Advertises the First Commercial Production Run of His Revolutionary Electronic Instrument (1930), 09 Jul 2021 in History&Music
• Watch the Tate Modern Restore Mark Rothko’s Vandalized Painting, Black on Maroon: 18 Months of Work Condensed Into 17 Minutes, 08 Jul 2021 in Art
• How Caravaggio Painted: A Re-Creation of the Great Master’s Process, 07 Jul 2021 in Art
• Hear Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Played on Original Baroque Instruments, 07 Jul 2021 in History&Music
• Why Finland & Denmark Are Happier Than the United States, 06 Jul 2021 in Life
• Quentin Tarantino Releases His First Novel: A Pulpy Novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, 05 Jul 2021 in Film
• Discover the 1820’s Color-Coded System for Memorizing Historical Events, Which Resembled Modern Art (1820), 05 Jul 2021 in History
• Alfred Hitchcock Explains the Difference Between Suspense & Surprise: Give the Audience Some Information & Leave the Rest to Their Imagination, 01 Jul 2021 in Film
• How Jaco Pastorius Invented the Electric Bass Solo & Changed Musical History (1976), 30 Jun 2021 in Music
• Watch 194 Films by Georges Méliès, the Filmmaker Who “Invented Everything” (All in Chronological Order), 30 Jun 2021 in Film
• The Acoustics of Stonehenge: Researchers Build a Model to Understand How Sound Reverberated within the Ancient Structure, 28 Jun 2021 in History&Science
• Tom Jones Covers Talking Heads “Burning Down the House”–and Burns Down the House (1999), 25 Jun 2021 in Music
• 1540 Monet Paintings in a Two Hour Video, 24 Jun 2021 in Art
• Every Roman Emperor: A Video Timeline Moving from Augustus to the Byzantine Empire’s Last Ruler, Constantine XI, 24 Jun 2021 in History
• Hear Demos & Outtakes of Joni Mitchell’s Blue on the 50th Anniversary of the Classic Album, 23 Jun 2021 in Music
• The Captivating Art of Restoring Vintage Guitars, 23 Jun 2021 in Music
• David Bowie on Why It’s Crazy to Make Art–and We Do It Anyway (1998), 22 Jun 2021 in Art&Music&Television
• British Actor Bob Hoskins Helped Thousands Learn to Read in On the Move, a 1970s “Sesame Street for Adults”, 22 Jun 2021 in Education&Television
• Discover Ikaria, the Greek Island With the Oldest Life Expectancy in the World, 21 Jun 2021 in Health&Life
• The Horrors of Bull Island, “the Worst Music Festival of All Time” (1972), 18 Jun 2021 in Music
• Hear an Excerpt from the Newly-Released, First Unabridged Audiobook of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, 17 Jun 2021 in Audio Books&Literature
• Watch Franz Liszt’s “Un Sospiro” Played with the Mesmerizing “Three-Hand Technique”, 16 Jun 2021 in Music
• Hear The Velvet Underground’s “Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes,” Which Showcases the Brilliance & Innovation of Lou Reed’s Guitar Playing (1969), 15 Jun 2021 in Music
• Watch an Accurate Reconstruction of the World’s Oldest Computer, the 2,200 Year-Old Antikythera Mechanism, from Start to Finish, 14 Jun 2021 in Astronomy&History&Science
• Hear the Amati “King” Cello, the Oldest Known Cello in Existence (c. 1560), 11 Jun 2021 in History&Music
• Ethan Hawke Explains How to Give Yourself Permission to Be Creative, 10 Jun 2021 in Art&Creativity&Poetry
• A Data Visualization of Every Italian City & Town Founded in the BC Era, 10 Jun 2021 in Data&History
• Why Most Ancient Civilizations Had No Word for the Color Blue, 09 Jun 2021 in Literature&Psychology
• How Egyptian Papyrus Is Made: Watch Artisans Keep a 5,000-Year-Old Art Alive, 09 Jun 2021 in Art&History
• An Illustrated History of Depeche Mode by Anton Corbijn, 08 Jun 2021 in Music&Photography
• What Happened During the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, One of the Worst Episodes of Racial Violence in U.S. History, 07 Jun 2021 in History
• When Was the Pinnacle of Saturday Night Live? A YouTuber Watches One Episode from Each Season & Reports Back, 04 Jun 2021 in Television
• The Origin of the Rooftop Concert: Before the Beatles Came Jefferson Airplane, and Before Them, Brazilian Singer Roberto Carlos (1967), 03 Jun 2021 in Music
• Who Designed the 1980s Aesthetic?: Meet the Memphis Group, the Designers Who Created the 80s Iconic Look, 02 Jun 2021 in Architecture&Art&Design&Fashion
• When Salvador Dalí Created a Surrealist Funhouse at New York World’s Fair (1939), 02 Jun 2021 in Art
• Keith Richards Shows Us How to Play the Blues, Inspired by Robert Johnson, on the Acoustic Guitar, 01 Jun 2021 in Music
• The World’s First Bass Guitar (1936), 31 May 2021 in Music
• Bass Sounds: One Song Highlights the Many Different Sounds Made by Different Bass Guitars, 28 May 2021 in Music
• Behold the Astronomicum Caesareum, “Perhaps the Most Beautiful Scientific Book Ever Printed” (1540), 27 May 2021 in Art&Books&Science
• Meet the Linda Lindas, the Tween Punk Band Who Called Out Racism & Misogyny and Scored a Record Deal, 27 May 2021 in Gender&K-12&Music
• Learn to Play Senet, the 5,000-Year Old Ancient Egyptian Game Beloved by Queens & Pharaohs, 25 May 2021 in Games&History
• Watch 1,000 Musicians Play the Foo Fighters’ “Learn to Fly,” Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel,” and The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, 25 May 2021 in Music
• The Incredible Engineering of Antonio Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia, the World’s Oldest Construction Project, 24 May 2021 in Architecture&Art
• Watch the Building of the Eiffel Tower in Timelapse Animation, 21 May 2021 in Architecture
• A Young Janis Joplin Plays a Passionate Set at One of Her First Gigs in San Francisco (1963), 20 May 2021 in Music
• The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai: An Introduction to the Iconic Japanese Woodblock Print in 17 Minutes, 20 May 2021 in Art
• An Interactive Visualization of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 19 May 2021 in Data&Philosophy
• The Surprising Reason Why Chinatowns Worldwide Share the Same Aesthetic, and How It All Started with the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 19 May 2021 in Architecture&History
• What Karl Marx Meant by “Alienation”: Two Animated Videos Explain, 19 May 2021 in Economics&Philosophy&Politics
• How to Take the Perfect Nap, According to Cognitive Scientist Sara Mednick, 18 May 2021 in Health&Neuroscience
• Wildlife Is Now Thriving Again in Chernobyl–Even If Humans Won’t for Another 24,000 Years, 17 May 2021 in Life&Nature
• Watch Accurate Recreations of Medieval Italian Longsword Fighting Techniques, All Based on a Manuscript from 1404, 17 May 2021 in Books&History
• Watch a Masterpiece Emerge from a Solid Block of Stone, 14 May 2021 in Art
• The Utopian, Socialist Designs of Soviet Cities, 13 May 2021 in Architecture
• A 5-Hour Walking Tour of Paris and Its Famous Streets, Monuments & Parks, 13 May 2021 in Travel
• David Lynch Directs a New Music Video for Donovan, 12 May 2021 in Film&Music
• Pink Floyd’s First Masterpiece: An Audio/Video Exploration of the 23-Minute Track, “Echoes” (1971), 11 May 2021 in Music
• The History of the Guitar: See the Evolution of the Guitar in 7 Instruments, 11 May 2021 in History&Music
• Japanese Carpenters Unearth 100-Year-Old Wood Joineries While Taking Apart a Traditional House, 07 May 2021 in Architecture
• Beautiful 19th-Century Indian Drawings Show Hatha Yoga Poses Before They Reached the West, 06 May 2021 in Art&Books&Health&Religion
• Watch a New Director’s Cut of Prince’s Blistering “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” Guitar Solo (2004), 05 May 2021 in Music
• Muhammad Ali Explains Why He Refused to Fight in Vietnam: “My Conscience Won’t Let Me Go Shoot My Brother… for Big Powerful America” (1970), 05 May 2021 in History&Sports&Television
• Keith Richards Demonstrates His Famous 5-String Technique (Used on Classic Stones Songs Like “Start Me Up,” “Honky Tonk Women” & More), 04 May 2021 in Music
• Great Art Explained: Watch 15 Minute Introductions to Great Works by Warhol, Rothko, Kahlo, Picasso & More, 30 Apr 2021 in Art
• Invisible People: Watch Poignant Mini-Documentaries Where Homeless People Tell Their Stories, 30 Apr 2021 in Current Affairs&Life&Politics
• A Short Animation Explores the Nature of Creativity & Invention, with Characters That Look Like Andrei Tarkovsky & Sergei Eisenstein, 30 Apr 2021 in Film&Language&Philosophy&Writing
• How the Clash Embraced New York’s Hip Hop Scene and Released the Dance Track, “The Magnificent Dance” (1981), 29 Apr 2021 in Music
• What Makes Ringo Starr a Great Drummer: Demonstrations from a German Teenager & Ringo Himself, 28 Apr 2021 in Music
• Watch Colorized 1940s Footage of London after the Blitz: Scenes from Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace & More, 28 Apr 2021 in Film&History
• The Rolling Stones Jam with Muddy Waters for the First and Only Time at Chicago’s Legendary Checkerboard Lounge (1981), 27 Apr 2021 in Music
• Scientists at Purdue University Create the “Whitest White” Paint Ever Seen: It Reflects 98% of the Sun’s Light, 27 Apr 2021 in Science
• 30,000 People Line Up for the First McDonald’s in Moscow, While Grocery Store Shelves Run Empty (1990), 23 Apr 2021 in Food & Drink&History
• Watch a Newly-Restored Peter Gabriel-Era Genesis Concert Film From 1973 in Stunning 4K Quality, 22 Apr 2021 in Music
• Watch “Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum,” a Short Satirical Film About the Invention of the Audiophile (1959), 22 Apr 2021 in Music&Television
• Watch Metallica Play “Enter Sandman” Before a Crowd of 1.6 Million in Moscow, During the Final Days of the Soviet Union (1991), 21 Apr 2021 in Music
• Watch the “Greatest Juggler of the Ages,” Frances Brunn, Perform His “Painfully Exciting” Juggling Routine (1969), 21 Apr 2021 in Creativity&Dance&Television
• Watch 4 Music Videos That Bring to Life Songs from Leonard Cohen’s Final Album, Thanks for the Dance, 20 Apr 2021 in Music