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• The World’s First “Roast-Grind-Brew” Coffee Machine Could Bring About a Coffee Revolution, 06 Dec 2013 in Food & Drink&Technology
• Nelson Mandela’s First-Ever TV Interview (1961), 05 Dec 2013 in History&Life
• John Cleese Stars in a Morbidly Funny Anti-Smoking Campaign (1992–1994), 05 Dec 2013 in Comedy&Television
• Download a Prototype of Ever, Jane, a Video Game That Takes You Inside the Virtual World of Jane Austen, 04 Dec 2013 in Literature&Video Games
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks Asteroid Physics & “Non Newtonian Solids” with Inspiring 9‑Year-Old Student, 04 Dec 2013 in K-12&Physics
• The History of Economics & Economic Theory Explained with Comics, Starting with Adam Smith, 03 Dec 2013 in Books&Comics/Cartoons&Economics
• MIT Teaches You How to Speak Italian & Cook Italian Food All at Once (Free Online Course), 02 Dec 2013 in How to Learn for Free&Language Lessons&MIT
• Maria Callas Performs at Covent Garden in 1962, Toward the End of Her Brief But Spectacular Career, 02 Dec 2013 in Music
• Slavoj Žižek on the Feel-Good Ideology of Starbucks, 01 Dec 2013 in Business&Economics
• A Short, Animated Defense of Toronto’s Great Public Libraries, 29 Nov 2013 in Books&Politics
• Newly-Released Thelonious Monk Live Recording, ‘Paris 1969,’ Now Streaming Free for a Limited Time, 26 Nov 2013 in Uncategorized
• Lyndon Johnson Orders New Pants on the Phone and Requests More Room for His … Johnson (1964), 26 Nov 2013 in Animation&History&Random
• Watch Soviet Animations of Winnie the Pooh, Created by the Innovative Animator Fyodor Khitruk, 25 Nov 2013 in Animation&Film&K-12
• U2 Releases a Nelson Mandela-Inspired Song, “Ordinary Love”, 24 Nov 2013 in Music
• Noam Chomsky on Commemorating the JFK Assassination: It “Would Impress Kim Il-Sung”, 24 Nov 2013 in Current Affairs&History
• Dutchman Masters the Art of Singing Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” Backwards, 22 Nov 2013 in Music&Random
• Actress Grace Kelly Reflects on the Life & Legacy of JFK in an Artfully Animated Video, 21 Nov 2013 in Animation&History
• C.S. Lewis’ Prescient 1937 Review of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: It “May Well Prove a Classic”, 20 Nov 2013 in Literature
• Bob Dylan Finally Makes a Video for His 1965 Hit, “Like a Rolling Stone”, 20 Nov 2013 in Music
• Long Live Glitch! The Art & Code from the Game Now Released into the Public Domain, 19 Nov 2013 in Technology&Video Games
• The Big Aha, the Latest Novel by Cyberpunk Writer Rudy Rucker, is Now Out and Free Online, 18 Nov 2013 in e-books&Sci Fi
• Everything That’s Wrong With Back To The Future in 8 Minutes, 18 Nov 2013 in Film
• Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple: A Free Mini Course from Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Hans Bethe, 15 Nov 2013 in Online Courses&Physics
• The Art & Science of Bike Design: A 5‑Part Introduction from the Open University, 14 Nov 2013 in Sports&Technology
• The Mother of All Domino Rallies, 11 Nov 2013 in Random
• Developing iOS 7 Apps for iPhone and iPad: A Free Online Course by Stanford, 10 Nov 2013 in Apple&Online Courses&Stanford&Technology
• Watch Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin’, the New PBS Documentary (Free for a Limited Time), 09 Nov 2013 in Film&Music
• Take a Virtual Tour of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 06 Nov 2013 in History&Literature&Theatre
• An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Commander Chris Hadfield: The Viral Book Trailer, 04 Nov 2013 in Astronomy&Books&Science
• Mary Shelley’s Handwritten Manuscripts of Frankenstein Now Online for the First Time, 02 Nov 2013 in Books
• Prize-Winning Animation Lets You Fly Through 17th Century London, 01 Nov 2013 in Animation&History
• A Terrifying Reading of the Sweet Children’s Story Goodnight Moon, 31 Oct 2013 in Audio Books
• What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Hear a Reconstruction That is ‘100% Accurate’, 30 Oct 2013 in History&Music
• The Case for Studying Physics in a Charming Animated Video, 29 Oct 2013 in Animation&Physics
• “Titanic Sinking; No Lives Lost” and Other Terribly Inaccurate News Reports from April 15, 1912, 29 Oct 2013 in History
• “What a Wonderful World,” Louis Armstrong’s Classic, Performed with Traditional Chinese Instruments, 28 Oct 2013 in Music
• Free: Listen to 298 Episodes of the Vintage Crime Radio Series, Dragnet, 28 Oct 2013 in Radio
• Lou Reed — Velvet Underground Frontman, Influential Solo Musician — Dead at 71, 27 Oct 2013 in Music
• Enjoy a Philosophy Brain Teaser; Play the Free Mind Boggler App from the University of Liverpool, 27 Oct 2013 in Philosophy
• An Awkward/NSFW Interview with Nirvana Producer Steve Albini (Plus B‑52 Frontman Fred Schneider), 26 Oct 2013 in Comedy&Music
• David Sedaris Sings the Oscar Mayer Theme Song in the Voice of Billie Holiday, 25 Oct 2013 in Music
• Every Word of Joyce’s Ulysses Printed on a Single Poster, 24 Oct 2013 in Art&Books
• Men In Commercials Being Jerks About Coffee: A Mashup of 1950s & 1960s TV Ads, 24 Oct 2013 in Food & Drink&Random
• Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Discusses His Love for Reading Proust, and Why “Literature is Crucial to Any Democracy”, 23 Oct 2013 in Law&Literature
• Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg & Margaret Mead Explain the Meaning of “Beat” in Rare 1950s Audio Clips, 23 Oct 2013 in Literature
• Banksy Creates a Tiny Replica of The Great Sphinx Of Giza In Queens, 22 Oct 2013 in Art
• Animated Video: Kurt Cobain on Teenage Angst, Sexuality & Finding Salvation in Punk Music, 22 Oct 2013 in Animation&Life&Music
• Stephen King Writes A Letter to His 16-Year-Old Self: “Stay Away from Recreational Drugs”, 22 Oct 2013 in Letters&Life&Literature
• 30 Renowned Writers Speaking About God: From Isaac Asimov to Margaret Atwood, 21 Oct 2013 in Literature&Religion
• Free Audio: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Star, Reads First Chapter of The Things They Carried, 19 Oct 2013 in Audio Books&Literature&Television
• Mark Twain Plays With Electricity in Nikola Tesla’s Lab (Photo, 1894), 18 Oct 2013 in History&Literature
• Great Story: How Neil Young Introduced His Classic 1972 Album Harvest to Graham Nash, 18 Oct 2013 in Music
• Henry David Thoreau’s Hand-Drawn Map of Cape Cod (1866), 17 Oct 2013 in Art&Literature&Maps
• 75 Years of Superman in 2 Minutes, 16 Oct 2013 in Animation&Sci Fi
• Take a Free Course on the Financial Markets with Robert Shiller, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 14 Oct 2013 in Economics&Yale
• Žižek Blames the US Government Shutdown on Ayn Rand’s Acolytes Who Caused the 2008 Collapse, 14 Oct 2013 in Current Affairs&Philosophy
• The Hunger Strikes at Guantánamo Bay Prison Revealed in Poignant Animated Video, 13 Oct 2013 in Animation&Current Affairs
• Watch Antoni Gaudí’s Unfinished Masterpiece, the Sagrada Família, Get Finally Completed in 60 Seconds, 11 Oct 2013 in Architecture&Religion
• Watch Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” Performed on a Guzheng, an Ancient Chinese Instrument, 10 Oct 2013 in Music
• Comedian Ricky Gervais Tells a Serious Story About How He Learned to Write Creatively, 09 Oct 2013 in Creativity&Writing
• A Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise, 08 Oct 2013 in Random
• Pride and Prejudice Translated into Academiotics (and More Fun with Scholarly Jargon), 08 Oct 2013 in Comedy&Literature
• Quentin Tarantino’s 10 Favorite Films of 2013, 07 Oct 2013 in Film
• How To Be Creative: PBS’ Off Book Series Explores the Secret Sauce of Great Ideas, 07 Oct 2013 in Creativity
• How Animated Cartoons Are Made: Watch a Short, Charming Primer from 1919, 06 Oct 2013 in Animation
• Study Finds That Reading Tolstoy & Other Great Novelists Can Increase Your Emotional Intelligence, 04 Oct 2013 in Books&Health&Literature&Psychology&Science
• Who Wrote at Standing Desks? Kierkegaard, Dickens and Ernest Hemingway Too, 03 Oct 2013 in Literature&Writing
• What Happens When Everyday People Get a Chance to Conduct a World-Class Orchestra, 02 Oct 2013 in Music
• 94-Year-Old Pete Seeger Sings “This Land is Your Land” at Farm Aid, 01 Oct 2013 in Music
• Statistics Explained Through Modern Dance: A New Way of Teaching a Tough Subject, 01 Oct 2013 in Math
• The James Merrill Digital Archive Lets You Explore the Creative Life of a Great American Poet, 30 Sep 2013 in Archives&Poetry
• The Complete Wizard of Oz Series, Available as Free eBooks and Free Audio Books, 29 Sep 2013 in Audio Books&e-books&K-12
• Free Audio: 46 Minute Reading from Dave Eggers’ New Novel, The Circle, 29 Sep 2013 in Audio Books&Books&Literature
• Richard Feynman Gets Jazzed Explaining How Rubber Bands Work, 26 Sep 2013 in Physics&Science
• The 10 Greatest Books Ever, According to 125 Top Authors (Download Them for Free), 25 Sep 2013 in Books
• 10th Graders Draw Pictures Imagining Philosophers at Work, 21 Sep 2013 in Architecture&Art
• Dewars Channels the Ghost of Charles Bukowski to Sell Scotch, 20 Sep 2013 in Business&Poetry
• Death of An Adjunct: A Sobering, True Story, 19 Sep 2013 in Business&Education&Life
• Bohemian Gravity: String Theory Explored With an A Cappella Version of Bohemian Rhapsody, 19 Sep 2013 in Music&Physics&Science
• Man Shot in Fight Over Immanuel Kant’s Philosophy in Russia, 17 Sep 2013 in Philosophy&Random
• Rules for Teachers in 1872 & 1915: No Drinking, Smoking, or Trips to Barber Shops and Ice Cream Parlors, 16 Sep 2013 in Education
• The Famous Feynman Lectures on Physics: The New Online Edition (in HTML5), 14 Sep 2013 in e-books&Physics
• Read 30 Free Essays & Stories by David Foster Wallace on the 5th Anniversary of His Death, 12 Sep 2013 in e-books&Literature
• A Bluegrass Version of Metallica’s Heavy Metal Hit, “Enter Sandman”, 12 Sep 2013 in Music
• Google & edX to Create MOOC.Org: An Open Source Platform For Creating Your Own MOOC, 11 Sep 2013 in Google&Harvard&MIT&MOOCs
• The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy Online: New Archive Will Present 90 Volumes for Free (in Russian), 11 Sep 2013 in Archives&Literature
• Download Free Music from 150+ Classical Composers, Courtesy of Musopen.org, 10 Sep 2013 in Music
• Set Chopin Free: A Kickstarter to Campaign to Put 245 Chopin Pieces Into the Public Domain, 09 Sep 2013 in Music
• Student Poses as Professor, Kicks Off Chemistry Class at University of Rochester With a Prank, 08 Sep 2013 in Comedy&Random
• Salvador “Dalí is the Biggest ‘Prick’ of the 20th Century,” Says the Quotable Henry Miller, 05 Sep 2013 in Art&Literature
• Avant-Garde Poet Henri Michaux Creates Educational Film Visualizing Effects of Mescaline & Hash (1964), 04 Sep 2013 in Art&Film&Poetry&Science
• What We Still Don’t Know: Martin Rees Tackles Deepest Scientific Questions in Great Documentary, 03 Sep 2013 in Science
• Synchronized, Timelapse Video Shows Train Traveling from London to Brighton in 1953, 1983 & 2013, 03 Sep 2013 in History&Travel
• FBI’s “Vault” Web Site Reveals Declassified Files on Hemingway, Einstein, Marilyn & Other Icons, 03 Sep 2013 in History
• Author Rob Sheffield Picks Karaoke Songs for Famous Authors: Imagine Wallace Stevens Singing the Velvet Underground’s “Sunday Morning”, 03 Sep 2013 in Literature&Music&Poetry
• Disco Saves Lives: Give CPR to the The Beat of Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”, 02 Sep 2013 in Life&Music
• An Introduction to World Literature by a Cast Of Literary & Academic Stars (Free Course), 01 Sep 2013 in Harvard&Literature&Online Courses
• Isaac Asimov’s 1964 Predictions About What the World Will Look 50 Years Later, 31 Aug 2013 in History&Sci Fi
• Iconic Photographs Re-Created in Play Doh: Man Ray to Nan Goldin, 29 Aug 2013 in Photography&Random
• Watch The March, the Masterful, Digitally Restored Documentary on The Great March on Washington, 28 Aug 2013 in Film&History
• Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon Turned Into a Radio Play, 28 Aug 2013 in Music&Radio
• Watch Family Planning, Walt Disney’s 1967 Sex Ed Production, Starring Donald Duck, 27 Aug 2013 in Animation&History
• 10 Essential Tips for Making Great Coffee at Home, 26 Aug 2013 in Food & Drink
• A Radio Play Based on Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. Coming Monday. Watch the Trailer., 24 Aug 2013 in Music&Radio
• The “Most Amazing [Borrowed] College Welcome Speech Ever”, 23 Aug 2013 in Uncategorized
• Free: Stream New Albums by Bob Dylan, Neko Case & Sly And The Family Stone, 22 Aug 2013 in Music
• Read “Slight Rebellion Off Madison,” J.D. Salinger’s First Story in The New Yorker & Early Holden Caulfield Story (1946), 22 Aug 2013 in e-books&Literature
• Quentin Tarantino’s Handwritten List of the 11 “Greatest Movies”, 21 Aug 2013 in Film
• LinkedIn Rolls Out Pages for Universities, 20 Aug 2013 in Business
• Crime Writer Elmore Leonard Provides 13 Writing Tips for Aspiring Writers, 20 Aug 2013 in Books&Literature&Writing
• Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Re-Created by Astronomer with 100 Hubble Space Telescope Images, 20 Aug 2013 in Art&Harvard&Science&Technology
• The Very Concise Suicide Note by Kodak Founder George Eastman: “My Work is Done. Why Wait?” (1932), 19 Aug 2013 in History&Technology
• Librarians Pay Tribute to Classic Beastie Boys Video; Name Henry Rollins Keynote Speaker at Conference, 19 Aug 2013 in Books
• New Animation Explains Sherry Turkle’s Theories on Why Social Media Makes Us Lonely, 16 Aug 2013 in Psychology
• Slick Data Visualization Reveals Scientific Collaborations Taking Place Around the Globe, 15 Aug 2013 in Science
• What Can Philosophy Do For You? Higher Test Scores, Better Jobs, Bigger Pay (Among Other Things), 15 Aug 2013 in Philosophy
• 8‑Year-Old George Orwell Sends a Cute Picture and Error-Filled Letter To His Mother, 1911, 14 Aug 2013 in K-12&Literature
• Alfred Hitchcock’s 50 Ways to Kill a Character (and Our Favorite Hitch Resources on the Web), 13 Aug 2013 in Film
• Flashmob Performs The Beatles’ ‘Here Comes the Sun’ in Madrid Unemployment Office, 13 Aug 2013 in Life&Music
• The Breaking Bad Theme Played with Meth Lab Equipment, 12 Aug 2013 in Music&Television
• What Prisoners Ate at Alcatraz in 1946: A Vintage Prison Menu, 10 Aug 2013 in Food & Drink&History
• Read Marx’s Capital with David Harvey, and Then Help Translate His Free Course Into 36 Languages, 10 Aug 2013 in Economics&Online Courses
• Richard Feynman’s Letter to His Departed Wife: “You, Dead, Are So Much Better Than Anyone Else Alive” (1946), 08 Aug 2013 in Letters&Life&Physics
• Steven Pinker: “Dear Humanists, Science is Not Your Enemy”, 07 Aug 2013 in Education
• Cookpad, the Largest Recipe Site in Japan, Launches New Site in English, 07 Aug 2013 in Food & Drink
• The “Celebrity Lecture Series” From Michigan State Features Talks by Great Writers of Our Time, 06 Aug 2013 in Books&Literature&Writing
• Neil deGrasseTyson Receives Irate Mail from Kids After Pluto Gets Booted from List of Planets, 05 Aug 2013 in Astronomy&Random&Science
• How Climate Change Is Threatening Your Daily Cup of Coffee, 04 Aug 2013 in Environment&Food & Drink&Science
• Free: Download 151 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Stories from Tor.com, 03 Aug 2013 in e-books&Sci Fi
• Watch the First Commercial Ever Shown on American TV, 1941, 02 Aug 2013 in History&Television
• Watch Lollapalooza 2013. It’s Streaming Live on YouTube This Weekend, and It’s Free, 02 Aug 2013 in Music
• 132 Years of Global Warming Visualized in 26 Dramatically Animated Seconds, 01 Aug 2013 in Science
• A Subway Ride Through New York City: Watch Vintage Footage from 1905, 31 Jul 2013 in History&Technology
• Stephen Colbert Tries to Make Sense of MOOCs with the Head of edX, 31 Jul 2013 in Comedy&MIT&MOOCs
• Noam Chomsky Went Gangnam Style … Ever So Briefly?, 30 Jul 2013 in MIT&Music&Philosophy&Random
• The Lost/Animated Interview with Fidel Castro: If the Revolution Fails, Cuba Will be “Hell Itself” (1959), 30 Jul 2013 in Animation&History
• See What Happens When You Run Finnegans Wake Through a Spell Checker, 29 Jul 2013 in Books&Random
• Watch D.W. Griffith’s Silent Masterpiece Intolerance Free Online — It’s the “Ulysses of the Cinema!”, 28 Jul 2013 in Film
• ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Author Jane Austen Will Appear on the £10 Note, 26 Jul 2013 in Business&Literature
• The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook: Philosopher Ponders Making Omelets in Long Lost Diary Entries, 25 Jul 2013 in Comedy&Philosophy