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• Hurricane Sandy Seen from Outer Space, in Timelapse Motion, 29 Oct 2012 in Video - Science
• The Physics of Coffee Rings Finally Explained, 29 Oct 2012 in Physics
• The Amazing Flights of Wingsuit Champion Espen Fadnes, 26 Oct 2012 in Life
• Neil Young Reveals the New Killer Gadget That Will Save Music, 26 Oct 2012 in Music&Technology
• The Writer Who Couldn’t Read … And What That Tells Us About the Brain, 25 Oct 2012 in Science
• Helen Keller Pays a Visit to Martha Graham’s Dance Studio Circa 1954, 24 Oct 2012 in History
• Tune into Allen Ginsberg’s Poetry Teaching Marathon (Free Streaming Audio), 23 Oct 2012 in Poetry
• Ray Bradbury Appears with Groucho Marx on You Bet Your Life (1955), 23 Oct 2012 in Books&Literature&Television
• Download 397 Free Art Catalogs from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 22 Oct 2012 in Art&Books&e-books&Museums
• Alan Rickman Does Epic Violence to a Cup of Tea in Super Slow Motion, 22 Oct 2012 in Film&Random&Theatre
• Commuters Play Beethoven’s “Bus Station Sonata” in the UK, 20 Oct 2012 in Music
• “Name That Tune” at the Bob Dylan Concert (Echoes of Newport, 1965), 20 Oct 2012 in Music
• Muhammad Ali Plans to Fight on Mars in Lost 1966 Interview, 19 Oct 2012 in Comedy&History&Random
• Clouds Over Cuba: Interactive Documentary Revisits the Cuban Missile Crisis on Its 50th Anniversary, 18 Oct 2012 in History
• Hunter S. Thompson Calls Tech Support, Unleashes a Tirade Full of Fear and Loathing (NSFW), 17 Oct 2012 in Literature&Random&Technology
• Amazing Fact: Spaghetti and Ukulele Strings Actually Grow on Trees, 16 Oct 2012 in Comedy&Television
• The Origin of Quantum Mechanics Explained in Four Animated Minutes, 16 Oct 2012 in Physics
• A List of 60 Free Courses Granting Certificates from Great Universities (Some Starting This Week!), 15 Oct 2012 in Online Courses
• Philosophy Made Fun: Read the Free Preview Edition of the Action Philosophers! Comic, 13 Oct 2012 in Art&Books&Philosophy
• Stephen Fry Friday: His Musings on Life, Swearing, Shakespeare, Nanoscience & More, 12 Oct 2012 in Books&Life&Literature&Philosophy&Science
• Watch a Water Droplet Bounce (That’s Right, Bounce) in Super Slow Motion, 11 Oct 2012 in Random
• Thelonious Monk, Live in Oslo and Copenhagen (1966), 10 Oct 2012 in Music
• Braque in Bulk: Costco Gets Back into the Fine Art Market, 10 Oct 2012 in Art&Business
• Samuel Beckett Directs His Absurdist Play Waiting for Godot (1985), 10 Oct 2012 in Literature&Theatre
• John Lennon’s Victorian Circus Poster Lovingly Remade by Artists and Engravers, 09 Oct 2012 in Art&Music
• What If Money Was No Object?: Thoughts on the Art of Living from Eastern Philosopher Alan Watts, 09 Oct 2012 in Life&Philosophy
• Marginal Revolution University Launches, Bringing Free Online Courses in Economics to the Web, 08 Oct 2012 in Economics&Online Courses
• Amazon Finally Gets the Kindle Right with the Paperwhite, Delivering on Price and Technology, 07 Oct 2012 in Amazon Kindle&e-books&Technology
• What an Astronaut’s Camera Sees (and What a Geographer Learns About Our Planet) from the ISS, 06 Oct 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• The Scotch Pronunciation Guide: Brian Cox Teaches You How To Ask Authentically for 40 Scotches, 05 Oct 2012 in Random
• Higgs Boson, the Musical: CERN Data Turned into Melody, 04 Oct 2012 in Music&Science&Technology
• Listen: Beck Reworks 20 Philip Glass Compositions Into a 20 Minute Song, ‘NYC: 73–78’, 04 Oct 2012 in Music
• John Waters Reads Steamy Scene from Lady Chatterley’s Lover for Banned Books Week (NSFW), 03 Oct 2012 in Books&Literature
• The Real Alice in Wonderland Circa 1862, and Our Favorite Culture Links on the Web, 02 Oct 2012 in Books&Literature
• Election 2012: Your Free Ticket to a Popular Stanford Course, 01 Oct 2012 in Current Affairs&Online Courses&Politics
• William Faulkner Quits His Post Office Job in Splendid Fashion with a 1924 Resignation Letter, 30 Sep 2012 in Life&Literature
• Eisenhower Answers America: The First Political Advertisements on American TV (1952), 28 Sep 2012 in Politics&Television
• Samuel L. Jackson Stars in “Wake the F**ck Up for Obama,” a NSFW Political Children’s Tale, 27 Sep 2012 in Comedy&Law&Politics&Television
• Regina Spektor Live in L.A. — A Free 30 Minute Set with Songs from Her New Album, 27 Sep 2012 in Music
• The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D., 26 Sep 2012 in Education
• Hand Lettering Bob Dylan’s Lyrics to “Subterranean Homesick Blues”, 25 Sep 2012 in Art&Music
• Watch Simon & Garfunkel Play Their Big Central Park Concert (1981), 25 Sep 2012 in Music
• Vladimir Nabokov Makes Editorial Tweaks to Franz Kafka’s Novella The Metamorphosis, 25 Sep 2012 in Literature&Writing
• David Lynch Teaches Louis C.K. How to Host The David Letterman Show, 24 Sep 2012 in Comedy&Television
• Discovered: Lord Byron’s Copy of Frankenstein Signed by Mary Shelley, 22 Sep 2012 in Books&Literature
• The Moby Dick Big Read: Tilda Swinton & Others Read a Chapter a Day from the Great American Novel, 21 Sep 2012 in Audio Books&Books&Literature
• The Big List of 530 Free Online Courses from Top Universities (New Additions), 20 Sep 2012 in Online Courses
• The Oldest Color Movies Bring Sunflowers, Exotic Birds and Goldfish Back to Life (1902), 20 Sep 2012 in Film&History&Photography
• An Annotated Charlie Chaplin Filmography — 82 Films with Links to Videos, 18 Sep 2012 in Film
• How Leo Tolstoy Learned to Ride a Bike at 67, and Other Tales of Lifelong Learning, 15 Sep 2012 in Life&Literature
• With Or Without U: Promoting a Scrabble Book to the Tune of U2, 14 Sep 2012 in Books&Music
• Pi in the Sky: The World’s Largest Ephemeral Art Installation over Beautiful San Francisco, 13 Sep 2012 in Art&Technology
• Empire State of Pen: Patrick Vale’s Epic Freehand Drawing of the Manhattan Skyline, 13 Sep 2012 in Art
• Google Releases “Course Builder,” an Open Source Platform for Building Your Own Big Online Courses, 12 Sep 2012 in Google&Online Courses
• Artists Paint Paris, Berlin and London with High-Tech Video Graffiti, 12 Sep 2012 in Art
• Michio Kaku Schools a Moon Landing-Conspiracy Believer on His Science Fantastic Podcast, 11 Sep 2012 in Astronomy&Physics
• Goodnight Keith Moon: “The Most Inappropriate Bedtime Story Ever”, 11 Sep 2012 in Books&Music
• A Big List of 375 Free eBooks for Your iPad, Kindle, Nook and Other Devices, 09 Sep 2012 in Amazon Kindle&e-books
• The Chutzpah of Bret Easton Ellis: Calls David Foster Wallace “The Most Tedious, Overrated, Tortured, Pretentious Writer of My Generation”, 07 Sep 2012 in Books&Literature
• Ailing Christopher Hitchens Creates a List of Essential Books for an 8‑Year-Old Girl to Read, 07 Sep 2012 in Books
• Demystifying the Higgs Boson with Leonard Susskind, the Father of String Theory, 06 Sep 2012 in Physics
• The Second Known Photo of Emily Dickinson Emerges, 05 Sep 2012 in Photography&Poetry
• Danny MacAskill, Biker Extraordinaire, Takes on the Streets of San Francisco, 05 Sep 2012 in Random
• The BBC Symphony Orchestra Performs 4′33,″ the Controversial Composition by John Cage, Born 100 Years Ago Today, 05 Sep 2012 in Music
• 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
• Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974), 18 Jul 2012 in Books&Literature&Music&Politics
• 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
• “The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink”: An Ad for London’s First Cafe Printed Circa 1652, 16 Jul 2012 in History
• 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