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• Audible Providing Free Audio Books to Kids & Teens: Introducing the New Service, Audible Stories, 19 Mar 2020 in Audio Books&K-12
• Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks: The 2020 Edition, 19 Mar 2020 in Art&Current Affairs
• Bruce Springsteen Releases Live Concert Film Online: Watch “London Calling: Live In Hyde Park” and Practice Self Distancing, 18 Mar 2020 in Music
• “I Will Survive,” the Coronavirus Version for Teachers Going Online, 18 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Education
• Why Fighting the Coronavirus Depends on You, 17 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Health
• The Met Opera Streaming Free Operas Online to Get You Through COVID-19, 17 Mar 2020 in Music
• Quarantined Italians Send a Message to Themselves 10 Days Ago: What They Wish They Knew Then, 15 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Health
• Zoom Providing K‑12 Schools Free Access to Videoconferencing Tools During COVID-19 Crisis: They’ll Power Your Online Courses, 13 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Education
• Coursera Providing Free Access to Its Course Catalog to Universities Impacted by COVID-19, 12 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Education
• How Schools Can Start Teaching Online in a Short Period of Time: Free Tutorials from the Stanford Online High School, 12 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Education
• Why New Diseases Like COVID-19 Keep Appearing in China, 11 Mar 2020 in Health
• Watch Scenes from Belle Époque Paris Vividly Restored with Artificial Intelligence (Circa 1890), 06 Mar 2020 in History
• The Documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Is Streaming Free for a Limited Time, 29 Feb 2020 in Music
• The Shortest-Known Paper Published in a Serious Math Journal: Two Succinct Sentences, 27 Feb 2020 in Math
• The Size of Asteroids Compared to New York City, 26 Feb 2020 in Astronomy
• Free Courses on the Coronavirus: What You Need to Know About the Emerging Pandemic, 24 Feb 2020 in Health&Online Courses
• Military Vet Floored (Literally) by Discovery That Rolex Purchased for $341 Is Now Worth $500,000-$700,000, 24 Feb 2020 in Random
• Interactive Web Site Tracks the Global Spread of the Coronavirus: Created and Supported by Johns Hopkins, 23 Feb 2020 in Health
• 42 Hours of Ambient Sounds from Blade Runner, Alien, Star Trek and Doctor Who Will Help You Relax & Sleep, 06 Feb 2020 in Health&Sci Fi
• Free for Audible Subscribers: James Taylor Releases a New Audio Memoir, and Michael Pollan a New Audio Book on Caffeine, 04 Feb 2020 in Audio Books
• Crowd Breaks into Singing Bon Jovi in the Park: The Power of Music in 46 Seconds, 30 Jan 2020 in Music
• What Is the Coronavirus?: Answers to Common Questions About the Mysterious New Virus Spreading Across China, 28 Jan 2020 in Health
• What the Earth Would Look Like If We Drained the Water from the Oceans, 14 Jan 2020 in Environment
• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, 10 Jan 2020 in Books&Education
• The Magic of Chess: Kids Share Their Uninhibited, Philosophical Insights about the Benefits of Chess, 09 Jan 2020 in Games&K-12
• Free Online Writing & Journalism Courses, 08 Jan 2020 in Online Courses&Writing
• Peter Singer’s The Life You Can Save Available as a Free AudioBook and eBook: Features Narrations by Paul Simon, Kristen Bell & Stephen Fry, 06 Jan 2020 in Audio Books&e-books&Life&Philosophy
• Woody Guthrie Creates a Doodle-Filled List of 33 New Year’s Resolutions (1943): Beat Fascism, Write a Song a Day, and Keep the Hoping Machine Running, 01 Jan 2020 in Life
• Steve Martin Performs Stand-Up Comedy for Dogs (1973), 31 Dec 2019 in Comedy
• A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933), 25 Dec 2019 in History&Life
• Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill Podcast: Stream a Gripping ‘Audio Companion’ to His Bestselling Book, 19 Dec 2019 in Current Affairs&Media&Podcasts
• Blues Musician Plays a Soul-Stirring Version of “Amazing Grace” at His Mother’s Funeral, 16 Dec 2019 in Life&Music
• Neil Gaiman Talks Dreamily About Fountain Pens, Notebooks & His Writing Process in His Long Interview with Tim Ferriss, 15 Dec 2019 in Writing
• Bill Gates Recommends Books for the Holidays, 12 Dec 2019 in Books
• Masterclass Is Running a “Buy One, Give One Free” Deal, 11 Dec 2019 in Deals
• Masterclass Is Running a “Buy One, Give One Free” Deal: It Gives You and a Family Member/Friend Access to Their Complete Course Catalog, 01 Dec 2019 in Deals
• The Great Courses (Formerly The Teaching Company) Offers Every Course at $60 or Less Until the End of Black Friday, 28 Nov 2019 in Deals
• The Illustrated Version of “Alice’s Restaurant”: Watch Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving Counterculture Classic, 28 Nov 2019 in Music
• William S. Burroughs Reads His “Thanksgiving Prayer” in a 1988 Film By Gus Van Sant, 28 Nov 2019 in Film
• Doris Kearns Goodwin Teaches U.S. Presidential History & Leadership, 26 Nov 2019 in History&Online Courses
• Sacha Baron Cohen Links the Decline of Democracy to the Rise of Social Media, “the Greatest Propaganda Machine in History”, 22 Nov 2019 in Comedy&Current Affairs
• Dramatic Color Footage Shows a Bombed-Out Berlin a Month After Germany’s WWII Defeat (1945), 21 Nov 2019 in History
• Salvador Dalí’s Iconic Deck of Tarot Cards Get Re-Issued: It’s Out Today, 15 Nov 2019 in Art&Books
• The Velvet Underground as Peanuts Characters: Snoopy Morphs Into Lou Reed, Charlie Brown Into Andy Warhol, 14 Nov 2019 in Comics/Cartoons&Music
• The Time When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest & Came in 20th Place, 04 Nov 2019 in Comedy&Film
• The Entire Archive of Contact: A Journal for Contemporary Music Has Been Digitized and Put Online, 30 Oct 2019 in Archives&Music
• Hear a Full-Cast Reading of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, the Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, 07 Oct 2019 in Audio Books&Literature
• The Beatles Release the First Ever Video for “Here Comes the Sun”, 27 Sep 2019 in Music
• Free: A Professionally-Read Version of the Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint, Released by Penguin Random House Audio, 27 Sep 2019 in Audio Books&Current Affairs
• 20 Years Before John Cage’s 4′33″, a Man Named Hy Cage Created a Cartoon about a Silent Piano Composition (1932), 26 Sep 2019 in Comics/Cartoons&Music
• Musicians Around the World Play The Band’s Classic Song, “The Weight,” with Help from Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr, 19 Sep 2019 in Music
• Yale Presents an Archive of 170,000 Photographs Documenting the Great Depression, 05 Sep 2019 in History&Philosophy&Yale
• A Digital Animation Compares the Size of Trees: From the 3‑Inch Bonsai, to the 300-Foot Sequoia, 29 Aug 2019 in Nature
• Public Library Receipt Shows How Much Money You’ve Saved by Borrowing Books, Instead of Buying Them, 28 Aug 2019 in Books
• Stream Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, a BBC Production Featuring Derek Jacobi (Free for a Limited Time), 25 Aug 2019 in Audio Books&Literature
• Marilyn Monroe Recounts Her Harrowing Experience in a Psychiatric Ward (1961), 22 Aug 2019 in Film&Letters&Life
• Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue at 60: A New Video Essay Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Iconic Album, 21 Aug 2019 in Music
• The Books on Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List (2019), 19 Aug 2019 in Books
• Listen Online to Every Minute of the Original Woodstock Festival, 15 Aug 2019 in Music
• Philosopher Portraits: Famous Philosophers Painted in the Style of Influential Artists, 15 Aug 2019 in Art&Philosophy
• Leonard Cohen’s Cocktail Recipe: Learn How to Make “The Red Needle”, 07 Aug 2019 in Food & Drink
• Mont Saint-Michel Beautifully Viewed from a Drone, 01 Aug 2019 in Photography&Travel
• Moonlight Strikes 107,000 Solar Mirrors & Creates a Portrait of Apollo 11 Computer Programmer Margaret Hamilton, 28 Jul 2019 in Technology
• Alan Turing Will Be Featured on England’s New £50 Banknote, 16 Jul 2019 in Uncategorized
• An Illustrated Version of The Mueller Report: Read Online an Edition Created by the Author of Black Hawk Down and an Illustrator from Archer, 14 Jul 2019 in Comics/Cartoons&Current Affairs
• The New David Bowie Barbie Doll Released to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of “Space Oddity”, 12 Jul 2019 in Music&Random
• The Simpsons Reimagined as a Russian Art Film, 09 Jul 2019 in Animation&Film
• Stravinsky’s “Illegal” Arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner” (1944), 04 Jul 2019 in Music
• When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest & Came in 20th Place, 04 Jul 2019 in Film
• Segregated By Design: An Animated Look at How African-American Enclaves in U.S. Cities Is Hardly an Accident, 02 Jul 2019 in Animation&History
• How to Rescue a Wet, Damaged Book: A Handy Visual Primer, 27 Jun 2019 in Art&Maps
• Stanford’s Robert Sapolsky Demystifies Depression, Which, Like Diabetes, Is Rooted in Biology, 20 Jun 2019 in Psychology
• A Wild 40-Minute Race Down Alpe D’Huez, 16 Jun 2019 in Sports
• An Interactive Map of Odysseus’ 10-Year Journey in Homer’s Odyssey, 13 Jun 2019 in Literature&Maps
• Bryan Cranston Narrates the Landing on Omaha Beach on the 75th Anniversary of the D‑Day Invasion, 06 Jun 2019 in Uncategorized
• Watch the First Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s New Film, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story , 04 Jun 2019 in Film&Music
• The Cure Performed the Entire “Disintegration” Album on the 30th Anniversary of Its Release: Watch The Complete Concert Online, 31 May 2019 in Music
• 1980s Metalhead Kids Are Alright: Scientific Study Shows That They Became Well-Adjusted Adults, 30 May 2019 in Music&Psychology
• Bill Gates Recommends Five Books to Read This Summer, 28 May 2019 in Books
• The Mueller Report Released as a Free Well-Formatted eBook (by The Digital Public Library of America), 25 May 2019 in Current Affairs&e-books
• Banksy Strikes Again in Venice, 22 May 2019 in Art&Current Affairs
• MIT Robot Breaks Rubik’s Cube World Record, Solving It in 0.38 Seconds, 20 May 2019 in Games&Technology
• Graduation Highlight: Billionaire Robert F. Smith Announces That He’ll Pay Off the Student Loans of Morehouse’s Class of 2019, 19 May 2019 in Graduation Speech&Life
• The Who and Jimmy Fallon Sing “Won’t Get Fooled Again” with Classroom Instruments, 16 May 2019 in Uncategorized
• Critical Thinking: A Free Course, 16 May 2019 in Online Courses&Philosophy
• Creative Commons Officially Launches a Search Engine That Indexes 300+ Million Public Domain Images, 15 May 2019 in Photography
• Free: Play the Original “Minecraft” in Your Browser, 14 May 2019 in Games
• “Gonzo” Defined by Hunter S. Thompson’s Personal Copy of the Random House Dictionary, 09 May 2019 in Literature
• Is the Leonardo da Vinci Painting “Salvator Mundi” (Which Sold for $450 Million in 2017) Actually Authentic?: Michael Lewis Explores the Question in His New Podcast, 08 May 2019 in Art&Podcasts
• Why the World’s Best Mathematicians Are Hoarding Japanese Chalk, 07 May 2019 in Math
• Meanwhile, Inside the Box, Schrodinger’s Cat Plans Its Revenge…, 01 May 2019 in Random
• High School Kids Stage Alien: The Play and You Can Now Watch It Online, 30 Apr 2019 in Film&Theatre
• Listen to Last Seen, a True-Crime Podcast That Takes You Inside an Unsolved, $500 Million Art Heist, 25 Apr 2019 in Art&Podcasts
• Stream Free Online 200 Films from Tribeca Film Festivals, 24 Apr 2019 in Film
• The Medieval City Plan Generator: A Fun Way to Create Your Own Imaginary Medieval Cities, 23 Apr 2019 in History&Technology
• Experience the Majesty of Notre Dame by Getting a Free Download of the Video Game Assassin’s Creed Unity (Free for a Limited Time), 20 Apr 2019 in Games&History
• Billy Collins Teaches Poetry in a New Online Course, 19 Apr 2019 in Online Courses&Poetry
• The Mueller Report Is #1, #2 and #3 on the Amazon Bestseller List: You Can Get It Free Online, 19 Apr 2019 in Books&Current Affairs
• How Venice Works: 124 Islands, 183 Canals & 438 Bridges, 18 Apr 2019 in Architecture
• Notre Dame Captured in an Early Photograph, 1838, 15 Apr 2019 in Architecture&History
• Google Celebrates the Bauhaus School’s 100th Anniversary with an Animated Doodle, 14 Apr 2019 in Art
• Jorge Luis Borges Draws a Self-Portrait After Going Blind, 12 Apr 2019 in Art&Literature
• 550 Million Years of Human Evolution in an Illustrated Flipbook, 09 Apr 2019 in Art&Science
• Watch the Trailer for Echo in the Canyon, the New Documentary on the 1960s Laurel Canyon Music Scene, 08 Apr 2019 in Film&Music
• Cinema Lovers Rejoice, the New Criterion Channel Launches Today: Get a 14-Day Free Trial, 08 Apr 2019 in Film
• NASA Captures First Air-to-Air Images of Supersonic Shockwaves Interacting in Flight, 04 Apr 2019 in Technology
• Noam Chomsky Makes His First Power Point Presentation, 02 Apr 2019 in Technology
• The Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi: A New Documentary, 01 Apr 2019 in Current Affairs
• 140 Courses Starting at Stanford Continuing Studies Next Week: Explore the Catalogue of Campus and Online Courses, 28 Mar 2019 in Stanford
• The Sax Solo on Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street” on a 10 Hour, Endless Loop, 25 Mar 2019 in Music&Random
• Journalism Under Siege: A Free Online Course from Stanford Explores the Imperiled Freedom of the Press, 25 Mar 2019 in Current Affairs&Media&Online Courses&Stanford
• Mythos: An Animation Retells Timeless Greek Myths with Abstract Modern Designs, 20 Mar 2019 in Animation
• Artificial Intelligence for Everyone: An Introductory Course from Andrew Ng, the Co-Founder of Coursera, 19 Mar 2019 in Artificial Intelligence&Online Courses&Technology
• Bohemian Rhapsody’s Bad Editing: A Breakdown, 18 Mar 2019 in Film
• Take a Free Online Course on the Great Medieval Manuscript, the Book of Kells, 12 Mar 2019 in Art&History&Online Courses
• “Stay Free: The Story of the Clash” Narrated by Public Enemy’s Chuck D: A New 8‑Episode Podcast, 07 Mar 2019 in Music&Podcasts
• Download the ModulAir, a Free Polyphonic Synthesizer, and Make Your Own Electronic Sounds, 06 Mar 2019 in Uncategorized
• 23 Million Patrons of California’s Public Libraries Can Now Read The New York Times for Free Online, 21 Feb 2019 in Media
• A Telecaster Made Out of 1200 Colored Pencils, 18 Feb 2019 in Music&Random
• Lucille Ball Demos a Precursor to Peter Frampton’s “Talk Box” (1939), 15 Feb 2019 in Music&Technology
• Becoming: A Short Timelapse Film Shows a Single Cell Morphing Into a Complete, Complex Living Organism, 12 Feb 2019 in Biology
• A Vintage Grand Piano Gets Reengineered to Play 20 Different Instruments with a Push of Its Keys, 06 Feb 2019 in Music
• Watch The Beatles Perform Their Famous Rooftop Concert: It Happened 50 Years Ago Today (January 30, 1969), 30 Jan 2019 in Music
• Watch Black Panther For Free in Theaters, Starting This Friday, 30 Jan 2019 in Film
• Scenes from Bohemian Rhapsody Compared to Real Life: A 21-Minute Compilation, 28 Jan 2019 in Film&Music
• Jodie Foster Teaches Filmmaking in Her First Online Course, 21 Jan 2019 in Film
• Oodles of Classic Doctor Who Episodes Streaming Free Online This Month, 18 Jan 2019 in Sci Fi&Television
• A Fender Stratocaster Made Out of 1200 Colored Pencils, 14 Jan 2019 in Music
• 150 Courses Starting at Stanford Continuing Studies Next Week: Explore the Catalogue of Campus and Online Courses, 13 Jan 2019 in Stanford
• Safety Last, the 1923 Movie Featuring the Most Iconic Scene from Silent Film Era, Just Went Into the Public Domain, 03 Jan 2019 in Film
• Make Orwell Fiction Again, 01 Jan 2019 in Current Affairs
• President Obama Names His Favorite Books, Movies & Songs of 2018, 28 Dec 2018 in Books&Film&Music
• David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s “Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy” Gets Psychedelically Covered by The Flaming Lips, 25 Dec 2018 in Music
• Banksy Paints a Grim Holiday Mural: Season’s Greetings to All, 24 Dec 2018 in Art&Current Affairs
• The Moonlight Sonata But the Bass Is a Bar Late, and the Melody Is a Bar Early, 21 Dec 2018 in Music&Random
• Masterclass Is Running a Special “Buy One, Give One Free” Deal: It Gives You & Family Member/Friend Access to Their Complete Course Catalog, 20 Dec 2018 in Deals
• Apple Lets You Download Six Free Audio Books Read by Celebrity Narrators: Start with Kate Beckinsale Reading Pride & Prejudice, 18 Dec 2018 in Audio Books
• Carlos Santana & Tom Morello Launch Online Courses on How to Play the Guitar, 14 Dec 2018 in Music&Online Courses
• In Bill Gates Office, There’s a Wall with the Entire Periodic Table with Samples of Each Element, 11 Dec 2018 in Science
• John Lennon’s Report Card at Age 15: “He Has Too Many Wrong Ambitions and His Energy Is Too Often Misplaced”, 10 Dec 2018 in Education&Life&Music