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• In 1886, the US Government Commissioned 7,500 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World: Download Them in High Resolution, 25 Jun 2019 in Archives&Art&History&Nature&Science
• Two Animated Maps Show the Expansion of the U.S. from the Different Perspectives of Settlers & Native Peoples, 25 Jun 2019 in Data&History&Maps
• An Introduction to the Life & Music of Fela Kuti: Radical Nigerian Bandleader, Political Hero, and Creator of Afrobeat, 24 Jun 2019 in Music&Politics
• Pink Floyd Drummer Nick Mason Presents the History of Music & Technology in a Nine-Part BBC Podcast, 21 Jun 2019 in History&Music
• What the Textbooks Don’t Tell Us About The Atlantic Slave Trade: An Animated Video Fills In Historical Gaps, 21 Jun 2019 in History
• How to Argue With Kindness and Care: 4 Rules from Philosopher Daniel Dennett, 19 Jun 2019 in Philosophy
• How Blondie’s Debbie Harry Learned to Deal With Superficial, Demeaning Interviewers, 19 Jun 2019 in Music
• Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky Debate Human Nature & Power on Dutch TV (1971), 18 Jun 2019 in Philosophy
• The Ruins of Chernobyl Captured in Three Haunting, Drone-Shot Videos, 18 Jun 2019 in History&Television
• Lost Miles Davis Album, Rubberband, Will Finally Be Released This Fall: Hear the Title Track, “Rubberband,” in Five Different Versions, 17 Jun 2019 in Music
• Hear What’s Likely the Only Known Recording of Frida Kahlo’s Voice (1954), 14 Jun 2019 in Art
• Atheists & Agnostics Also Frequently Believe in the Supernatural, a New Study Shows, 13 Jun 2019 in Religion
• Radiohead Releases 18 Hours of Demos from OK Computer for a Limited Time–After Hackers Try to Hold Them for Ransom, 12 Jun 2019 in Music
• Leonardo da Vinci’s Huge Notebook Collections, the Codex Forster, Now Digitized in High-Resolution: Explore Them Online, 12 Jun 2019 in Art&Museums
• Meet Gerda Taro, the First Female Photojournalist to Die on the Front Lines, 11 Jun 2019 in History&Photography
• Oliver Sacks Promotes the Healing Power of Gardens: They’re “More Powerful Than Any Medication”, 11 Jun 2019 in Creativity&Health&Nature&Neuroscience
• Andy Warhol Explains Why He Decided to Give Up Painting & Manage the Velvet Underground Instead (1966), 10 Jun 2019 in Art&Music
• What Did Old English Sound Like? Hear Reconstructions of Beowulf, The Bible, and Casual Conversations, 07 Jun 2019 in English Language
• The Longest of the Grateful Dead’s Epic Long Jams: “Dark Star” (1972), “The Other One” (1972) and “Playing in The Band” (1974), 07 Jun 2019 in Music
• See the Very First Solar Eclipse Captured on Film: A Magical Moment in Science and Filmmaking (1900), 05 Jun 2019 in Film&History&Science
• Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Jared Diamond Describes How the U.S. Could Become a Dictatorship in 10 Years, 05 Jun 2019 in Politics
• Marie Curie Became the First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize, the First Person to Win Twice, and the Only Person in History to Win in Two Different Sciences, 04 Jun 2019 in Gender&History&Science
• Exercise May Prove an Effective Natural Treatment for Depression & Anxiety, New Study Shows, 04 Jun 2019 in Health&Psychology&Science
• What If We’re Wrong?: An Animated Video Challenges Our Most Deeply Held Beliefs–With the Help of a Ludwig Wittgenstein Thought Experiment, 03 Jun 2019 in Philosophy&Politics
• Watch John Bonham’s Blistering 13-Minute Drum Solo on “Moby Dick,” One of His Finest Moments Live Onstage (1970), 03 Jun 2019 in Music
• When Boris Pasternak Won–and Then the Soviets Forced Him to Decline–the Nobel Prize (1958), 30 May 2019 in Literature&Politics
• The Story of Pure Hell, the “First Black Punk Band” That Emerged in the 70s, Then Disappeared for Decades, 29 May 2019 in Music
• How Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” Recreates the Epic Hero’s Journey Described by Joseph Campbell, 29 May 2019 in Music
• Download 91,000 Historic Maps from the Massive David Rumsey Map Collection, 28 May 2019 in History&Maps
• Hear the Song That Two Teenage Musicians, Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, Recorded Together in 1958, 28 May 2019 in Music
• How Computers Ruined Rock Music, 24 May 2019 in Music
• New Web Project Immortalizes the Overlooked Women Who Helped Create Rock and Roll in the 1950s, 23 May 2019 in History&Music
• Fleetwood Mac Unveils Their New Singer Stevie Nicks, and The World Takes Notice: Watch Bewitching Performances of “Rhiannon” (1975–1976), 22 May 2019 in Music&Television
• The Lives of John Coltrane & Billie Holiday Are Now Told in Two Graphic Novels, 22 May 2019 in Books&Jazz
• James Taylor Gives Guitar Lessons, Teaching You How to Play Classic Songs Like “Fire and Rain,” “Country Road” & “Carolina in My Mind”, 21 May 2019 in Music
• The Story of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Rise in the 1980s Art World Gets Told in a New Graphic Novel, 21 May 2019 in Art&Books&Comics/Cartoons
• Who Is Neil Young?: A Video Essay Explores the Two Sides of the Versatile Musician–Folk Icon and Father of Grunge, 20 May 2019 in Music
• Keith Moon Plays Drums Onstage with Led Zeppelin in What Would Be His Last Live Performance (1977), 20 May 2019 in Music
• When The New York Times Got Duped into Publishing “The Lexicon of Grunge” in 1992–Words Like “Lamestain,” “Wack Slacks,” “Harsh Realm” & More, 16 May 2019 in Music
• A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Existing Collection of His Drawings & Writings, 15 May 2019 in Archives&Art&History
• When Dracula Author Bram Stoker Wrote a Gushing Fan Letter to Walt Whitman (1870), 15 May 2019 in Letters&Literature
• Learn Philosophy with a Wealth of Free Courses, Podcasts and YouTube Videos, 14 May 2019 in Philosophy
• Watch “Critical Living,” a Stop-Motion Film Inspired by the 1960s Movement That Rejected Modern Ideas About Mental Illness, 14 May 2019 in Animation&Philosophy&Psychology
• An Animated Introduction to the World’s Five Major Religions: Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity & Islam, 13 May 2019 in Religion
• The Artistry of the Mentally Ill: The 1922 Book That Published the Fascinating Work of Schizophrenic Patients, and Influenced Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky & Other Avant Garde Artists, 10 May 2019 in Art&Books
• A Mesmerizing Trip Across the Brooklyn Bridge: Watch Footage from 1899, 09 May 2019 in Film&History
• Discover Frida Kahlo’s Wildly-Illustrated Diary: It Chronicled the Last 10 Years of Her Life, and Then Got Locked Away for Decades, 08 May 2019 in Art
• Mapping Emotions in the Body: A Finnish Neuroscience Study Reveals Where We Feel Emotions in Our Bodies, 08 May 2019 in Biology&Neuroscience&Psychology
• Mr. Rogers’ Nine Rules for Speaking to Children (1977), 07 May 2019 in Education&K-12&Life&Psychology&Television
• Pioneering Computer Scientist Grace Hopper Shows Us How to Visualize a Nanosecond (1983), 07 May 2019 in Computer Science&Math&Physics
• What Is Performance Art?: We Explain It with Video Introductions and Classic Performances, 06 May 2019 in Art
• The Shifting Power of the World’s Largest Cities Visualized Over 4,000 Years (2050 BC-2050 AD), 06 May 2019 in History
• When American Financiers and Business Leaders Plotted to Overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt and Install a Fascist Government in the U.S. (1933), 02 May 2019 in History&Politics
• Elizabeth Cotten Wrote “Freight Train” at 11, Won a Grammy at 90, and Changed American Music In-Between, 01 May 2019 in Music
• Classic Children’s Books Now Digitized and Put Online: Revisit Vintage Works from the 19th & 20th Centuries, 01 May 2019 in Books&K-12&Libraries
• A Dictionary of Words Invented to Name Emotions We All Feel, But Don’t Yet Have a Name For: Vemödalen, Sonder, Chrysalism & Much More, 30 Apr 2019 in English Language&Film&Life&Philosophy&Poetry&Psychology
• Herbie Hancock’s Joyous Soundtrack for the Original Fat Albert TV Special (1969), 30 Apr 2019 in Music&Television
• Hear Debbie Harry’s Stunning Ethereal Vocal Tracks from “Heart of Glass,” “Call Me,” “Rapture,” and “One Way or Another”, 29 Apr 2019 in Music
• Why Do Sad People Like to Listen to Sad Music? Psychologists Answer the Question in Two Studies, 26 Apr 2019 in Music&Psychology
• Steven Pinker & Rebecca Goldstein Debate the Value of Reason in an Animated Socratic Dialogue, 26 Apr 2019 in Animation&Philosophy
• A Short Animated Film Explores the Fluidity of Gender in the Thought of Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler, 24 Apr 2019 in Gender&Philosophy
• Freddie Mercury Reimagined as Comic Book Heroes, 24 Apr 2019 in Comics/Cartoons&Music
• Hear J.R.R. Tolkien Read from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in Vintage Recordings from the Early 1950s, 23 Apr 2019 in Books&Literature
• Hear Pink Floyd’s “Great Gig in the Sky” Played on the Theremin, 23 Apr 2019 in Music
• What Is a Zen Koan? An Animated Introduction to Eastern Philosophical Thought Experiments, 22 Apr 2019 in Philosophy&Religion
• Paris in Beautiful Color Images from 1890: The Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, The Panthéon, and More (1890), 22 Apr 2019 in History&Photography
• 150 Renowned Secular Academics & 20 Christian Thinkers Talking About the Existence of God, 18 Apr 2019 in Philosophy&Religion
• How Digital Scans of Notre Dame Can Help Architects Rebuild the Burned Cathedral, 17 Apr 2019 in Architecture&Technology
• Animations Visualize the Evolution of London and New York: From Their Creation to the Present Day, 17 Apr 2019 in Data&History&Maps
• A Virtual Time-Lapse Recreation of the Building of Notre Dame (1160), 16 Apr 2019 in Architecture&Art&Current Affairs
• How Leonardo da Vinci Drew an Accurate Satellite Map of an Italian City (1502), 16 Apr 2019 in Art&History&Maps&Math
• Salvador Dalí’s Illustrations for The Bible (1963), 15 Apr 2019 in Art&Books
• Nick Cave Creates a List of His 10 Favorite Songs–His Favorite “Hiding Songs”, 12 Apr 2019 in Music
• Economics 101: Hedge Fund Investor Ray Dalio Explains How the Economy Works in a 30-Minute Animated Video, 11 Apr 2019 in Business&Economics
• Nick Cave Creates a List of His Top 10 Love Songs, 10 Apr 2019 in Music
• New Augmented Reality App Celebrates Stories of Women Typically Omitted from U.S. History Textbooks, 10 Apr 2019 in History&Technology
• When the Nazis Declared War on Expressionist Art (1937), 09 Apr 2019 in Art&Film&History
• What Does “Machiavellian” Really Mean?: An Animated Lesson, 09 Apr 2019 in Philosophy&Politics
• Deconstructing Steely Dan: The Band That Was More Than Just a Band, 08 Apr 2019 in Music
• 700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized and Available Online, 05 Apr 2019 in Archives&Art&Books&Literature&Poetry&Religion
• Tibetan Musical Notation Is Beautiful, 04 Apr 2019 in History&Music&Religion
• A Brief Animated Introduction to the Life and Work of Frida Kahlo, 03 Apr 2019 in Art
• It’s Official: The “Nones”– People Who Profess No Religion–Are Now as Big as Catholics & Evangelicals in the United States, 03 Apr 2019 in Politics&Religion
• The First American Picture Book, Wanda Gág’s Millions of Cats (1928), 02 Apr 2019 in Art&Books&History&K-12&Literature
• See Classic Performances of Joni Mitchell from the Very Early Years–Before She Was Even Named Joni Mitchell (1965/66), 02 Apr 2019 in Music
• Do Ethicists Behave Any Better Than the Rest of Us?: Here’s What the Research Shows, 01 Apr 2019 in Philosophy
• Does Democracy Demand the Tolerance of the Intolerant? Karl Popper’s Paradox, 29 Mar 2019 in Philosophy&Politics
• Isaac Asimov’s Guide to the Bible: A Witty, Erudite Atheist’s Guide to the World’s Most Famous Book, 28 Mar 2019 in Books&Literature&Religion
• The Venice Time Machine: 1,000 Years of Venice’s History Gets Digitally Preserved with Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, 27 Mar 2019 in Architecture&Archives&Art&History&Technology&TED Talks
• Steven Pinker’s 13 Rules for Good Writing, 27 Mar 2019 in Writing
• New Archive Digitizes 80,000 Historic Watercolor Paintings, the Medium Through Which We Documented the World Before Photography, 26 Mar 2019 in Archives&Art&History
• A Visual Map of the World’s Major Religions (and Non-Religions), 26 Mar 2019 in Maps&Religion
• William S. Burroughs’ Manifesto for Overthrowing a Corrupt Government with Fake News and Other Prophetic Methods: It’s Now Published for the First Time, 25 Mar 2019 in Books&Literature&Politics
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100: Hear the Great San Francisco Poet Read “Trump’s Trojan Horse,” “Pity the Nation” & Many Other Poems, 24 Mar 2019 in Audio Books&Poetry
• 24 Common Cognitive Biases: A Visual List of the Psychological Systems Errors That Keep Us From Thinking Rationally, 22 Mar 2019 in Psychology
• Christopher Hitches Makes the Case for Paying Reparations for Slavery in the United States, 20 Mar 2019 in Politics
• Behold the Anciente Mappe of Fairyland, a Fantastical 1917 Mashup of Tales from Homer’s Odyssey, King Arthur, the Brothers Grimm & More, 20 Mar 2019 in Art&Literature
• Virginia Woolf & Friends Name Their Favorite and Least Favorite Writers in a Newly Unearthed 1923 Survey, 19 Mar 2019 in Literature
• The Gnarly Surf Rock of Dick Dale (RIP): Watch the Legend Play “Misirlou,” Surfin’ the Wedge,” and “Pipeline” (with Stevie Ray Vaughan), 19 Mar 2019 in Music
• The Lou Reed Archive Opens at the New York Public Library: Get Your Own Lou Reed Library Card and Check It Out, 18 Mar 2019 in Archives&Literature&Music
• An Animated Introduction to Friedrich Nietzsche’s Life & Thought, 15 Mar 2019 in Philosophy
• When William Faulkner Set the World Record for Writing the Longest Sentence in Literature: Read the 1,288-Word Sentence from Absalom, Absalom!, 14 Mar 2019 in Books&Literature&Writing
• The Band Everyone Thought Was The Beatles: Revisit the Klaatu Conspiracy of 1976, 13 Mar 2019 in Music
• Buckminster Fuller Rails Against the “Nonsense of Earning a Living”: Why Work Useless Jobs When Technology & Automation Can Let Us Live More Meaningful Lives, 13 Mar 2019 in Art&Creativity&Economics&Education&Politics&Technology
• A Stunning Live Concert Film of Queen Performing in Montreal, Digitally Restored to Perfection (1981), 12 Mar 2019 in Film&Music
• Why Should We Read Sylvia Plath? An Animated Video Makes the Case, 12 Mar 2019 in Literature&Poetry
• Alan Watts Presents a 15-Minute Guided Meditation: A Time-Tested Way to Stop Thinking About Thinking, 11 Mar 2019 in Philosophy&Religion
• Artificial Intelligence Identifies the Six Main Arcs in Storytelling: Welcome to the Brave New World of Literary Criticism, 08 Mar 2019 in Computer Science&Literature&Technology
• Sleep or Die: Neuroscientist Matthew Walker Explains How Sleep Can Restore or Imperil Our Health, 07 Mar 2019 in Health&Neuroscience
• John Cleese Revisits His 20 Years as an Ivy League Professor in His New Book, Professor at Large: The Cornell Years, 06 Mar 2019 in Books&Comedy
• 97-Year-Old Philosopher Ponders the Meaning of Life: “What Is the Point of It All?”, 05 Mar 2019 in Film&Life&Philosophy
• A Visualization of the United States’ Exploding Population Growth Over 200 Years (1790 – 2010), 05 Mar 2019 in Data&History&Maps
• A Tactile Map of the Roman Empire: An Innovative Map That Allowed Blind & Sighted Students to Experience Geography by Touch (1888), 04 Mar 2019 in History&Maps
• 40,000-Year-Old Symbols Found in Caves Worldwide May Be the Earliest Written Language, 01 Mar 2019 in History&TED Talks
• The British Library Digitizes Its Collection of Obscene Books (1658–1940), 28 Feb 2019 in Books&Literature
• The 100 Top Punk Songs of All Time, Curated by Readers of the UK’s Sounds Magazine in 1981, 27 Feb 2019 in Music
• Alice in Wonderland, Hamlet, and A Christmas Carol Written in Shorthand (Circa 1919), 27 Feb 2019 in Books&Literature&Writing
• A Brief Animated Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Linguistic Theory, Narrated by The X‑Files’ Gillian Anderson, 26 Feb 2019 in Biology&Neuroscience&Philosophy&Psychology
• Watch Marc Martel, Who Supplied Vocals for the Award-Winning Queen Film, Sing Just Like Freddie Mercury: “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Are The Champions” & More, 26 Feb 2019 in Film&Music
• To Save Civilization, the Rich Need to Pay Their Taxes: Historian Rutger Bregman Speaks Truth to Power at Davos and to Fox’s Tucker Carlson, 25 Feb 2019 in Economics&History&Politics
• Watch the Last Time Peter Tork (RIP) & The Monkees Played Together During Their 1960s Heyday: It’s a Psychedelic Freakout, 22 Feb 2019 in Film&Music
• Has the Voynich Manuscript Finally Been Decoded?: Researchers Claim That the Mysterious Text Was Written in Phonetic Old Turkish, 21 Feb 2019 in Books&History
• The History of Ancient Rome in 20 Quick Minutes: A Primer Narrated by Brian Cox, 20 Feb 2019 in History
• How the Mona Lisa Went From Being Barely Known, to Suddenly the Most Famous Painting in the World (1911), 20 Feb 2019 in Art
• How Obsessive Artists Colorize Old Photographs & Restore the True Colors of the Past, 19 Feb 2019 in Photography
• An Interactive Map of the 2,000+ Sounds Humans Use to Communicate Without Words: Grunts, Sobs, Sighs, Laughs & More, 19 Feb 2019 in Language Lessons&Psychology
• 800 Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts Are Now Online: Browse & Download Them Courtesy of the British Library and Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 15 Feb 2019 in Books&History&Libraries
• Women’s Hidden Contributions to Modern Genetics Get Revealed by New Study: No Longer Will They Be Buried in the Footnotes, 14 Feb 2019 in Gender&Science
• Hear Siouxsie Sioux’s Powerful Isolated Vocals on “The Killing Jar,” “Hong Kong Garden,” “Cities In Dust” & “Kiss Them for Me”, 13 Feb 2019 in Music
• An Animated Reconstruction of Ancient Rome: Take A 30-Minute Stroll Through the City’s Virtually-Recreated Streets, 13 Feb 2019 in History
• Michel Foucault Offers a Clear, Compelling Introduction to His Philosophical Project (1966), 12 Feb 2019 in Philosophy
• Why Should We Read Flannery O’Connor? An Animated Video Makes the Case, 12 Feb 2019 in Literature
• Historic Manuscript Filled with Beautiful Illustrations of Cuban Flowers & Plants Is Now Online (1826 ), 11 Feb 2019 in Art&Books&Science
• George Orwell’s Essay “British Cookery” is Officially Published 70 Years After It Was Rejected by the British Council (1946), 08 Feb 2019 in Food & Drink&Literature&Politics
• In the 1920s America, Jazz Music Was Considered Harmful to Human Health, the Cause of “Neurasthenia,” “Perpetually Jerking Jaws” & More, 07 Feb 2019 in History&Music
• A Short History of How Punk Became Punk: From Late 50s Rockabilly and Garage Rock to The Ramones & Sex Pistols, 06 Feb 2019 in Music
• The Origins of the “Amen Break,” The Most Sampled Piece of Recorded Music Ever, 06 Feb 2019 in Music
• Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada, 05 Feb 2019 in Animation&Film
• Watch a Towering Orchestral Tribute to Kate Bush: A 40th Anniversary Celebration of Her First Single, “Wuthering Heights”, 05 Feb 2019 in Music
• The Case for Why Ringo Starr Is One of Rock’s Greatest Drummers, 04 Feb 2019 in Music