About: cjmarshall
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Posts by cjmarshall:
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The Art of Creating a Bonsai: One Year Condensed Condensed Into 22 Mesmerizing Minutes,
04 Jun 2021 in Art&Nature
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Download 1,000+ Beautiful Woodblock Prints by Hiroshige, the Last Great Master of the Japanese Woodblock Print Tradition,
03 Jun 2021 in Art&History
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Martin Scorsese Introduces Classic Movies: From Citizen Kane and Vertigo to Lawrence of Arabia and Gone with the Wind,
02 Jun 2021 in Film
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Meet the Inventor of Karaoke, Daisuke Inoue, Who Wanted to “Teach the World to Sing”,
01 Jun 2021 in History&Music&Technology
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The Art of Balancing Stones: How Artists Use Simple Materials to Make Impossible Sculptures in Nature,
31 May 2021 in Art&Nature
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Leonardo da Vinci Designs the Ideal City: See 3D Models of His Radical Design,
28 May 2021 in Architecture&History
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What Makes the Art of Bonsai So Expensive?: $1 Million for a Bonsai Tree, and $32,000 for Bonsai Scissors,
27 May 2021 in Art
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The Creation & Restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Animated,
26 May 2021 in Architecture&History
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Real D-Day Landing Footage, Enhanced & Colorized with Artificial Intelligence (June 6, 1944),
26 May 2021 in History
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How the Survivors of Pompeii Escaped Mount Vesuvius’ Deadly Eruption: A TED-Ed Animation Tells the Story,
25 May 2021 in History&TED Talks
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John Steinbeck Wrote a Werewolf Novel, and His Estate Won’t Let the World Read It: The Story of Murder at Full Moon,
24 May 2021 in History&Literature
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The First Cellphone: Discover Motorola’s DynaTAC 8000X, a 2-Pound Brick Priced at $3,995 (1984),
20 May 2021 in History&Technology
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The Largest Free Kitchen in the World: Discover India’s Golden Temple Which Serves 100,000 Free Meals Per Day,
19 May 2021 in Food & Drink&Religion&Travel
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How to Shop Online & Check Your E-Mail on the Go: A 1980s British TV Show Demonstrates,
18 May 2021 in History&Technology&Television
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One Man’s Quest to Build the Best Stereo System in the World,
18 May 2021 in Music&Technology
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Rick Steves Tells the Story of Fascism’s Rise & Fall in Germany,
14 May 2021 in History&Politics&Television&Travel
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks Get Digitized: Where to Read the Renaissance Man’s Manuscripts Online,
13 May 2021 in Archives&Art&History&Science
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In 1926, Nikola Tesla Predicts the World of 2026,
12 May 2021 in History&Technology
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Sonic Explorations of Japanese Jazz: Stream 8 Mixes of Japan’s Jazz Tradition Free Online,
11 May 2021 in Music
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David Hockney Shows Us His Sketch Book, Page by Page,
10 May 2021 in Art
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An Immersive Pink Floyd Museum Exhibition Is Coming to the U.S.: Get Tickets Online,
07 May 2021 in History&Music
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Wendy Carlos Demonstrates the Moog Synthesizer on the BBC (1970),
06 May 2021 in Music&Technology&Television
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Watch “Degrees of Uncertainty,” an Animated Documentary about Climate Science, Uncertainty & Knowing When to Trust the Experts,
05 May 2021 in Current Affairs&Data&Science
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How the Internet Archive Has Digitized More than 250,000 78 R.P.M. Records: See the Painstaking Process Up-Close,
04 May 2021 in History&Internet Archive&Music
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The Isolator: A 1925 Helmet Designed to Eliminate Distractions & Increase Productivity (Created by SciFi Pioneer Hugo Gernsback),
03 May 2021 in History&Technology
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The Story of the Rolling Stones: A Selection of Documentaries on the Quintessential Rock-and-Roll Band,
03 May 2021 in History&Music
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What Makes Citizen Kane a Great Film: 4 Video Essays Revisit Orson Welles’ Masterpiece on the 80th Anniversary of Its Premiere,
29 Apr 2021 in Film&History
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Watch 400+ Documentaries from German Broadcaster Deutsche Welle: Art Forgery, Fashion Photography, the Mona Lisa, and More,
28 Apr 2021 in Art&Photography&Television
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Behold the 1940s Typewriter That Could Type in English, Chinese & Japanese: Watch More Than a Thousand Different Characters in Action,
27 Apr 2021 in History&Technology
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The Meaning of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights Explained,
26 Apr 2021 in Art&History
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Critics Celebrate Two-Lane Blacktop, the 1971 Existential Road-Movie Masterpiece by Monte Hellman (RIP), Starring James Taylor & Dennis Wilson,
23 Apr 2021 in Film
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Hear Joni Mitchell’s Earliest Recording, Rediscovered After More than 50 Years,
22 Apr 2021 in Music
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How Frank Lloyd Wright’s Son Invented Lincoln Logs, “America’s National Toy” (1916),
21 Apr 2021 in Architecture&History
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The Beautiful, Innovative & Sometimes Dark World of Animated Soviet Propaganda (1925-1984),
20 Apr 2021 in Animation&Film&History&Politics
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How Pixar’s Movement Animation Became So Realistic: The Technological Breakthroughs Behind the Animation,
20 Apr 2021 in Animation&Film
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Exquisite Watercolors of Demons, Magic & Signs: Behold the Compendium Of Demonology and Magic from 1775,
16 Apr 2021 in Books&History&Religion
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Experience Footage of Roaring 1920s Berlin, Restored & Colorized with Artificial Intelligence,
15 Apr 2021 in Film&History
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Free Software Lets You Create Traditional Japanese Wood Joints & Furniture: Download Tsugite,
14 Apr 2021 in Architecture&Art
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The Decay of Cinema: Susan Sontag, Martin Scorsese & Their Lamentations on the Decline of Cinema Explored in a New Video Essay,
13 Apr 2021 in Film
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The Ingenious Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci Recreated with 3D Animation,
12 Apr 2021 in History&Technology
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Watch a Master Japanese Printmaker at Work: Two Unintentionally Relaxing ASMR Videos,
09 Apr 2021 in Art
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The Story of Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Troubled (and Even Deadly) Sci-Fi Masterpiece,
08 Apr 2021 in Film
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A Long-Lost Soviet Adaptation of The Lord of the Rings Resurfaces on YouTube–and Tolkien Fans Rejoice (1991),
07 Apr 2021 in Literature&Television
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How Filippo Brunelleschi, Untrained in Architecture or Engineering, Built the World’s Largest Dome at the Dawn of the Renaissance,
06 Apr 2021 in Architecture&History
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The World of Wong Kar-Wai: How the Films of Hong Kong’s Most Acclaimed Auteur Have Stayed Thrilling,
05 Apr 2021 in Film
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The Rules of 100 Sports Clearly Explained in Short Videos: Baseball, Football, Jai Alai, Sumo Wrestling, Cricket, Pétanque & Much More,
05 Apr 2021 in Sports
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When the Indiana Bell Building Was Rotated 90° While Everyone Worked Inside in 1930 (by Kurt Vonnegut’s Architect Dad),
01 Apr 2021 in Architecture&History
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What Andrei Tarkovsky’s Most Notorious Scene Tells Us About Time During the Pandemic: A Video Essay,
31 Mar 2021 in Current Affairs&Film
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Hear J.S. Bach’s Music Performed on the Lautenwerck, Bach’s Favorite Lost Baroque Instrument,
30 Mar 2021 in History&Music
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The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art,
29 Mar 2021 in Art&Museums
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BirdCast: You Can Now Forecast the Migration of Birds Across the U.S. Just Like the Weather,
26 Mar 2021 in Maps&Nature
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How Sounds Are Faked For Nature Documentaries: Meet the Artists Who Create the Sounds of Fish, Spiders, Orangutans, Mushrooms & More,
25 Mar 2021 in Film&Nature&Television
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Explore a New Archive of 2,200 Historical Wildlife Illustrations (1916-1965): Courtesy of The Wildlife Conservation Society,
24 Mar 2021 in Art&Nature&Science
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The Mathematics Behind Origami, the Ancient Japanese Art of Paper Folding,
23 Mar 2021 in Art&Math&Technology&TED Talks
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How Edward Munch Signaled His Bohemian Rebellion with Cigarettes (1895): A Video Essay,
23 Mar 2021 in Art&History
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The Aesthetic of Anime: A New Video Essay Explores a Rich Tradition of Japanese Animation,
22 Mar 2021 in Animation&Television
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A Search Engine for Finding Free, Public Domain Images from World-Class Museums,
18 Mar 2021 in Art&Technology
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The Bayeux Tapestry Gets Digitized: View the Medieval Tapestry in High Resolution, Down to the Individual Thread,
17 Mar 2021 in Art&History
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Listen to Wikipedia: A Web Site That Turns Every Wikipedia Edit Into Ambient Music in Real Time,
16 Mar 2021 in Music&Web/Tech
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The Letters of Mozart’s Sister Maria Anna Get Transformed into Music,
15 Mar 2021 in Music&Technology
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Google & Coursera Launch Career Certificates That Prepare Students for Jobs in 6 Months: Data Analytics, Project Management and UX Design,
12 Mar 2021 in Education&Google&Online Courses
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Rare Vincent van Gogh Painting Goes on Public Display for the First Time: Explore the 1887 Painting Online,
11 Mar 2021 in Art&History
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The Iconic Dance Scene from Hellzapoppin’ Presented in Living Color with Artificial Intelligence (1941),
10 Mar 2021 in Dance&Film&Technology
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John Cleese’s Very Favorite Comedy Sketches,
09 Mar 2021 in Comedy&Television
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Alexander Calder’s Archive Goes Online: Explore 1400 Works of Art by the Modernist Sculptor,
08 Mar 2021 in Archives&Art
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The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross & Banksy: Watch Banksy Paint a Mural on the Jail That Once Housed Oscar Wilde,
05 Mar 2021 in Art
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“The Cinematic Universe”: A Video Essay on How Films Cinematize Cities & Places, from Manhattan to Nashville, Rome Open City to Taipei Story,
05 Mar 2021 in Film
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Haruki Murakami Has Created New T-Shirts Featuring Words & Imagery from Norwegian Wood, 1Q84 and More,
04 Mar 2021 in Books&Fashion
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The Last Interview Book Series Features the Final Words of Cultural Icons: Borges to Bowie, Philip K. Dick to Frida Kahlo,
03 Mar 2021 in Literature&Music
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Hear Brian Eno Reinvent Pachelbel’s Canon (1975),
01 Mar 2021 in Music
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Download 280 Pictographs That Put Japanese Culture Into a New Visual Language: They’re Free for the Public to Use,
26 Feb 2021 in Design&Language&Travel
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Flim: a New AI-Powered Movie-Screenshot Search Engine,
25 Feb 2021 in Film&Technology
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Watch Orson Welles’ Intoxicating Wine Commercials That Became an 80s Cultural Phenomenon,
24 Feb 2021 in Food & Drink&Television
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The Roman Roads of Gaul Visualized as a Modern Subway Map,
23 Feb 2021 in History&Maps
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The 69 Pages of Writing Advice Denis Johnson Collected from Flannery O’Connor, Jack Kerouac, Stephen King, Hunter Thompson, Werner Herzog & Many Others,
23 Feb 2021 in Writing
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Wired Co-Founder Kevin Kelly Gives 36 Lectures on Our Future World: Education, Movies, Robots, Autonomous Cars & More,
22 Feb 2021 in Education&Technology
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The Open Syllabus Project Visualizes the 1,000,000+ Books Most Frequently Assigned in College Courses,
18 Feb 2021 in Education
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Saint John Coltrane: The San Francisco Church Built On A Love Supreme,
17 Feb 2021 in Music&Religion
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Alfred Hitchcock Meets Jorge Luis Borges Borges in Cold War America: Watch Double Take (2009) Free Online,
16 Feb 2021 in Film&History
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Akira Kurosawa Appears in a Rare Television & Tells Dick Cavett about His Love of Old Tokyo & His Samurai Lineage (1981),
15 Feb 2021 in Film&Television
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Why Public Transit Sucks in the United States: Four Videos Tell the Story,
12 Feb 2021 in History&Politics&Technology
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A Tour of U.S. Accents: Bostonian, Philadelphese, Gullah Creole & Other Intriguing Dialects,
11 Feb 2021 in English Language&Language
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The Animations That Changed Cinema: The Groundbreaking Legacies of Prince Achmed, Akira, The Iron Giant & More,
10 Feb 2021 in Animation&Film
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Alan Watts Reads “One of the Greatest Things Carl Jung Ever Wrote”,
09 Feb 2021 in Photography&Religion
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How Norman Rockwell Used Photographs to Create His Famous Paintings: See Side-by-Side Comparisons,
09 Feb 2021 in Art&History&Photography
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Watch a Korean Master Craftsman Make a Kimchi Pot by Hand, All According to Ancient Tradition,
08 Feb 2021 in Art&Food & Drink&History
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The History of American Newspapers Has Been Digitized: Explore 114 Years of Editor & Publisher, “the Bible of the Newspaper Industry”,
05 Feb 2021 in Archives&History&Internet Archive&Magazines
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The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson & Beatles Producer George Martin Break Down “God Only Knows,” the “Greatest Song Ever Written”,
03 Feb 2021 in Music
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The Bauhaus Chess Set Where the Form of the Pieces Artfully Show Their Function (1922),
03 Feb 2021 in Art&Games&History
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Werner Herzog Discovers the Ecstasy of Skateboarding: “That’s Kind of My People”,
01 Feb 2021 in Film&Sports
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The Internet Archive Now Digitizing 1,000,000+ Objects from a Massive Cinema History Library,
01 Feb 2021 in Archives&Film&History&Internet Archive
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PBS American Masters Archive Releases 1,000+ Hours of Uncut, Never-Before-Seen Interviews: Patti Smith, David Bowie, Neil Young & More,
28 Jan 2021 in Archives&History&Television
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Watch John Cage Play His “Silent” 4’33” in Harvard Square, Presented by Nam June Paik (1973),
27 Jan 2021 in Art&Music
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Algerian Cave Paintings Suggest Humans Did Magic Mushrooms 9,000 Years Ago,
27 Jan 2021 in Art&History&Psychology
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Rick Steves’ Europe: Binge Watch 9 Seasons of America’s Favorite Traveler Free Online,
26 Jan 2021 in Television&Travel
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A 10 Billion Pixel Scan of Vermeer’s Masterpiece Girl with a Pearl Earring: Explore It Online,
22 Jan 2021 in Art&Technology
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How to Make a Savile Row Suit: A Short Documentary from the Museum of Modern Art,
21 Jan 2021 in Fashion&Online Courses
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Brâncuși Captures His Sculpture & Life on Film: Watch Rare Footage Shot Between 1923-1939,
20 Jan 2021 in Art&Film
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How Levi’s 501 Jeans Became Iconic: A Short Documentary Featuring John Baldessari, Henry Rollins, Lee Ranaldo & More,
19 Jan 2021 in Fashion&History
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A Magical Look Inside the Painting Process of Studio Ghibli Artist Kazuo Oga,
18 Jan 2021 in Animation&Art
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Take a New Virtual Reality Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
15 Jan 2021 in Museums&Technology
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The CIA Has Declassified 2,780 Pages of UFO-Related Documents, and They’re Now Free to Download,
14 Jan 2021 in Sci Fi&Science
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A 16th-Century Astronomy Book Featured “Analog Computers” to Calculate the Shape of the Moon, the Position of the Sun, and More,
13 Jan 2021 in Astronomy&Books&History
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How Lava Lamps Help Secure the Internet,
12 Jan 2021 in Technology
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See Devo Perform Live for the Very First Time (Kent State University, 1973),
11 Jan 2021 in Music
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Flair Magazine: The Short-Lived, Highly-Influential Magazine That Still Inspires Designers Today (1950),
08 Jan 2021 in Design&History&Magazines
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How to Draw the Buddha: Explore an Elegant Tibetan Manual from the 18th-Century,
07 Jan 2021 in Books&History&Religion
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Animation Pioneer Lotte Reiniger Adapts Mozart’s The Magic Flute into an All-Silhouette Short Film (1935),
06 Jan 2021 in Animation&History&Music
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Rome’s Colosseum Will Get a New Retractable Floor by 2023 — Just as It Had in Ancient Times,
05 Jan 2021 in Architecture&History&Travel
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Discover Tokyo’s Museum Dedicated to Parasites: A Unique and Disturbing Institution,
04 Jan 2021 in Biology&Museums
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2021: The Great Gatsby & Mrs. Dalloway, Music by Irving Berlin & Duke Ellington, Comedies by Buster Keaton, and More,
01 Jan 2021 in Film&Literature&Music
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Studio Ghibli Makes 1,178 Images Free to Download from My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away & Other Beloved Animated Films,
31 Dec 2020 in Animation&Film
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How Martin Luther King Jr. Got C’s in Public Speaking–Before Becoming a Straight-A Student & a World Class Orator,
30 Dec 2020 in Education&History
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The Power of Pulp Fiction’s Dance Scene, Explained by Choreographers and Even John Travolta Himself,
29 Dec 2020 in Dance&Film
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In 1896, a French Cartoonist Predicted Our Socially-Distanced Zoom Holiday Gatherings,
28 Dec 2020 in Comics/Cartoons&History&Magazines&Technology
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Stream 48 Hours of Vintage Christmas Radio Broadcasts Featuring Orson Welles, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, Ida Lupino & More (1930-1959),
25 Dec 2020 in History&Radio
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When Our World Became a de Chirico Painting: How the Avant-Garde Painter Foresaw the Empty City Streets of 2020,
24 Dec 2020 in Art&History
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Carl Sagan on the Importance of Choosing Wisely What You Read (Even If You Read a Book a Week),
23 Dec 2020 in Books
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Why David Sedaris Hates “The Santaland Diaries,” the NPR Piece that Made Him Famous,
22 Dec 2020 in Comedy&Literature
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Why Is Napoleon’s Hand Always in His Waistcoat?: The Origins of This Distinctive Pose Explained,
21 Dec 2020 in Art&History
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Three Amateur Cryptographers Finally Decrypted the Zodiac Killer’s Letters: A Look Inside How They Solved a Half Century-Old Mystery,
18 Dec 2020 in History&Math
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Jeff Koons and Salman Rushdie Teach New Courses on Art, Creativity & Storytelling for MasterClass,
17 Dec 2020 in Art&Creativity&Literature&Online Courses&Writing
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The Dune Graphic Novel: Experience Frank Herbert’s Epic Sci-Fi Saga as You’ve Never Seen It Before,
16 Dec 2020 in Books&Comics/Cartoons&Literature&Sci Fi
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The Art of Movie Posters: View Online 40,000+ Movie Posters & Learn How They’re Made,
15 Dec 2020 in Art&Film
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Isaac Newton Theorized That the Egyptian Pyramids Revealed the Timing of the Apocalypse: See His Burnt Manuscript from the 1680s,
15 Dec 2020 in History&Religion
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Study Less, Study Smart: A Longtime Psych Professor Explains How to Study (or Do Any Intellectual Work) Effectively,
11 Dec 2020 in Education
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The Art of Traditional Japanese Wood Joinery: A Kyoto Woodworker Shows How Japanese Carpenters Created Wood Structures Without Nails or Glue,
10 Dec 2020 in Architecture&Art
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A Biostatistician Uses Crochet to Visualize the Frightening Infection Rates of the Coronavirus,
09 Dec 2020 in Biology&Current Affairs&Health
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The Hertella Coffee Machine Mounted on a Volkswagen Dashboard (1959): The Most European Car Accessory Ever Made,
08 Dec 2020 in Food & Drink&History&Technology
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Why Japan Has the Oldest Businesses in the World?: Hōshi, a 1300-Year-Old Hotel, Offers Clues,
07 Dec 2020 in History&Travel
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Watch “Jackson Pollock 51,” a Historic Short Film That Captures Pollock Creating Abstract Expressionist Art on a Sheet of Glass,
04 Dec 2020 in Art&Film
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A Look into the Wondrous Life & Expansive Work of the Late Jan Morris, Who Wrote the Entire World,
03 Dec 2020 in Books&Travel
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A 1913 Children’s Book Lampoons Duchamp, Picasso & Other Avant-Garde Artists: Read The Cubies’ ABC Online,
03 Dec 2020 in Art&Books&History
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What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like & How We Know It,
02 Dec 2020 in History
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Salvador Dalí Gets Surreal with 1950s America: Watch His Appearances on What’s My Line? (1952) and The Mike Wallace Interview (1958),
01 Dec 2020 in Art&Television
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Learn How to Play Chess Online: Free Chess Lessons for Beginners, Intermediate Players & Beyond,
30 Nov 2020 in Games&How to Learn for Free
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A Flying Car Took to the Skies Back in 1949: See the Taylor Aerocar in Action,
26 Nov 2020 in History&Technology
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A Mysterious Monolith Appears in the Utah Desert, Channeling Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey,
25 Nov 2020 in Art
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The Polygraph: The Proto-Photocopy Machine Machine Invented in 1803 That Changed Thomas Jefferson’s Life,
24 Nov 2020 in History&Technology&Writing
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The Geometry of Sound: Watch Artist Kenichi Kanazawa Make Amazing Geometric Designs Out of Sand, Using Sound Waves Alone,
23 Nov 2020 in Art&Physics