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  • Sat Mar 14

Watch 35 Short Films by Charles and Ray Eames: “Powers of Ten,” the History of the Computer & More

9h
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Isaac Asimov Reviews George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Calls It “Not Science Fiction, But a Distorted Nostalgia for a Past that Never Was”

1d
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Sci-Fi Writer Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Future in 1964: Artificial Intelligence, Instantaneous Global Communication, Remote Work, Singularity & More

1d
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What You Would See and Feel While Traveling Near the Speed of Light

4d
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Explore 1,000,000 Digitized Artworks from Across the UK: Paintings, Sculptures, Street Art & More

5d
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9 Things a Woman Couldn’t Do in 1971

5d
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The Self-Balancing Monorail: A 1910 Train That Could Balance Without Falling

6d
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How the CIA Secretly Funded Abstract Expressionism During the Cold War

6d
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John Cage’s Silent, Avant-Garde Piece 4′33″ Gets Covered by a Death Metal Band

1w
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Discover Gadsby: The 50,000-Word Novel Written Without Using the Letter E (1939)

1w
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Watch 434 Avant-Garde and Surreal Short Films Online: Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Luis Buñuel and Many More

1w
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How a Clean, Tidy Home Can Help You Survive the Atomic Bomb: A Cold War Film from 1954

1w
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Watch the Titanic and Lusitania Sink in Real Time: One Fast, One Slow

1w
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How Everything in a Medieval Castle Worked, from Its Moats to Its Dungeons

1w
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Discover the Retirement Home for Elderly Musicians Created by Giuseppe Verdi: Created in 1899, It Still Lives On Today

1w
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How James Cameron Shot Titanic’s Hugely Complex Sinking Scene

1w
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Discover the First Horror & Fantasy Magazine, Der Orchideengarten, and Its Bizarre Artwork (1919–1921)

1w
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How Many Lives Does God Take in the Bible: An Investigation into a Surprisingly High Body Count

2w
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A Free Course on Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume 1 from Yale University

2w
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How Kraftwerk’s 22-Minute Song “Autobahn” Became an Early Masterpiece in Electronic Music (1975)

2w
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Watch Errol Morris’s Tune Out the Noise Free Online: A Documentary About the Financial Revolution That Transformed Investing

2w
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When Soviet Youth Bootlegged Western Rock Music on Discarded X‑Rays: Hear Original Audio Samples

2w
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An Introduction to Brutalism: The Iconic Postwar Architectural Style That Combined Utopianism and Concrete

2w
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Meet the “Telharmonium,” the First Synthesizer (and Predecessor to Muzak), Invented in 1897

2w
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See the Climactic Ending of Steven Spielberg’s Breakout Duel Recreated Entirely with 3D-Printed Models

2w
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How the Hoover Dam Works: A 3D Animated Introduction

2w
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Lynda Barry on How the Smartphone Is Endangering Three Ingredients of Creativity: Loneliness, Uncertainty & Boredom

3w
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Watch Jazzy Spies: 1969 Psychedelic Sesame Street Animation, Featuring Grace Slick, Teaches Kids to Count

3w
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Every Known Work by Georgia O’Keeffe Has Been Digitized and Made Available Online

3w
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Why Smart People Feel Like Frauds: The Psychology of Impostor Syndrome and Its Hidden Benefits

3w
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How Quentin Tarantino’s One-Night “Detest Fest” Changed His Life & Set Him on the Path to Pulp Fiction

3w
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An Introduction to the Strait of Hormuz and Its Role in the Longstanding US-Iran Conflict

3w
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Alan Lomax’s Massive Music Archive Is Online: Features 20,000 Historic Blues & Folk Recordings

3w
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Jim Jarmusch Picks His Favorite Films from the The Criterion Collection

3w
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In Her Final Reflections, Jane Goodall Issues a Warning: “Without Hope, We Fall Into Apathy”

3w
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Learn Ancient Greek in 118 Free Lessons: A Free Online Course from Brandeis & Harvard

3w
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Hear Paul McCartney’s Forgotten 1967 Movie Soundtrack, Arranged by George Martin

1mo
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Enchanting Video Shows How Globes Were Made by Hand in 1955: The End of a 500-Year Tradition

1mo
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The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built

1mo
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How to Read Books That Challenge Your Mind: Advice from Robert Greene, Author of The 48 Laws of Power

1mo
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Entries updated Apr 14, 2026 07:52:07 AM PDT

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