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Lights Are Driving Bats From Their Belfries
The trend of pointing floodlights at churches in Sweden has driven some long-eared bat colonies out of their historic roosts
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The German Language Adds 5,000 New Words
The latest edition of the Duden dictionary includes tindern, or online dating, and postfaktisch, meaning post-truth
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Survey Finds Most People Are Biased Against Atheists, Including Atheists
The findings revealed that the bias was strongest in more religious countries including the United States, United Arab Emirates and India
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Eighty Years Later, Two Exhibits Confront the “Degenerate Art” Purge
In 1937, the Nazis confiscated modernist art from museums and put it up for ridicule in an exhibit that still reverberates today
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This Is What Global Dissent Sounds Like
A new project maps almost 200 recordings taken in 27 different countries over the past 26 years
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Two Pierogi Festivals Face Off Over Trademark
It’s an epic battle for dumpling domination
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This Taiwanese Museum Just Digitized Its Massive Collection of Chinese Art
70,000 images are available for download via the National Palace Museum’s website
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Brooklyn Museum’s ‘Legacy of Lynching’ Exhibition Confronts Racial Terror
Video testimony and research findings supplement selections from the museum’s holdings
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This Animated Movie About Van Gogh Is Made Entirely of Oil Paintings
Loving Vincent will include more than 56,000 paintings
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Amid Soaring Produce Prices, Indian City Launches “State Bank of Tomato”
The bank began as a tongue-in-cheek protest, but residents are taking it seriously
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What Does the Architecture of Anime Look Like?
A new exhibit brings together the creative design behind some of the most iconic cyberpunk anime films
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How the Bristol Sessions Created Country Music
Ninety years ago, a yodeller named Jimmie Rodgers laid down two of the tracks he would be remembered for
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A Brooklyn Basketball Court Is Named After Notorious B.I.G.
Previous attempts to honor the rapper were stymied by community board members who took offense to Biggie’s lyrics, criminal history and even his weight
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NEH Announces Last Grants for 2017
Programs for digitization, preservation, education and more are supported with $39.3 million in funding
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Aboriginal Rangers Uncover Trove of Rock Art in Northern Australia
Hundreds of examples of art dating back centuries were found by rangers while they were conducting burn offs
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Lost Play By J.M. Barrie Discovered in Texas Archive
The newly published Reconstruction of the Crime features comedic detective exploits and audience participation
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New Archival Donations Put Edward Hopper’s Life in Sharp Focus
Thousands of drawings, letters and more are coming to the Edward Hopper House and the Whitney Museum
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The First US Census Only Asked Six Questions
America’s founders agreed that the census was important, but it wasn’t long
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This Dachau Survivor’s Harrowing Art Is on Display for the First Time
Georg Tauber’s paintings detail medical experiments, beatings and eventual liberation
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The Author of ‘Robinson Crusoe’ Used Almost 200 Pseudonyms
Daniel Defoe honed his pen on political writing before he came to the novel
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