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Traditional Polynesian Vessel to Complete Round-the-World Journey
The Hōkūleʻa’s crew did not use any modern navigational devices, instead relying on the stars, waves, and clouds to guide them
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Happy Bloomsday! Too Bad James Joyce Would Have Hated This
Joyce infamously disliked the idea of being memorialized
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San Francisco Is Creating Its Own Governors Island
Treasure Island will turn into a major cultural destination under new, multi-billion dollar plan
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Australia to Return Remains of Japan’s Indigenous Ainu People
In the early 20th century, an anthropologist excavated the remains and sent them overseas
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Why the Library of Congress Thinks Your Favorite Meme Is Worth Preserving
Webcomics and Web Cultures Archives are documenting online culture
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Climate Change, and Cod, Are Causing One Heck of a Lobster Boom in Maine
The complex relationships between humans, lobster, and cod are creating boom times—for now
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Germany Moves Forward with Controversial Monument to Reunification
The German Memorial to Freedom and Unity has a fraught history
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Library of Congress Names Tracy K. Smith As New Poet Laureate
Smith previously won a Pulitzer Prize for her work, which is by turns philosophical, fantastical and deeply personal
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Art Installation Recreates the Smell of Cities Around the World
The Pollution Pod project emphasizes the unequal air quality divide between rich and poor cities
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Three Very Modern Uses For A Nineteenth-Century Text Generator
Andrey Markov was trying to understand poems with math when he created a whole new field of probability studies
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First House Designed by Antoni Gaudí to Open as a Museum
The vibrant Casa Vicens was an early hallmark of Gaudí’s unique style
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A Bear and Her Cubs Took Over Vlad the Impaler’s Castle
Romania’s Poenari Castle was shut down to visitors after authorities had “close encounters” with the creatures
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New Report Ranks Easiest and Hardest Places to Be a Kid
Save the Children compares 172 countries based on factors like child mortality rates and adolescent birth rates
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En Garde! (Nonviolent) Dueling Will Soon Be Legal in Canada
The government is ridding the Criminal Code of obsolete laws—like ones that prohibit dueling and witchcraft
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Massive Wooden Fire Monument Is Older Than Stonehenge
Carbon dating shows that the site dates back to 3300 B.C.
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In 1913, One Gluttonous Pupper Changed the Course of Animation History
Years before “Steamboat Willie,” this animated dog hammed it up onscreen
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257-Year-Old Coloring Book Rediscovered in St. Louis
The Florist contains 60 drawings, and recommends watercolor pigments like “gall-stone brown”
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Chinese City Institutes One-Dog Policy
Officials in Qingdao say they are trying to limit the amount of disturbance caused by an ever-growing pooch population
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Google Digitizes 3,000 Years of Fashion History
The massive “We Wear Culture Project” includes 30,000 online artifacts from over 180 institutions
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First-Ever Roma Cultural Institution Opens in Europe
It’s a step toward cultural inclusion for Europe’s largest minority group
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