Virtually Explore a Forest Filled With Witches’ Marks and Other Tree Etchings
A publicly sourced portal spotlights centuries of graffiti left in England’s New Forest
Why It’s Unsettling That Anything Could Be Cake, According to Science
Psychologists explain why the disconnect between expectations and reality is both amusing and uncomfortable
Publishers Sue Internet Archive for Copyright Infringement
The online library loosened restrictions on its collection of scanned books at the end of March in response to the pandemic
The Best Places for Your Kids to Learn Real-Life Skills Online
Why not use quarantine as an opportunity to have your homeschoolers master woodworking or engine repair?
Why Video Calls Are Surprisingly Exhausting
Expressing yourself and trying to read others’ faces in a grid of video feeds is a taxing task
LeVar Burton Reads Stories on Twitter and Other Livestream Learning Opportunities This Week
Learn hip-hop dance or do citizen science without leaving home this week, thanks to the internet’s many intrepid artists and educators
Why the National Emergency Library Is So Controversial
The Internet Archive describes the downloadable collection of more than one million books as a library, but critics call it piracy
Check Out These Educational Livestreams This Week
Authors, scientists and others are offering fun livestream lessons and performances to keep kids engaged during isolation
China’s Art, From Museum Exhibits to Rock Concerts, Moves Online During Coronavirus Outbreak
The government has directed museums to “enrich the people’s spiritual and cultural life during the epidemic [with] cloud exhibitions”
A Massive New Database Will Connect Billions of Historic Records to Tell the Full Story of American Slavery
The online resource will offer vital details about the toll wrought on the enslaved
The Longest Running Web Cam, Set to Go Offline, Has Been Saved
The camera has been recording San Francisco’s fog for 25 years
Here’s How That Internet-Famous ‘Fish Tube’ Works
The cheap, efficient pneumatic tubes may be a good solution for helping salmon and other migratory species move past dams
‘Mona Lisa’ Comes to Life in Computer-Generated ‘Living Portrait’
A new artificial intelligence system can create realistic animations from a single static image
SpaceX Launched 60 Internet-Beaming Satellites Into Orbit
Last night’s successful launch was the first big step in SpaceX’s plan to provide global internet coverage from space
The Women Who Coined the Term ‘Mary Sue’
The trope they named in a ‘Star Trek’ fan zine in 1973 continues to resonate in 2019
Rare Children’s Books Digitized by the Library of Congress
Festive felines and wayward rockets come to life online in honor of the 100th anniversary of Children’s Book Week
Internet Sleuths Were on the Case to Name the Women Archaeologists in These Excavation Photos
A caption in a book about the excavation at Skara Brae, Scotland, had identified them as ‘visitors’ to the dig
Why the Story of Woman Versus Machine Is Still Being Written
Author Claire Evans is on a mission to elevate women and the contributions they’ve made in the field of technology
Bird Migrations, Floral Blooms and Other Natural Phenomena Cause Seasonal Spikes in Wikipedia Searches
A new study has found that pageview trends for various plants and animal species correspond to real-world seasonal patterns
One Tool in the Fight Against Wikipedia’s Notorious Gender Bias
Can an obscure 19th-century literary form help solve a 21st-century problem?
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