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A symbol that existed on typewriters is now a hallmark of the internet age

A Decade Ago, the Hashtag Reshaped the Internet

From humble origins, this ancient punctuation mark has gained new life as a symbol to connect us all on social media

August 23, 2017

Don’t worry if you can’t make it to the path of totality. These unique livestreams have you covered

August 21, 2017

The World Wide Web Was Almost Known as “The Mesh”

The inventor of the World Wide Web had a few different name ideas

August 1, 2017

This familiar landscape is always in flux.

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Surf Through Newly Digitized Images to See Rome’s Ever-Changing History

The Eternal City is always evolving. Now, a new web resource shows how

July 7, 2017

This 1540 painting by Titian has had 11 owners.

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New Website Tracks Paintings Provenance from Brush to Gallery Wall

Mapping Paintings makes it easier to figure out an artwork’s chain of ownership

July 5, 2017

So much potentially misleading information, so little time.

New Research

How Fake News Breaks Your Brain

Short attention spans and a deluge of rapid-fire articles on social media form a recipe for fake news epidemics

June 30, 2017

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New Badges Will Make Today’s Girl Scouts Tomorrow’s Cybersleuths

Camping and cookie sales are just the tip of the iceberg for modern scouts

June 23, 2017

This mass of ocean fossils was found in Montana, which used to be covered by a gigantic body of water.

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Scientists Are Putting Tens of Thousands of Sea Fossils Online

The Western Interior Seaway is gone, but not forgotten

June 22, 2017

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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

June 15, 2017

This diary was kept by a French man who escaped Paris with his family during the Holocaust.

Eyewitness accounts bring the brutal chapter in history to life

June 13, 2017

1937 Elsa Schiaparelli art-deco evening coat

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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

June 9, 2017

Compare two paintings of zebras with new IIIF functionality.

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This Tool Makes it Easy to Compare Art From Different Museums

IIIF frees images from the confines of individual websites

June 8, 2017

GIFs began as still images in the early days of the Internet before becoming the animated loops that are seen everywhere now.

History of Now

A Brief History of the GIF, From Early Internet Innovation to Ubiquitous Relic

How an image format changed the way we communicate

June 2, 2017

Fanny Cornforth posted for "Lady Lilith" and other influential Pre-Raphaelite paintings.

Cool Finds

Newly Digitized Archives Reveal the Inner Lives of Artists

The Delaware Art Museum just put 500 rare documents online

May 15, 2017

Don't count on Google Maps to get you to this iconic cliff.

Preikestolen is not in Fossmork

May 9, 2017

The canned precooked meat product is significantly less ubiquitous than its digital counterpart.

People Have Been Email-Spamming Since the Dawn of (Internet) Time

This is why we can’t have nice things

May 3, 2017

Emoji cover the facade of this Dutch building.

Cool Finds

This Building Is Covered in Emoji

-Person raising both hands in celebration-

April 26, 2017

Meet Steve—a strange band of light first spotted by amateur skywatchers.

New Research

Amateur Skywatchers Spot New Atmospheric Phenomenon

Its name is Steve, and it’s more common than you might think

April 24, 2017

Jonathan Coleman (center) and team show off a printed electronic label.

New Electronic Labels Could Alert You When Your Milk Spoils

New 2D printed electronics made of the nanomaterial graphene could be used in newspapers, self-updating price tags and more

April 17, 2017

One Million Internet Users Created This Piece of Art

Contributions range from the juvenile to bizarre to strangely beautiful

April 11, 2017