hear an hour of the jazzy background music from the original 1967 spider-man cartoon
Ray Ellis had a six-decade career as a producer, arranger, and jazz composer. And while he's best known for arranging music for Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin (1958), he also enjoyed a long career orchestrating music for television.
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‘it’s a wonderful life’ meets ‘night of the living dead’ in a…
The Bell Brothers wove together Frank Capra's 1946 Christmas film "It's a Wonderful Life" with George Romero's 1968 horror film "Night of the Living Dead".
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patrick stewart tells bbc’s terry wogan how he became captain jean-luc picard…
In a 1988 BBC interview with Sir Terry Wogan, the late, great Sir Patrick Stewart explained how a chance encounter at UCLA led to his role as Captain Picard.
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sears sold 75,000 diy mail order homes between 1908 and 1939, and…
Two of the books that most shaped American culture both happened to bear the nickname “The Big Book.” While the second of these, the A.A.
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what ancient latin sounded like, and how we know it
Latin is a language As dead as dead can be; It killed the Romans long ago, And now it's killing me.
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 Winners Showcase Nature’s Power and Vulnerability
"This year's winning photographs demonstrate the extraordinary power of wildlife photography to help us see nature differently," says Dr. Doug Gurr, Director of the Natural History Museum.
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doctor who’s tom baker plays douglas adams’ digital “agent” in the ai-predicting hyperland (1990)
Cast your mind, if you will, back to the year 2020. It now feels like a different time, what with the spreading COVID-19 pandemic and the heated sociopolitical battles being waged online, and indeed in the (socially distanced) streets.
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B+N Industries Builds Its Modular Systems to Keep Evolving After Installation
Across System 1224, Sorbetti 2.0, and Muro, B+N Industries designs modular frameworks that expand, reconfigure, and take on new roles years after they first go up.
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See the Artemis II Crew’s Handwritten Notes Documenting the Lunar Surface
People like to say we have more computing power in our pockets than NASA used to get to the moon, but even that understates things. The Apollo guidance computer had a measly four kilobytes of RAM, while the iPhone 17 Pro Max has 12 gigabytes—an increase of roughly three million-fold. Of course the Artemis II…
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musician pairs the lyrics of dolly parton’s ‘9 to 5’ with the…
Creative musician Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs seamlessly pairs the lyrics of Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" with the music of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs".
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discover the lost horror series deemed too shocking for bbc television (1967)
High culture and new technology have never been a natural pairing. As our digital era has often underscored, media innovations tend to be adopted earliest to deliver the most puerile, sensation-driven content, with the more respectable stuff benefiting only later.
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musician plays the police’s ‘every breath you take’ on steel tongue drum…
Alexandr Misko performed a beautifully percussive cover of The Police song “Every Breath You Take” on a steel tongue drum and his “Frankenstein” guitar.
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pianist plays bach on a quiet clavichord
Lord Vinheteiro performed a piece by Bach on a clavichord, a quiet early keyboard instrument used for practice, composition, and private performance.
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a touching pbs documentary that celebrates the legacy of the immensely talented gene wilder
"Wilder", an "American Masters" documentary directed by Chris Smith, celebrates Gene Wilder through a never-before-seen interview and archival footage.
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how the silk road actually worked (and what could go terribly wrong on it)
You don't have to spend a long time reading up on the Silk Road before you see the term itself ('Silk Road') called a misnomer.
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On Colombia's Magdalena River, a New Cruise is Connecting Artisans and Travelers
Writer Charlie Hobbs sails on the new AmaMelodia from Cartagena to Barranquilla.
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the hidden origins of english surnames
Rob Watts explores the origins of English surnames, including the spread of hereditary names after the Norman Conquest and their hidden meanings.
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how different birds perceive ultraviolet light
Dr. Helen Czerski spoke with Professor Ron Douglas about how different animals, including starlings and birds of prey, perceive ultraviolet light.
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Autodesk’s AI assistant could radically change how buildings are designed and built
A new AI tool from software giant Autodesk reconsiders the entire design stack.
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Outside In and Nature of Things Rethink Beauty Retail in NYC
Beauty, fragrance, a cafe, and a hidden garden come together in one sensory space
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retro spider-man: tas figures highlight latest hasbro marvel legends reveals
Hasbro Pulse Marvel Legends Fanstream showcased a new wave of retro Spider-Man: TAS figures and much more!
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the ancient greek water clock that kept the most accurate time for 1,800 years
Today, we're surrounded by technologies we could justifiably describe as time thieves.
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the sultry inxs song ‘need you tonight’ performed in the upbeat style…
Musician Joshua Woo performs INXS' "Need You Tonight" in the upbeat style of David Bowie’s "Let's Dance", creating a seamless blend of the two.
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a charming documentary about ‘garfield’ phones washing up on the coast of…
Director Zack Grant explores Garfield phones washing up on the shores of Brittany, France, for 40 years in "Silly Little Plastic Cat".
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nimble drone with retractable ‘cat claws’ repeatedly lands on steep icelandic icebergs
Researchers at Université de Sherbrooke equipped their Ice Dart drone with retractable "cat claws" that let it land on steep icebergs in Iceland.
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watch the completely unsafe, vertigo-inducing footage of workers building new york’s iconic skyscrapers
Would anyone in their right mind sign up for a job that had a high risk of mortality/disability? Or a job where red hot metal is being hurled directly at your face?
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the complete history of the beatles as told by conan o’brien
The world ended in the nineteen-sixties. Or rather, one world ended in the nineteen-sixties and gave way to another, a transition personified by no human beings more clearly than the Beatles.
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dolly parton’s “jolene” slowed down to 33 rpm sounds great and takes…
Note: We were sad to see the news that Dolly Parton passed away. Today we are bringing back one of our favorite Dolly Parton posts. She will be missed. The Walrus is… Dolly Parton?
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turning vintage telephones into unique guitar pedals
David of Jubilee Custom Shop in Taipei turns vintage telephones into unique guitar pedals, some with handsets for lo-fi, fuzzy vocals.
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discover the mundaneum, an early 20th-century “internet” that put the world’s knowledge…
Pitch to friends or family the idea of a trip to Mons, Belgium to visit the Mundaneum, and you may be met with a less-than-enthusiastic reception. That's unfortunate, since such an experience could fundamentally change the way they regard technology they use every day.
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Alfie Whiteman swaps his gloves for a lens in Tottenham's love letter…
Goalkeeper-turned-photographer Alfie Whiteman spent 15 years inside the club he grew up opposite. Now his debut film for Spurs celebrates the people of N17. Foo...
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the wisdom of david bowie: on art, religion, technology and more
It doesn't quite ring true to call David Bowie a rock star. Ziggy Stardust, the neon synthetic-clad alien alter ego he both created and retired in the early seventies, was, of course, rock stardom outlandishly personified.
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the rijksmuseum in amsterdam has digitized 840,000 works of art, including great…
Art may seem inessential to those who make the big decisions in times of crisis. But it never seemed more necessary to artists working in the time of plague. So it was 366 years ago when Rembrandt painted a portrait of his son, Titus, in a monk's robe in 1660.
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