Beethoven’s Genome Has Been Sequenced for the First Time, Revealing Clues About the Great Composer’s Health & Family History

Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, a bit early to be subjected to the kinds of…

One Idea to Keep Teachers From Quitting — End the Teacher Time Crunch

When a Texas task force set out to draft a plan for attracting and keeping more…

Hear De La Soul’s Highly Acclaimed & Influential Hip-Hop Albums Streaming Free for the First Time

If you don’t listen to rap, you’ve heard the same questions over and over in response…

A Street Musician Plays Pink Floyd’s “Time” in Front of the 1,900-Year-Old Pantheon in Rome

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon we bring you this:…

Why Maya Angelou’s Memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Became One of the Most Banned Books of All Time

Some good news: Maya Angelou’s 1969 memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, a recounting…

How Educators Save Time and Energy in Their Content Creation and Feedback Loops

How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback…

Watch Classic Performances by Yellow Magic Orchestra, the Japanese Band That Became One of the Most Innovative Electronic Music Acts of All Time

Music changes when technology changes. Few musicians have demonstrated as keen an awareness of that fact…

Tom Lehrer Puts His Songs into the Public Domain & Makes Them Free to Download (for a Limited Time)

“Christmas time is here, by golly / Disapproval would be folly / Deck the halls with…

The 100 Greatest Films of All Time According to 1,639 Film Critics & 480 Directors: See the Results of the Once-a-Decade Sight and Sound Poll

Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is a three-and-a-half hour film in which…

New Workable-Zapier integration saves time with automation

In a nutshell, Zapier lets you create connections to push data from one app to another…