An endless list of information about nature and wildlife is now at our fingertips, but this was not always the case. In the Victorian era, The Naturalist’s Library was one of the main sources of information about the natural world.
One of history’s greatest inventors, Leonardo da Vinci, came up with ambitious ideas that were centuries ahead of their time,...
In a bid to make its vast collection of around 154 million objects more accessible, the Smithsonian recently partnered with Unsplash,...
In 1940, American artist Georgia O’Keeffe was quoted as saying, “My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me.” Today, that spirit of generosity lives on through the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Sante Fe, which has been working to make every single one of her artworks available to view online via the newly launched portal, Access O’Keeffe.
As part of its Open Access initiative, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has published more than 100...
According to The British Psychological Society, the average reading rate is 238 words per minute, with some people reading up...
This year, the U.S. public domain will grow even larger, thanks to the addition of thousands of copyrighted books, iconic characters, and artistic masterpieces from 1930. As of January 1, 2026, protections have lapsed for everything from the original Betty Boop to Agatha Christie’s The Murder at the Vicarage, allowing anyone to use or build upon these works for free and without permission.
For most of his life, M.C. Escher was largely overlooked by the art world.
The Internet Archive is one of the world’s most sprawling digital databases.
One of the most established truths about language is that it’s constantly evolving. Every year, our vocabulary sheds and accumulates words; slang explodes onto the scene while other terms take a step back; and grammatical conventions increasingly accommodate colloquial speech and new idioms. There are, of course, several ways to keep up with this ever-changing landscape, and Dictionary.com is one of them.
It’s estimated that there are about 300 million people with color blindness around the world.
After the tremendous success of his 2003 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown turned his attention to his next...
