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World's first internet bench
Bury Saint Edmunds, England

The World's First Internet-Enabled Park Bench

Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.
books

Celebrate Children’s Book Week With Rare Titles Courtesy of the Library of Congress

A hundred years and counting of promoting childhood literacy.
Jonathan Carey May 2, 2019
A portrait of Cheryl Lashek, made by Alex Plante.
signs

Meet the Mechanical Engineer Whose Signature Is Instagram Famous in Manitoba

For the past decade, every elevator in the Canadian province has been graced by Cheryl Lashek's name.
Sarah Lawrynuik May 1, 2019
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The Lava Lamps That Help Encrypt the Internet

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Marion Stokes pictured in a scene from <em>Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project</em>, a new documentary by Matt Wolf.
television

The Remarkable Story of a Woman Who Preserved Over 30 Years of TV History

Thousands of hours of Marion Stokes's personal recordings will now be digitized, one tape at a time.
Noor Al-Samarrai April 29, 2019
Christ the King in Poland.
Świebodzin, Poland

Internet Antennas of Christ the King

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.
Twitter might be a useful source of data for "charismatic" events, such as an outpouring of ants or a dramatic grouping of birds.
science

The Upside of Freaking Out About Insects on Twitter

When people post about bugs and birds, ecologists can gain some solid data.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 12, 2018
Can memes get people to care about ocean conservation?
animals

What Ecologists Can Learn From Memes

Some scientists are studying YouTube comments and trying to go viral.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 1, 2018
Where the web was born.
Meyrin, Switzerland

Birthplace of the Web

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.
music

A Reprise for a 19th-Century Language Based on Music

A French music teacher spent more than three decades creating Solresol. After he died in 1862, it was largely forgotten.
Jacquelyn Thayer April 12, 2018
Venus of Willendorf customarily lives in the Viennese Museum of Natural History.
art

The Online Censorship of a 30,000-Year-Old Statuette

Facebook puts the kibosh on the Venus of Willendorf.
Natasha Frost February 28, 2018
Does this look like candy to you?
food

An Anthropologist Explains Why We Want to Eat Tide Pods

But you really shouldn't swallow laundry tablets.
Anne Ewbank January 19, 2018
This year's atrocious, beautiful cake.
food

The Mother and Daughter Charming the Internet With Ugly Cakes

It's their birthday tradition.
Paula Mejia January 16, 2018
Row of lava lamps
San Francisco, California

Encryption Lava Lamps

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Tombili.
Istanbul, Turkey

Tombili

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.
Just a bit of the BPL's 200,000-piece record collection.
libraries

Digitizing the Boston Public Library's Forgotten Record Collection

It will take years, but all 200,000 pieces of vinyl discovered in a basement will one day be available to the public.
Ashawnta Jackson October 24, 2017
A rat, probably searching for cables to mess up.
rats

The Rat-Related Internet Outage in Ontario

Why don't the rats want us to be online?
Cara Giaimo July 7, 2017
Heart eyes.
Amersfoort, Netherlands

Plein Rond de Eik

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.