The rise and fall of desegregation efforts in the three generations since Brown v. Board. Incredible work by Nikole Hannah-Jones at ProPublica, following the school careers of James Dent, his daughter, and granddaughter in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
How schools got desegregated … and then resegregated
Harvard's $27.50 copy of the Magna Carta may be one of 7 issued by Longshanks in 1300
Harvard University bought what it thought was a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50 in 1946. But after hyperspectral imaging at the University of East Anglia, the document… READ THE REST
Explore a 108 billion-pixel scan of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring
Hirox made a 108-billion pixel scan of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring to market its high-resolution imaging hardware. Above, the glint of light on the pearl; below, a… READ THE REST
Cock fight: professors dispute Bayeux Tapestry penis count
Impressively long if lacking girth, the Bayeux Tapestry narrates the Norman conquest of England. But how many penises are embroidered therein? Oxford professor George Garnett counts 93 cocks, 88 belonging… READ THE REST
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