- Breathing new life into medieval manuscripts at Bodelain Library. [via Adam Koszary/Medium]
- Over 600 new rights-free videos and other media showing embryos, robots, and bouncing water droplets! [via Wikimedia Open Access Report]
- The Smithsonian is gathering thought leaders in environmental and species conservation on Earth Day for their 1st Earth Optimism Summit, and our own Pam Henson will give a keynote on the history of conservation at the Smithsonian. [via National Geographic]
- The spiritual world of Abraham Lincoln from Smithsonian historian David C. Ward. [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- An archival drawing reveals the mathematics in John Coltrane's music. [via Open Culture]
- Our social followers, Wikipedian Hildabast, answered the call to write about African American, Smithosnian entomologist, Sophie Lutterlough, and turns out she has a great blog about African American scientists (almost) lost to history!
- Library of Congress is digitizing notable African American activists. [via Hyperallergic]
- While still under a 20-year restriction, James Baldwin's letters have landed at NYPL's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. [via NY Times]
- The 86-year old woman who was born in the South Carolina slave cabin now on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Isabell Meggett Lucas, paid a visit. [via AP wire]
- How 18th-century urbanites dealt with overwhelming scents and sounds. [via CITYLAB]
- Because what's better than a baby oranguatan crossing the high wire with her careful and strong mom?
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