- Ouch — the Society of Women Engineers has a collection of rejection letters sent to women attempting to gain entry to engineering programs. [via Atlantic]
- A new discovery of 300,000 year old remains of Homo sapiens shows that our species evolved in multiple locations on the African continent. [via NY Times]
- iNaturalist.org is launching an app that will help you identify plants and animals! [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- A look at the work of London's first professional tattoo artist. [via Independent]
- A new book, Double Exposure: Fighting For Freedom, from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History examines the history of African Americans serving in the U.S. Military. [via NY Times]
- The Getty has published 300,000 images as IIIF (International Image Interoperability Format) which allows people to bring images from different repositories together online. [via The Iris]
- A new Dr. Seuss museum opened in Springfiled, Massachusettes. [via USA Today]
- How does one clean a 94 feet long, 21,000 pounds whale model? [via NY Times]
- Just why do medieval illuminated manuscripts feature knights battling not-so-intimidating snails? [via Colossal]
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