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Surrender to a Digital Archive of Physical Junk
From candy wrappers to ancient artifacts, Thngs is a place for preserving the data of stuff.
There Is a Protest Over Cornell University's Acquisition of Afrika Bambaataa's Vinyl Collection
The protest comes as the MC fights allegations of child molestation.
Brutal Brawls and Broken Bottles: Unseen Photos from the Golden Age of Greek Hooliganism
Greek hooligans share photos from the most brutal brawls they attended in the 1990s.
The New York Public Library Hopes You’ll Make Video Games
If all your software needs is a 1910 photo of Brooklyn then here is some fantastic news.
VICE Staffers Share the Stories Behind Their Cringe-Inducing First Facebook Photos
We asked our writers to look back through their archives and remember the clove-cigarette-smoking, shoplifting, lip-ringed days of their youth.
The Curator Who Archives the Images of Dreams
In an unassuming Manhattan building, a curator archives the so-called archetypal images of dreams.
Uncover Hemingway's Secret Lives at a New Exhibition
The Morgan Library presents "Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars," the first ever exhibition dedicated to the celebrated writer.
How the AIDS Epidemic Was an Attack on Imagination
Opening today at NYU Fales Library, "positive/negative: HIV/AIDS" is a multimedia exploration of the devastating epidemic in 1980s and 90s New York.
The InterPlanetary File System Wants to Create a Permanent Web
A potential solution to the massive problem of linkrot.
We Interviewed the Historian Who Just Found the Oldest Use of the Word 'Fuck'
In 1310, Roger the Navel-Fucker was banned from Chester County.
The Punk Rock Life of a Rare Book Librarian
Talking to trained organist, original punk, studied librarian, and self-taught archivist Marvin J. Taylor of NYU's Fales Library & Special Collection.
70 Years On: Researchers Archive the Longest-Running Study of A-Bomb Survivors
In his 20s, US geneticist William Jack Schull joined a study to examine the effects of radiation on atomic bomb survivors. Now 93, he wants to share his experiences with the world.