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The Internet Archive is a Library of Alexandria for the digital age, the world’s largest digital archive of books, video, websites and music. Based in a former Christian Science church in San Francisco, its towering servers sit in what was once the church organist’s room, emitting enough heat to keep the whole building warm in winter. Overseeing the entire operation is Brewster Kahle, founder of the archive, whose goal since 1996 has been to put knowledge within everyone’s reach, no matter their location or financial circumstances.
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Global history
The famed medieval map that stretched beyond Earth to heaven, history and myth
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Design and fashion
Household items are reborn in a ‘visual symphony of everyday objects’
11 minutes
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Human rights and justice
Meet the man who uncovered the scandal of nuclear testing in South Australia
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Thinkers and theories
Jeremy Bentham was consumed by creating a perfect prison. Here’s the result
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Global history
The strange journey of the Parthenon Marbles to the British Museum
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Animals and humans
Laura fights to protect the magnificence of wild horses running free
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Film and visual culture
The old-time cinema experience endures in a quiet corner of Japan
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Space exploration
Burning ice, metal clouds, gemstone rain – tour the strangest known exoplanets
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Logic and probability
Chew over the prisoner’s dilemma and see if you can find the rational path out
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