Science history: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses, forcing a complete rethink in structural engineering — Nov. 7, 1940 By Tia Ghose www.livescience.com/technology/e... #science #engineering

"The moment of discovery" does not always exist: the scientist's work is too tenuous, too divided, for the certainty of success to crackle out suddenly in the midst of his laborious toil like a stroke of lightening, dazzling him by its fire. ~Marie Curie #BOTD in 1867. #physics #womeninStem

8 Languages That Have Been Lost To History While some languages have survived and thrived, others have died out completely and remain little more than a memory. by Robin Gillham www.thecollector.com/languages-lo... Languages at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #history_language

Snapshot of Tudor England in Henry VIII’s ‘Domesday’ www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/s... Books about the Tudors at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #history #britishhistory

What Major Discoveries Did Isaac Newton Make? Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most celebrated English scientists. He was one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution. by Mike Cohen www.thecollector.com/what-major-d... Newton at PG www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #science #physics

9 Misconceptions About Shakespeare Think you know everything about The Bard? Think again. By Meredith Danko www.mentalfloss.com/literature/a... Shakespeare at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Divide and concur — this radical plan from 1920, for "lasting peace" after WW1, proposed uniting central Europe into 24 wedge-shaped cantons which would radiate out from Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/unionization-of-central-europe/

These Biscuits Reach All the Way Up to Heaven "The angel biscuits at this Alabama restaurant are a chef’s way of paying tribute to his grandmothers." www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ang... #food #travel

Celebrating Sir Tim Berners-Lee, 2025 Internet Archive Hero Award Recipient blog.archive.org/2025/11/05/c... #books

What Did Sigmund Freud Have to Say About Leonardo da Vinci? by Anastasiia Kirpalov www.thecollector.com/what-sigmund... Freud and Da Vinci at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #art #literature

How a misread Arabic tale misled generations of historians about the Black Death's rapid spread by University of Exeter by Stephanie Baum & Robert Egan phys.org/news/2025-11... Black death at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #archeology #humanhealth

Brewing Controversy: How Coffee Sparked Fierce Debate in the 16th-Century "A bitter new drink swept through the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in the early 1500s...." www.medievalists.net/2025/09/brew... Books about coffee at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #beverages #history

Plato and the Poets The centuries-old debate should be settled: an intellectual world bereft of poetry is a damaged one. by Elaine Scarry www.bostonreview.net/articles/pla... Plato at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature #philosophy

In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times Sarah Weinman on the Awesome Responsibility of the Seekers and Keepers of Truth lithub.com/in-praise-of... Librarians at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #literature

4 Famous Historical Siblings Who Deserve Recognition "They may have received all the fame, but some of history’s most impactful players had brothers and sisters who made their own mark. Here are four famous historical siblings." www.thecollector.com/famous-histo... #history Maria Anna Mozart

This 17th-Century Female Artist Was Once a Bigger Star Than Rembrandt. Why Did History Forget About Johanna Koerten and Her Peers? by Meilan Solly www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this... #womeninart

Settling accounts Before he was famous, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was Louise Dupin’s scribe. It’s her ideas on inequality that fill his writings by Rebecca Wilkin aeon.co/essays/inequ... Rousseau at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

10 Of History’s Biggest And Most Infamous Psychopaths "From bathing in girls' blood to making homemade conjoined twins, these 10 famous psychopaths are some of the most terrifying people in the history of the world." allthatsinteresting.com/famous-psych... #history Elizabeth Bathory

43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian by Emily Temple lithub.com/43-of-the-mo... Short stories at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #literature

Famous Medieval Words and Their Surprising Origins www.medievalists.net/2025/10/medi... Medieval words at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #literature

The Distributed Proofreaders' blog this month is about another Edgar Allan Poe book at PG: "The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe." blog.pgdp.net/2025/11/01/n... #books #literature #poetry

Who Was Marie Curie? Learn More About This Pioneering Nobel Prize Winner By Madeleine Muzdakis mymodernmet.com/marie-curie/ Mme Curie at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #womeninstem

Project Gutenberg CEO Greg Newby helped put a trove of literature online by John Last www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... You are deeply missed @gbnewby. Thanks for keeping us together! #ebooks #publicdomain

In the big church of Beauly, mysterious & unearthly sights & sounds were seen & heard at night, & none who went to watch the churchyard or burial-places within the church ever came back alive… —from Witchcraft & Second Sight… (1902), via @gutenberg.org #Halloween www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5...

Louvre robbery: Could a 50-year-old maths problem have kept the museum safe? By Kit Yates www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic... #art #culture #mathematics

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” Read by Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee & Vincent Price www.openculture.com/2025/10/edga... The Raven at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17192 #books #literature

Bite or Flight: Ranking Classic Vampire Strengths and Weaknesses Different vampires have different rules — how do your favorites measure up? By Rachel Ayers reactormag.com/bite-or-flig... The Vampyre by Polidori at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6087 #books #literature

Halloween Stories Why are Victorians the default haunted house, what do ghosts have to do with the imagination, and why do we like to be scared? By The Editors daily.jstor.org/editors-pick... Halloween at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #literature

“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes (1926) "A novel about a woman who throws off the yoke of patriarchy to become a witch." publicdomainreview.org/collection/l... The book at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72223

Meet the Real Dr. Frankenstein The Italian scientist who sparked an electric revolution that led to the beloved horror story—and the battery By Molly Glick nautil.us/meet-the-rea... Galvani and Frankenstein at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84 #books #science

Victorian Horror and the Search for Truth by Emily Erwin www.wordonfire.org/articles/vic... The Woman in White at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583 #books #literature

44 Photos That Will Take You Back To The Early Years Of Computers By Austin Harvey allthatsinteresting.com/vintage-comp... Books about computers at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #history #technology

Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania Ninth-century manuscript for Easter services remained ‘out of sight’ for years in hands of private collector by Richard Luscombe www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #books #music

The Americas’ oldest book is an intricate work of Maya astronomy Created in the 11th or 12th century, the Códice Maya de México is the oldest of these works and the only one to predate the arrival of the conquistadors in the 16th century. aeon.co/videos/the-a... #books #astronomy

For #SpookySeason, GODS MAN (1929) is a wordless descent into temptation & consequence, perfect for #Halloween week. 🕯️🖤 👀 Check out this video of the opening chapter. Read the full story in our Spooky Season 2025 collection ⤵️ archive.org/details/@ste...

Charles Boycott, The Hated English Land Agent Whose Name Inspired The Word ‘Boycott’ By Ainsley Brown allthatsinteresting.com/charles-boyc... #history #culture

How anatomical names can carry hidden histories of power and exclusion By Lucy E. Hyde theconversation.com/how-anatomic... Human anatonomy at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #language #health #anatomy

7 Best-Selling 19th-Century Female Novelists Who Aren’t Jane Austen Add these forgotten novels to your TBR pile. By Rebecca Batley www.mentalfloss.com/literature/a... #books #literature

What Is the Symbolism of the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland? www.thecollector.com/symbolism-wh... Alice in Wonderland at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #literature

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe Ed Simon Explores the Terror of Being Buried Alive and Americanism in Poe’s Work lithub.com/to-haunt-and... Edgar Allan Poe at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Her Intricate Paper Cuttings Outsold Rembrandts. Who Was the Dutch Master Known as ‘Scissors Minerva’? A new museum exhibition at D.C.'s National Museum of Women in the Arts puts her back in the spotlight. by Katie White news.artnet.com/art-world/jo... #art #history

These Were the Most Prominent Members of the Medici Family www.thecollector.com/most-promine... Books about the Medici at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #history

In Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ the Titular Scientist Laments His Nightmarish Creation. But the Real World Can’t Get Enough of His Monster by Kayla Randall www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-m... Frankenstein at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84 #books #literature #Movies

Ehon Mizu Ya Sora: A Forerunner of Modern Manga, 1780 Ehon mizu ya sora is a work by Nichosai, a painter of the mid-Edo period. It is a boldly stylized depiction of kabuki actors on stage. By Karen Strike flashbak.com/ehon-mizu-ya... #japanese_art #manga

The fish that break biology | Sean B. Carroll www.youtube.com/shorts/t_6DC... #fish #oceanography

The Lessons of Due Process in Julius Caesar Shakespeare’s tragedy offers a telling parable about the administration of justice—and rife mishandling thereof—in our day. By Philip Goldfarb Styrt daily.jstor.org/the-lessons-... Julius Caesar at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1522 #books #literature

Medieval Inventions We Still Can’t Fully Recreate Today The Middle Ages were a time of remarkable innovation, when new technologies flourished. Yet the knowledge behind many of these inventions has been lost. Medieval science at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #science #inventions

#OTD in 1788, Sarah Josepha Hale was born. "Sarah Josepha Buell Hale was an American writer, activist, and editor of ... Godey's Lady's Book....." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_J... Hale's works at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #magazines

The First Canadian Novel Often considered the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague revealed its author’s true feelings about colonial Quebec. By: Emily Zarevich daily.jstor.org/the-first-ca... Frances Brooke at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

We are deeply grateful for all the messages of solidarity and condolences following the passing of Greg Newby (@gbnewby). Volunteers at PGDP www.gutenberg.org/about/newby.... #ebooks #publicdomain