The things that interested and inspired me this week.

History

• Young people have been ruining everything forever
• Historic black and white photos colorized
• Is Orange Is The New Black just a modern version of the 19th-century slave narrative?

Science

• Body system infographics
• Rawr, indeed
• Science vs. Harry Potter. Who wins?

Art

• The most gorgeous photographs of ballet dancers in everyday situations
• Have you seen the Alamo Drafthouse “No Talking/Texting During the Movie” celebrity spots? What would a museum one look like? Neil DeGrasse Tyson threatening to beat you up if you photograph the Picasso?
• Photographs of the first day of legal same-sex marriage in Minnesotta. You can feel the love.

Museums

• Why do people keep coming back to museums?
• Once in a Whale follows the Oxford Museum of Natural History’s conservation of five whale skeletons. It doesn’t get cooler than this. For example: How to Wire a Whale.
• Crowd-sourcing Wikipedia editing at the Royal Ontario Museum
• A micro-museum with miniature art in Boston
• Crazy-super-old cake found at the Huntington Library. And they’re going to try and conserve it!
• A great new website for Florissant Fossil Beds. Fossilized Bees!
• Digital engagement and crowdsourcing in museums