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John James Audubon's 435 life-sized watercolors of North American birds come to life with our digital library. Each print is available for free to download: https://t.co/5lf3TnGoT0 pic.twitter.com/43CJWs8Q96
— Audubon Society (@audubonsociety) June 5, 2018
New #ebook @gutenberg_org: A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany https://t.co/aHHYka8DOJ pic.twitter.com/UG9RuCUAEE
— Project Gutenberg (@gutenberg_org) June 5, 2018
Moons, memories and melees — May’s best science images: https://t.co/PvzBK6j70c pic.twitter.com/EbtpVOrpJv
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) June 5, 2018
#Estuaries: where the river ends and the ocean begins. There are 5 types: https://t.co/LOyXFm0oI5 #30DaysofOcean pic.twitter.com/O1DxqgJHFN
— NOAA Digital Coast (@NOAADigCoast) June 1, 2018
See how many of the world’s landscapes have been dramatically transformed as their climate grows warmer and drier https://t.co/BTk8UiJROX
— National Geographic (@NatGeo) June 4, 2018
A river runs through! 🍁 Did you know the Gilles Villeneuve circuit is built on a man-made island? 👉 https://t.co/rbK0QIePhy 🇨🇦 #CanadianGP pic.twitter.com/Gp5aTHGmyF
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) June 5, 2018
Researchers calculate that groups of just 10–15 people could have heaved the moai statues' massive headgear up ramps by pulling plant-fibre ropes looped around the hats. https://t.co/DrTYX8uDtw
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) June 5, 2018
In 1839 Lin Tse-hsü destroyed 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, and that was basically the beginning of the First Opium War. https://t.co/2iQWp8JUiH pic.twitter.com/mVSQTUFoel
— Wikipedia (@Wikipedia) June 5, 2018
An analysis lab on @MarsCuriosity is back in action! Weeks after successfully drilling its 1st rock sample since Oct. 2016, the rover is analyzing drilled samples from the Red Planet in one of its onboard labs for the 1st time in more than a year. Dig in: https://t.co/mFwSOMkkXl pic.twitter.com/wf2uAfOZ9l
— NASA (@NASA) June 4, 2018
Meet Clara Rockmore, the Pioneering Electronic Musician Who First Rocked the Theremin in the Early 1920s https://t.co/XRN90Vl0FB pic.twitter.com/NGKcLHTNov
— Open Culture (@openculture) June 5, 2018
Important message for drone pilots in #California, #Colorado and #NewMexico: #Wildfires and #drones don’t mix. If you fly, #firefighters can’t. An unauthorized drone near a wildfire could force a firefighting aircraft to land. https://t.co/4JO5vQiQDG #FlySafe pic.twitter.com/KSuBiLQ0si
— The FAA (@FAANews) June 5, 2018
When facing a potential threat, the hawk moth caterpillar takes the form of a pit viper https://t.co/FIdoJ499af
— National Geographic (@NatGeo) June 5, 2018
Download 50,000 Art Books & Catalogs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Digital Collections https://t.co/BIDaQXB9Mj pic.twitter.com/M6Dhllzk1Q
— Open Culture (@openculture) June 5, 2018
Some attempts have been made to "rationalize" the classification of the world's over 1,000 types of cheeses. Soft or hard? Fresh or aged? Is it moldy (on purpose?) 🧀 https://t.co/lCBDLG4IjW pic.twitter.com/Drt3AEBbG2
— Wikipedia (@Wikipedia) June 5, 2018
Hundreds of Moon-sized worlds may orbit the Sun far beyond Neptune, sculpting the geometry of the outer Solar System. https://t.co/ycMerI5An6
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) June 5, 2018
While the Bell's Vireo can be recognized by its splash of yellow plumage, the bird becomes progressively grayer to the west of the country. https://t.co/QZpkl5ISJn pic.twitter.com/ztZ46hUZJB
— Audubon Society (@audubonsociety) June 5, 2018
A Brief History of Creepy Clowns https://t.co/3GvmfpDxk1 pic.twitter.com/cDKcpKq1cN
— HISTORY (@HISTORY) June 5, 2018
Belief in ghosts is found in all cultures around the world, passed down orally for generations. https://t.co/N05bO9yfdz pic.twitter.com/pdbx6eIM31
— Wikipedia (@Wikipedia) June 5, 2018
Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Notebooks Now Online: Browse 570 Digitized Pages https://t.co/jdtVa4aJmi pic.twitter.com/yYufGs69Qs
— Open Culture (@openculture) June 4, 2018
Fond of fish? Here are a few free coloring books just for you: https://t.co/aOGkFFW1ah#Take_Me_Fishing #nationalfishingandboatingweek pic.twitter.com/13BFPiw7s5
— US Fish and Wildlife (@USFWS) June 4, 2018
What we're reading via @sciam: many freshwater mussel populations are disappearing – here's why that sucks https://t.co/QSxxbdbPRE
— USFWS Northeast (@USFWSNortheast) June 4, 2018
June is the Great Outdoors Month. Celebrate it with a visit to your local national forest or grassland! #ItsAllYours pic.twitter.com/s4qU86lQ7E
— U.S. Forest Service (@forestservice) June 4, 2018
Massive Archive of 78RPM Records Now Digitized & Put Online.
Stream 78,000 Early 20th Century Records from Around the World https://t.co/LMN50Yldog pic.twitter.com/05InTAuIdM
— Open Culture (@openculture) June 4, 2018
Wood, Hermit, and Swainson's Thrushes are known for their beautiful bird songs. How do they produce such fine music? The answer has to do with their unique anatomical structures. https://t.co/Qhk1MJXg3D pic.twitter.com/lUw1DPmlxK
— Audubon Society (@audubonsociety) June 4, 2018
Meet one of the last papermakers in Europe that is still making his craft by hand https://t.co/Xl0VKsMVqw
— National Geographic (@NatGeo) June 4, 2018
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