A backlit Saturn from the Cassini Orbiter, 2007

Cassini’s First Years at Saturn

For many years, the Cassini probe to Saturn provided a stable research platform that scientists used to transform our understanding of the ringed planet.
A stylized vector cartoon of a hand putting coins in an Earth shaped money Box

Debt-for-Nature Swaps: Solution or Scam?

Are debt-for-nature swaps—forgiving debt in exchange for investments in the environment—an innovative approach to debt relief or a form of recolonization?
A game table by David Roentgen

The Magical Furniture of David Roentgen

Cabinetmaker to Marie Antoinette, Roentgen designed “surprise furniture,” bureaus and desks that appeared to magically transform at the push of a button.
Rosalind Franklin with microscope in 1955

Rosalind Franklin’s Methods of Discovery

Franklin’s strategy for analyzing images of DNA molecules forces us to reconsider our definition of “scientific discovery,” argues Michelle G. Gibbons.
Carolina Parakeet, 1825

Out with a Whimper

Some species go extinct obviously and fast, but just as often, the process can be hard to detect until it’s too late.
Drive in movie theater

The Enduring Drive-In Theater

Even as televisions spread across the American landscape, the drive-in movie theater grew in popularity in the years following World War II.
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From Gamification to Game-Based Learning

Use the JSTOR Daily Sleuth game to highlight the dangers of AI within academic research.
Village farm, Gujarat, India

Greening Deserts, Productive Dialogue, and Garbage

Well-researched stories from Sapiens, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Actor Keanu Reeves poses for a portrait, circa 1990.

How Keanu Reeves Radically Rescripts Race

Reeves’s career showcases his transnational mobility as well as a representational flexibility granted by the melding of races, ethnicities, and cultures.
A Geisha with an open fan

Geishas for Enlightened Motherhood

In the Meiji period, geisha embraced the nation’s modernizing project, helping to improve education for women and promoting a western-style domestic ideal.