Using God to Sell Soap
Ivory Soap got its name from Psalm 45.
1619, Woodstock, and the Origins of Life
Well-researched stories from The Guardian, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Surgery for Stuttering
In the 19th century, Europe and the United States saw a "mania for operating."
Persuasive Cartography: An Interview with Map Collector PJ Mode
A collection of rare maps explores their power as visual messengers.
How Toxic Are Flood Waters?
While flood waters can be extremely polluted, researchers have found the lasting impact is different from what one might expect.
The Complicated Issue of Transableism
Some people born in able bodies feel as if they were meant to have disabilities. How should the medical community be responding?
The Lost City of Heracleion
Once a bustling metropolis, this long-lost Egyptian city flooded, sank, and was forgotten -- until archeologists rediscovered it.
Why We Pay To Do Stuff Ourselves
Why do people love IKEA furniture, cake mixes, and apple-picking? Psychology.
Aeroplankton: The Life in the Air We Breathe
Just as the ocean is full of plankton, the air we breathe teems with microorganisms.
The Genderless Eighteenth-Century Prophet
In 1776, a 24-year-old Quaker woman named Jemima Wilkinson died of fever, and came back to life as a prophet known as the Publick Universal Friend.