Gunsmith and ballistics expert Robert Churchill using a microscope to help compile a ballistic report for Scotland Yard in the case of the murder of Essex police officer PC George Gutteridge, 1927

Performing Forensics: Doctors Becoming Expert Witnesses

Doctors in skeptical Scotland had to persuade the courts to listen to them, in part because of the historical animosity between the professions of law and medicine.
Tardigrade

Tardigrades, Introverts, and Patagonian Heavy Metal

Well-researched stories from Vox, Sapiens, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A mom looks at the teenage friend of her daughter and listens intently to her explaining an idea during a homework session.

Your Best Friend’s Mom

Parents, teachers, and family income affect educational and life outcomes for teenagers, but so does their best friend’s mother.
Government official meeting Hide Hyodo Shimizu's class at New Denver Internment Camp school, New Denver, British Columbia

Disinheritance: The Internment of Japanese Canadians

Glenn McPherson, the bureaucrat largely responsible for selling off the property of interned Japanese Canadians during World War II, was also a secret agent.
Lord Rosse's Great Reflecting Telescope, at Parsonstown, Ireland

Leviathan Resurrected: Illustration and Astronomy

In the 1840s, the Leviathan of Parsonstown, built by William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse, became the largest telescope in the world.

10 Sestinas by Modern and Contemporary Poets

The sestina form features the repetition of end words across stanzas. Here are sestinas by Louise Glück, Terrance Hayes, Elizabeth Bishop, Patricia Smith, and more.
Portrait of Atisha

The Therapeutic Side of Tibetan Buddhism

Along with teachings on liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth, the Tibetan Buddhist tradition contains guidance on removing impediments to compassion.
Vienna, Austria. The Naturhistorisches (Natural History) Museum, Vienna

Natural History: A Reading List

This annotated bibliography samples scholarship on the rich—and difficult—history of natural history.
The Sun's corona observed in extreme ultraviolet (131 Å)

Colliding Plasma Ejections From the Sun Generate Huge Geomagnetic Storms

Studying them will help scientists monitor future space weather.
Precious Newberry, a United States Postal Service mail handler, works to unload her mail truck at the Processing and Distribution Center after collecting mail on the busiest mailing day of the year for the U.S. Postal Service on December 14, 2015 in Miami, Florida.

How Mail Delivery Has Shaped America

The United States Postal Service is under federal scrutiny. It’s not the first time.