How Native Americans Came to Fight Southwestern Fires
The practice began with the 1933 creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and, specifically, its Indian Division.
Environmental Challenges Ahead for Coffee Beans
The issues aren’t limited to extreme weather events or pest attacks.
Clean Brains, Fake Languages, and Scary Tech
Well-researched stories from Wired, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Science Says: Alcohol Can Make You More Social
It might not sound like a shocking conclusion, but there was surprisingly little research on the question.
Helen Hunt Jackson’s Ramona Did What Her Nonfiction Couldn’t
And vice versa.
The Bizarre Social History of Beds
For centuries, people thought nothing of crowding family members or friends into the same bed.
The East India Company Invented Corporate Lobbying
The historian William Dalyrmple's new book, The Anarchy, indicts the East India Company for "the supreme act of corporate violence in world history."
Will Graphene Deliver on Its Promise?
Strong, stable, and conductive at one atom thick, graphene has amazing potential in a variety of applications. But is hype all the material has?
Thanksgiving Has Been Reinvented Many Times
From colonial times to the nineteenth century, Thanksgiving was very different from the holiday we know now.
The “Parenting Tax” of School Choice
The framework of school choice imposes a kind of tax, one paid in the time and effort that it imposes on many black parents.