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Well-researched stories from The Verge, Tufts Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Organic agriculture seems like it would be better for the environment than conventional. But a new study suggests it produces more carbon dioxide.

Woodrow Wilson's legendary support for "self-determination" is indeed just a legend.

Why slime molds can solve math problems that you can't.

Surf movies of the 1950s and 1960s only seemed squeaky-clean. Just beneath the surface was rebellion, rule-bending, and an embrace of the "other."

The history of juries is actually quite revolutionary.

In the 19th century, women called "watchers" tended to the dying and the dead.

Letters reveal how language changes. They also offer a peek into the way people--especially women--have always constructed their private and public selves.

The tarantella is named for a peasant woman from southern Italy whose tarantula bite started a contagious dancing fever!