The Diverse Shamanisms of South America
In Brazil, Indigenous people and city-dwellers of all backgrounds mix various shamanic practices, including rituals imported from North America and elsewhere.
Time in a Box
Humans like to seal collections of ephemera in containers that they then hide in soon-to-be-forgotten places. Whither the time capsule?
K-cuisine in Malaysia: Are Locals Biting?
By neglecting local tastes and the culinary presence of Korean migrants, state-sponsored initiatives to globalize Korean food may fall short in Malaysia.
Doing Some (Catfish) Noodling?
Remember to leave the hooks at home.
Renewable Energy and Settler Colonialism
What can we learn from colonial legacies in pursuit of sustainable futures?
Surprising Discovery Challenges Key Principle of Modern Cosmology
Observations of an enormous cosmic structure, dubbed the "Big Ring," seem to violate the Copernican principle.
The Development of Central American Film
A new collection of essays examines the reasons behind the recent boom in feature and documentary film-making from Belize to Panama.
Remembering Maud Lewis
A symbol of resilience and resourcefulness, Lewis remains one of Canada’s best-loved and most-celebrated folk artists.
Rice, Famine, and the Seven Wonders of the World
Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, Yale Environment 360, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
The Fashionable Tour: or, The First American Tourist Guidebook
Offering advice for visiting Sarasota Springs and other sights, Gideon Davison combined the travel narrative and road book to create a new type of travel guide.