We asked JSTOR Daily readers what books and authors they remembered most from childhood. Madeleine L'Engle came up a lot.

The author John le Carré, who real name is David Cornwall, is the subject of both a recent biography and his own brand new memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel.

Bioluminescence, an animal's ability to create and use light, exists exclusively in the lower branches of the tree of life.

Although in-person voter fraud is close to nonexistent, it’s a big concern for many voters.

There is a reason Mars has a reputation as a graveyard for spacecraft.

For James Baldwin (1924-1987), the fundamental premises of American society needed revisiting. How we might view #BlackLivesMatter through his lens.

In the 1890s, the first public relations professionals began advising the wealthy on how to use philanthropy to placate the public. 

Jack Chick has been called the “most widely read theologian in history.” His Chick tracts have circulated for years. He was also vehemently anti-Catholic.

Extra Credit: Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

A 2x2 matrix is a great way of mapping just about any idea, research topic, or set of observations on two dimensions.