The 1969 Honeywell Kitchen Computer is a case study of early computer failures—or is it?

Created through the power of the human mind, tulpas bear little resemblance to anything found in the Tibetan traditions in which they allegedly originated.

Well-researched stories from Hakai Magazine, Eos, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

The convict ships that colonized Australia carried people desperate to get out of their sentence. At least, that was true of Michael Stewart.

For Black women engaged with local institutions, the “Delsarte” technique was a means of supporting struggling city residents while advancing political power.

The resistance and unionism of enslaved and freed Black women in the midst of the Confederacy is an epic story of sacrifice for nation and citizenship.

Pet cemeteries document how humans’ relationships with their pets—and their deaths—have evolved since the Victorian era.

Hokusai’s watery woodblock print is such a common sight that most people tend to look past the peril at its center.

The founders of Black American museums in the post-World War II era were all shaped by Carter G. Woodson’s “Negro Canon” of history and art.

JSTOR Daily editors pick their favorite stories for Black History Month.