Antony Van Leeuwenhoek is considered the first microbiologist. Some of his original letters can be read here.

Procter & Gamble made its industrially produced soap the basis for a revival of an ancient craft, leading to a huge fad for soap carving.

Americans have been obsessed with the sexual character and moral rectitude, or lack thereof, of politicians from the beginning. 

In the 1920s, women's love of driving in auto-obsessed Los Angeles created traffic jams and a battle over women’s rightful place.

Johnny Appleseed was based on a real person, John Chapman, who was eccentric enough without the legends.

The solar system is apparently more crowded than we thought: astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet. Some dwarf planets don't play by the rules.

We asked JSTOR Daily readers what books they remembered most from childhood. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle is one of them. 

New York almost had a pneumatic subway system, but political, legal, and financial reasons kept the system from expanding.

For as long as plants have existed, there have been moving forests, migrating across the earth’s surface in response to changes in the climate.

How do viral videos shape a presidential campaign? How do voters learn to “read” the art and advertisements they are seeing? Learn more from our scholars.