Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
We asked JSTOR Daily readers what books they remembered most from childhood. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle is one of them.
The Pneumatic Subway That Almost Was
New York almost had a pneumatic subway system, but political, legal, and financial reasons kept the system from expanding.
The Incredible Moving Forest
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.
Viral Videos and the Presidential Campaign
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.
In Praise of Small Presses
Writers have long run their own small presses in order to publish voices that might otherwise stay silent.
A New Tool in the Search for Alien Life
China is bringing a huge new radio telescope on-line, and part of its stated purpose will be to search for alien life.
Student Writing in the Digital Age
Essays filled with "LOL" and emojis? College student writing today actually is longer and contains no more errors than it did in 1917.
Did Materialism Lead to the Death of a Tudor Queen?
The very things that made Catherine Howard's time as Henry VIII's queen so pleasant became a cudgel with which to beat her.
Making Sense of Social Gaming
What do social gaming habits reveal about the lives of those playing?
Archiving the Inventor of the Archive
Scholarship traces the birth of the archive to natural philosophers like John Aubrey.