"Soda Fountain" painted on the front of a store

Cat’s Eyes and Belch Water: 1930s Soda Jerk Slang from A to Z

Soda Jerk slang from 1934 and 1935.
Scientists collecting sewage sample

The Promise of Sewage

Sewage might be the key in tracking diseases.
Relics from prior American War sit in the sunset

Origins of the Confederate Lost Cause

The mythos of the The Lost Cause of the Confederacy.
Neon signs at a strip club

Money and Power at Strip Clubs

A new viewpoint on who holds the money and power in strip clubs.
The French flag handing from the Arc de Triomphe

Bastille Day

The origins and contested meanings of Bastille Day.
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Suggested Readings: Religious Repression, Extending Empathy, Aliens on Earth

What religious repression really looks like in the Muslim world
Europa, oneEuropa, one of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter

NASA Sets Its Sites on Europa

NASA has decided on the nature and scope of a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa, scheduled in the 2020s.
A troop of baboons

A Democratic Experiment Among Baboons

New research on baboon troops suggests that they employ democratic decision-making.
Oil painting titled "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri" by George Caleb Bingham

George Caleb Bingham: On Display in All His American Contradictions

An exhibition called "Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River," explores the artist in all of his contradictions.
Fossilized dinosaur eggs

The Color of Dinosaur Eggs

What color were dinosaur eggs? Looking at their closest cousins, birds, may give us a clue.