Scholarly Advice for Potential New Undergrads
Some counterintuitive advice for students.
Indian Leopards Living High on the Dog
Unbeknownst to unsuspecting residents, a large number of leopards are prowling the fields and backyards of populated agricultural lands in India.
What If the World Were Flat and Columbus Had Fallen Off the Edge of the Earth?
What if Columbus had never made it to America?
Passengers Long Gone
Martha, last of the passenger pigeons.
The Journal of Biblical Literature
The Journal of Biblical Literature, published by the Society of Biblical Literature, has provided critical analyses on testament since 1890.
2014 is the International Year of Crystallography
UNESCO has declared 2014 to be the International Year of Crystallography.
The Mystery of Megasphaera
When did animals first come into being? It might have been millions of years earlier than we thought.
Recession Lessons from an Ancient Fossil Bed
In a 120-million-year-old rock in Northeast China, paleontologists made a remarkable find.
Visualizing History
Nineteenth-century visual images, then, had power to move people to action, to convert ideas into policy.
OutBeat: America’s First LGBT Jazz Festival
On September 18-21, OutBeat, billed as "America's First Queer Jazz Festival", took place in Philadelphia.