The Fountain of Youth

Psy-Q: Is Age Really Just a Number?

Ben Ambridge
Is age just a number?
Families walking beside the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Escapist Humor in East and West Berlin

Matthew Wills
Humor in East and West Berlin before the wall came down.
Bird's eye view of a busy and lit up city

Are Artificial Light Cycles Making Us Sick?

Margaret Smith
Is an artificial day/night cycle affecting our health?
Ice and carbonation at the top of a glass of cola

When Soda Was Virtuous

Livia Gershon
Soda had a virtuous aura a century ago.
Grassy area in front of a small mountain range

Making Claims

Megan Kate Nelson
How claims records and other documents serve as historical sources.
Microscopic view of stem cells

Embryonic Stem Cells Finally Start to Deliver

James MacDonald
The early promise of stem cells might finally be overcoming controversy and paying off.
Black and white illustration of the Battle of Orleans

The Influence of Wars on American Politics

Matthew Wills
What does war do to domestic American politics?
Wolf in the snow with a radio collar around its neck

St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Will Be a New TV Series

Karen Rile
Karen Russell St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, a short story collection by Karen Russell, will be turned into an ABC show
A Gall Wasp on a horizontal stalk

Alfred C. Kinsey On Gall Wasps and Edible Plants

Matthew Wills
Alfred Kinsey was a professor of entomology before becoming a sexologist.
Church of Scientology sign on a building

Are Academics Afraid to Study Scientology?

Ruth Graham
For a religion that some experts estimate includes only 30,000 members worldwide, Scientology attracts a lot of attention. But not so much from scholars.