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.
A pile of tax forms

Self-Employment: Exciting Opportunity or Last Resort?

Livia Gershon
Does self-employment open up new opportunities or exploit a vulnerable workforce?
An open pack of graham crackers

A Hell of a Cracker

Matthew Wills
The unusual origin of the graham cracker
Close-up of a paycheck breakdown

Do Living Wage Laws Work?

Livia Gershon
What do living wage laws mean to workers and local economies?
Winged-arm and raptor legs are imagined on the hypothetical illustration of a Deinocheirus

Deinocheirus: At Long Last, Arms with a Body to Match

James MacDonald
The mysterious Deinocheirus dinosaur now has a body.