There are No Autistic Mice (Vox)
by Celia Ford
For years, scientists researching autism have focused intently on mouse models. But many autistic people think other kinds of studies should be bigger priorities. And even some of the researchers in the field say mice aren’t great proxies for humans when it comes to complex conditions.

The Dungan Food of Kyrgyzstan (Vlast)
by Andrew Gundal and Nazerke Kurmangazinova
The majority-Muslim Dungan people were violently expelled from China a century and a half ago. Today, their culinary tradition influences, and is influenced by, the food of the Central Asian countries where they settled.

The Misunderstood Rebellions of ’64 (Black Perspectives)
by Heather Ann Thompson
Sixty years ago, Black citizens in cities across the US took part in uprisings responding to continuing racism, state violence, and inequality. Media distortions of the events influenced the way we’ve thought about Civil Rights and protest ever since.

A History of Trees (Mongabay)
by Rhett A. Butler
From fuel for metal smelting to materials for homes and ships, forests have been a key to the rise of human civilizations around the world—and deforestation has been a key to their downfall.

Ancient Architecture vs. Disease (The Conversation)
by R. Alexander Bentley
Cities have always posed the danger of fast-spreading contagious diseases. The very earliest cities may have been designed with this concern in mind.

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