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Sovereignty, Classroom Racism, and Eating Tea

Well-researched stories from the 19th, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Clever Skeletons, Seal Spies, and Paul Farmer

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Life in the Cold, New Not-Normals, and Weird Numbers

Well-researched stories from The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Fake Snow, Brain Maps, and Preschool Problems

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Heartbreak, Book Bans, and Killer Whales

Well-researched stories from NPR, Black Perspectives, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Sleep Styles, West Elm Caleb, and Plant Relationships

Well-researched stories from Popular Science, Full Stack Economics, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Horse People, Malaria History, and Nuclear Waste

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Uselessness, Fake Soup, and That One Song

Well-researched stories from Psyche, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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The Waste Age, E.O. Wilson, and January 6

Well-researched stories from Slate, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Death Predictions, Air Pollution, and the Calendar

Well-researched stories from Wired, Vox, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.