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Black Memes, Patriotic Education, and Vocal Tricks

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Catnip, Conspiracy, and Forest Defense

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Eating Worms, Keening, and Sea Shanties

Well-researched stories from The Guardian, Nursing Clio, and other publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Well-researched stories from The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and other publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Well-researched stories about the upside of public shaming, the octopus's sense of taste, and more from publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Puritans, Altered Science, and Paradoxical Sunflowers

Well-researched stories from The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Atlantic, and other publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Murderous Elves, Silent Moths, and Modern Phrenology

Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, Physics World, and other publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Lakota Dogs, Virginia Woolf, and Warm Clothes

Well-researched stories from Sapiens, Public Books, and other publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.