A game table by David Roentgen

The Magical Furniture of David Roentgen

Cabinetmaker to Marie Antoinette, Roentgen designed “surprise furniture,” bureaus and desks that appeared to magically transform at the push of a button.
Village farm, Gujarat, India

Greening Deserts, Productive Dialogue, and Garbage

Well-researched stories from Sapiens, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Wing detail of the East African sunset moth

Animal Physics, Storm-Chasing, and Big Meat

Well-researched stories from The Conversation, Mongabay, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
The Old Mill by Ferdinand Brunner, 1906

Windmills, Arabic, and an Environmental Victory

Well-researched stories from Nursing Clio, Nautilus, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A group of smartly-dressed ladies and gentlemen swimming around in a pond

Swimming Rediscovered, True Crime, and Zealandia

Well-researched stories from Eos, Mongabay, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Blue ice block exploding into shards on pink background

Ice, Art, and a Living Earth

Well-researched stories from Sequencer Magazine, Big Think, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
African Elephants

Elephants, Decadence, and LGBTQ Records

Well-researched stories from the CBC, Vox, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A magician doing a trick for birds

Animal Magic, Weltschmerz, and Population Drops

Well-researched stories from Scientific American, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A rickshaw driver rests at the end of the day in Chandni Chowk market in the streets of Old Delhi on October 2, 2010 in Delhi, India

Rickshaw Men, Optical Computing, and Telegraph Flirting

Well-researched stories from Quanta Magazine, Sapiens, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Molecular model of a dopamine molecule (red) approaching a dopamine receptor D1 (blue) in a cell membrane (orange).

Dopamine, Hummus, and Iranian Politics

Well-researched stories from Undark, Works in Progress, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.