Molecular model of a dopamine molecule (red) approaching a dopamine receptor D1 (blue) in a cell membrane (orange).

Dopamine, Hummus, and Iranian Politics

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Wasp Viruses, Athleisure, and Humans in Flight

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Star-Herb Medicines and Teas for all Diseases, 1923

How Government Helped Birth the Advertising Industry

Advertising went from being an embarrassing activity to a legitimate part of every company’s business plans—despite scant evidence that it worked.
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Medieval Whalers, Smart Plants, and Space Mines

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Dancer and nightclub owner Ada Bricktop Smith, 1959

Nightclubs, Fungus, and Curbing Gun Violence

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Rice, Famine, and the Seven Wonders of the World

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Smells, Sounds, and the WNBA

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London Planetrees, Moon Time, and Dunning-Kruger

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Charles Boyer showing pocket watch to Ingrid Bergman in a scene from the film 'Gaslight', 1944

Gaslighting, Greek Societies, and the Great Salt Lake

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The first color photograph of Earth from space, 1954

Cloudy Earth, Colorful Stingrays, and Black Country

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