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San Gimigniano, Italy, 1988

Medieval Skyscrapers, Cars for Justice, and Russian Noir

Well-researched stories from Smithsonian Magazine, CrimeReads, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Singing Lemurs, Rap Beefs, and Prayer

Well-researched stories from Mongabay, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Experimental Archaeology, Animal Thought, and Brain Rot

Well-researched stories from Ars Technica, Psyche, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Cats wait for fishermen to feed them their catch on August 7, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Best of Suggested Readings 2024

Well-researched stories about Turkish cats, salmon hats, and more from publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Editors’ Picks of 2024

Magical furniture, toxic gardens, and Scottish hideaways: we’ve gathered our favorite JSTOR Daily stories published this year.
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Keeping Time: A New Year’s Collection

A selection of stories that chronicle our complicated notions of time.
Destruction of the Roehampton Estate, January 1832

Holiday Escapes, Entropy, and the Future That Was

Well-researched stories from Mongabay, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A lion tamer in Ancient Rome

Our Most Popular Stories of 2024

The artifacts of ancient technologies, the allure of rebel science, and many, many ghosts.

What We’re Reading 2024

It’s become a tradition: the writers and editors at JSTOR Daily share our thoughts on this year's pleasure reading.
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Disease Forecasts, AI Goes Nuclear, and Daniel Dennett

Well-researched stories from Aeon, Hakai Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Winter Holidays

Celebrate with some seasonal scholarship from JSTOR Daily for the winter holidays.
From the cover of Issue 9 of The World, December 1967

Merry Christmas from The World

Festive poems from Anne Waldman, Bernadette Mayer, Eileen Myles, Clark Coolidge, Alice Notley, Yuki Hartman, Wang Ping, and more.
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Healing Music, Self-Coups, and Monkey Business

Well-researched stories from Smithsonian Magazine, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
An orca emerges from the water to survey its surroundings near San Juan Island in Washington.

Orca Hats, Ancient Life, and Edward Said

Well-researched stories from Undark, Live Science, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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The Jet Stream’s History, Cookbooks, and Feminist Fury

Well-researched stories from Nautilus, Black Perspectives, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Thanksgiving Stories

Turkey or Tofurkey? Stuffing or dressing? Whatever the controversy, these Thanksgiving stories will slake your appetite!
Dermaptera (Earwigs) (1910)

Earwigs, Fungus, and Resistance via Literature

Well-researched stories from Nursing Clio, Ars Technica, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Quincy Jones, 1980

Quincy Jones, Color Vision, and the F-Word

Well-researched stories from Smithsonian Magazine, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

JSTOR Daily: What I Learned

Go behind the scenes with our writers as we celebrate JSTOR Daily’s tenth anniversary!
Wild Boar Emerges From the Forest on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii.

Feral Pigs, Vengeance, and a World of Languages

Well-researched stories from Hakai Magazine, Sapiens, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A bear in the forest

Bears, Beers, and the Question of Free Will

Well-researched stories from Aeon, Nautilus, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Halloween Stories

Why are Victorians the default haunted house, what do ghosts have to do with the imagination, and why do we like to be scared?

Can You Photograph a Ghost?

William Hope claimed to be able to document the visitations of ghosts. The controversial images he produced add to our understanding of the history of photography.
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Autism Research, Dungan Food, and Forest Histories

Well-researched stories from Black Perspectives, Mongabay, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.