Floating Cities, Trans History, and Jazz in Ghana
Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, The Atlantic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Mind-Reading, New Dino, and Enslaved Women’s Resistance
Well-researched stories from The New Yorker, Black Perspectives, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Drinking Women, Scientific Art, and Torturing Trees
Well-researched stories from The London Review of Books, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Share These Victorian Holiday Cards
It's all birds and flowers and kittens in these greeting cards. May they, as one of the cards says, keep winter from your heart.
Soul City, History in Fiction, and Life on the Thames
Well-researched stories from Sapiens, Scientific American, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Black Brooklyn, Fascinating Fungi, and a New AI
Well-researched stories from BK Reader, The Guardian, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: A History in Pictures
In 1927, the parade replaced live animals with helium balloons designed by puppeteer Tony Sarg.
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
A collection of our recent stories in celebration of American Indian Heritage Month.
Climate Change: A Syllabus
A selection of stories to foster dialogue among students both inside and outside of the classroom.
Whale Poop, Dogs without Humans, and Methane Danger
Well-researched stories from The Atlantic, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Condor Parthenogenesis, Smartphones, and Whale Talk
Well-researched stories from Gizmodo, Sapiens, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A New History, Fabulous Viruses, and Future Creatures
Well-researched stories from The Atlantic, Black Perspectives, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
How to Summon Spirits
The Spiritualist, a newspaper published from 1869-1882, is filled with tales of supernatural phenomena and tips for communicating with the dead.
Upsides of Horror, Census Trouble, and Unmanly Drinking
Well-researched stories from Aeon, Nursing Clio, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
What’s in the Box? The Art of Reliquaries
The cult of relics dates back to the second and third centuries, when Christian martyrs were often killed in ways that fragmented the body.
A Very JSTOR Daily Costume Guide
Get inspired for Halloween with these hand-curated historical images from JSTOR's Open Community Collections!
Bad Otters, Nuclear Fusion, and Mocking the South
Well-researched stories from Live Science, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Killer Robots, Mayan History, and Vampire Bats
Well-researched stories from The Conversation, Smithsonian Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Eight Open Collections Perfect for Hispanic Heritage Month
Freely available images and other primary source materials from the JSTOR Open Community Collections and Artstor Public Collections.
Modern Gentry, Pitfalls of Tree Planting, and R. Kelly
Well-researched stories from The Atlantic, Vox, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A Tiger God, a Black Samurai, and a Kitchen Revolution
Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, Works in Progress, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Slime Mold, Taliban Finances, and Mindlessness
Well-researched stories from Orion Magazine, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Selfish Genes, Viking Women, and Glowing Oceans
Well-researched stories from Aeon, CrimeReads, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
How to Play Baseball in the 1920s
Swing for the bleachers with these awesome lantern slides from the early years of professional baseball.
Conscious Robots, Killer Tortoise, and Healthcare Goals
Well-researched stories from Wired, Prospect Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.