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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How to Play Baseball in the 1920s

Swing for the bleachers with these awesome lantern slides from the early years of professional baseball.
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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.
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Afghan History, Confused Cars, and Daddy Longlegs

Well-researched stories from The Root, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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The Summer Blockbusters of JSTOR Daily

Our favorite stories about popcorn movies! There may or may not be explosions.
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Climate Politics, Robot Chameleons, and Taxing Churches

Well-researched stories from Quartz, Gizmodo, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Six Cat Poems That Aren’t That Owl and Pussycat One

There's nothing practical about these felines. Meow.
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Venus, the Green Knight, and Old-School Peaches

Well-researched stories from Wired, Struggles from Below, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Money’s Past, Antibiotic Trouble, and English Spelling

Well-researched stories from The New Yorker, Scientific American, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Bezos in Space, Ice Cream Science, and Trash Parrots

Well-researched stories from Slate, Smithsonian, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Guerrilla Food, Sports Violence, and Historical Plastic

Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, Psyche, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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City Wildlife, Social Mitochondria, and Consumer Identity

Well-researched stories from Quanta, Scientific American, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Megadrought, Mongoose Parenting, and Autism in Chinese

Well-researched stories from The Week, Disability Visibility, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Britney Spears, Karate, and Wrong Numbers

Well-researched stories from the New York Times, Vox, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Video Games, Vegetables, and Black Home Schoolers

Well-researched stories from Wired, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Ant Baths, a Gay Road Trip, and Viruses in Labs

Well-researched stories from Culture Study, Christianity Today, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Ten Poems by Audre Lorde

The esteemed poet is author of Sister Outsider, one title on the Schomburg Black Liberation Reading List. Read free related content on JSTOR.
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The Unicorns of JSTOR

These rare creatures have by turn—and somewhat paradoxically—been associated with purity, fertility, seduction, healing, sacrifice, immortality, and divinity.
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Monkey Chatter, Alcohol, and a Russian Treat

Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, The Guardian, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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LGBTQ Pride Month

June is LGBTQ Pride Month, so JSTOR Daily gathered some of our favorite stories to celebrate. All with free and accessible scholarly research.