Digestion, Hangovers, and Sinister Magic
Well-researched stories from Slate, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Wildfire, Stopping Suicide, and Marshmallow-Topped Casserole
Well-researched stories from Wired, Quartz, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Thanksgiving Stories
Americans are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, the middle entry in the Halloween-Thanksgiving-Winter holidays trifecta. Plate up with some ...
Real Placebos, Brutal Progress, and Paleolithic Myths
Well-researched stories from Longreads, The Atlantic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Moms United, Caribbean Slavers, and Powerful Bacteria
Well-researched stories from Harvard Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Anti-Semitism, Gender Science, and Lavender
Well-researched stories from Wired, Smithsonian Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Human Rights, Coffee Rust, and Dead Mammals
Well-researched stories from The Conversation, 99 Percent Invisible, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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?
Angry Women, Captive Jaguars, and Brainy Catholics
Well-researched stories from the New Yorker, Pacific Standard Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Black Holes, Hacking Trade, and Talk Therapy’s Dangers
Well-researched stories from The New York Times, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Anita Hill, Declining Divorce, and Reviving the Dead
Well-researched stories from The Cut, Vox, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Trauma, Disaster, and Partying Octopuses
Well-researched stories from Public Books, NPR, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Autism Education, “Silent Sam,” and Regulating TV
New books and scholarship from UNC Press, The University of Texas Press, and Oxford University Press.
Ravens, Hedgehogs, and the Basis of Thought
Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
White House Leaks, Mafia Lemons, and Future Babies
Well-researched stories from GQ, NPR, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Goats, Parasites, and Your Climate Change Future
Well-researched stories from Wired, Nursing Clio, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
John McCain, Reproduction Myths, and Drinking
Well-researched stories from Aeon, Mental Floss, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Trees, Apples, and Little Women
Well-researched stories from Pacific Standard, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Ancient Music, Corporate Giants, and Normal Psychopaths
Well-researched stories from Aeon, the Cut, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Friendship, Stonehenge, and Making it to College
Well-researched stories from the Guardian, the Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Meat Allergies, McCarthyism, and World Leadership
Well-researched stories from the Conversation, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Maroon Societies, Down Syndrome, and Food Justice
New books and scholarship from academic publishers.
Summertime Poems and Paintings
Summery poems by Mary Oliver, Matthew Zapruder, and other poets, along with seasonal paintings by Claude Monet and other artists.