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A Sandwich

Underwater Sandwiches, Black Radio, and Pest Traps

Well-researched stories from Wired, Black Perspectives, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
An Antarctic Fur Seal pup

Seals, Spy Moms, and Chinese Protest

Well-researched stories from Hakai Magazine, Nursing Clio, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Menschenfresserin (female cannibal) by Leonhard Kern, c. 1650

Cannibalism, Climate Change, and Identical Twins

Well-researched stories from Slate, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Ground mustard

Peppers and Spice and Everything Nice

How humans have acquired, used, and assigned cultural value to spices, from sage to cinnamon, chili pepper to salt.
a pictorial map of the life of Mark Twain

Pictorial Maps of the United States

Explore US history with these maps of national parks, folklore, 1930s Greyhound bus routes, and more!
Lyrebird

Tricky Birds, Birmingham Murders, and Dance Music

Well-researched stories from The Atlantic, The Republic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Desperately Seeking Taylor Swift

The lyrics, the music, and the metaphors of the pop star of the moment.
Two dung beetles making an effort to roll a ball through gravel

Dung Beetles, A Marvel Hero, and New Archaeology

Well-researched stories from Sapiens, Electric Literature, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A painted reed frog clambers on a small branch in Zambia

Froggie Genetics, Nature in Miniature, and Paddington Bear

Well-researched stories from Quanta Magazine, Black Perspectives, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Mothers' Crusade for Victory over Communism

Moral Panics: A Syllabus

Research-backed stories that consider how and why moral panics begin and spread, who they serve, and what becomes of them in the end.
A baseball game plays on an early television set, c. 1947

Fast Science, TV Baseball, and Curing Nightmares

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

Mosquitoes, Truffles, and a Neanderthal Clan

Well-researched stories from NPR, Scientific American, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Cardboard box of paper tissues on a wooden table.

Grief, Animism, and the Bestseller List

Well-researched stories from The Atlantic, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
An aling-aling in Bali

Anti-Demon Design, Library Spies, and Fannie Lou Hamer

Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, Syllabus Project, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Digitally pixelated farm produce

Digital Farms, Getting Moving, and the Next Pandemic

Well-researched stories from Slate, Sapiens, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A child smelling flowers

Smelly Science, Gross Bread, and Whale Life

Well-researched stories from Smithsonian Magazine, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Cat landing on it's feet

Falling Cats, Favela Life, and Brain Magic

Well-researched stories from Sapiens, Psyche, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A platypus receives a health check at Taronga Zoo on June 09, 2021 in Sydney, Australia

Australian Mammals, Dry Rivers, and Upending Settler Colonialism

Well-researched stories from Yale Environment 360, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Amanda Gorman speaks onstage during the 2021 InStyle Awards at The Getty Center

Cell Shapes, “Poet Voice,” and Learning to Read

Well-researched stories from Aeon, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A dead whale being cleaned by whalers

So You Plan to Teach Moby Dick

The study of Melville’s novel is enhanced by contextualizing it with primary and secondary sources related to the American sperm whaling industry.
A tyrannosaurus rex on a light blue background

Dinosaur Sounds, Universe Sounds, and White People Food

Well-researched stories from FiveThirtyEight, Bon Appetit, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A student studying in her dorm

Back to School

Stories from JSTOR Daily about education, libraries, learning, and student life.
Red chilli peppers photographed on red backdrop

Chilis, Personality Changes, and the Meaning of Fatwa

Well-researched stories from The Conversation, Sapiens, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Antique illustration of a soup bowl

Portable Soup, Valuing Trees, and Building Utopia

Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, The New Inquiry, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Bales of clothing are ready to be put on the sales floor at a Goodwill Outlet Center on July 27, 2022 in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Clothes Overload, Shared Emotions, and Procrastination

Well-researched stories from The Atlantic, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.