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Locusts that were roosting in trees overnight take flight in the morning on May 21, 2020 in Samburu County, Kenya

Cannibal Locusts, Victorian Filth, and Mind Reading

Well-researched stories from Undark, The Walrus, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.29887514

South Asia Open Archives Hits a Million

The open-access South Asia Open Archives on JSTOR now offers more than one million pages of digitized primary source material.

12 Poems by Asian American and Pacific Islander Poets

Poems by Asian American and Pacific Islander poets, including Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Marilyn Chin, Atsuro Riley, Kazim Ali and more.
The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race–From New Orleans to St. Louis, July 1870

Steamboat Races, Mifepristone, and Harry Belafonte

Well-researched stories from Smithsonian Magazine, Nursing Clio, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Bailey Bass as Claudia , Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac and Sam Reid as Lestat De Lioncourt - Interview with the Vampire _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: AMC

Gay Vampires, Marie Curie, and Deep Sea Mining

Well-researched stories from Hakai Magazine, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Eight-port air sampler head by Glass Developments Ltd., London, 1971-1980

Object Lessons from the Modern Environmental Movement

This Earth Day, we're looking at the ominous slash beautiful material culture of the modern environmental movement.
Watercolor painting of the earth by Martin Eklund

On Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day with stories from JSTOR Daily.
From the cover of Credences, July 1975

14 Poems from Little Magazines

Poems by Alice Notley, Fred Moten, C. D. Wright, Jean Valentine, Michael Burkard, and more.
HIMEJI, JAPAN - APRIL 02: Tourists take part in 'Hanami' or Flower-viewing parties under cherry blossom trees in full bloom at Himeji Castle ground on April 2, 2015 in Himeji, Japan. The Cherry blossom season begins in Okinawa in January and moves north through Feburary peaking in Kyoto and Tokyo at the end of March and lasting just over a week. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Cherry Trees, the Anthropocene, and Black Elected Leaders

Well-researched stories from Sapiens, Southern Spaces, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Image taken at Tiger Canyon Private Game Reserve, Free State, South Africa.

Tiger Personalities, Urban Fruit, and Excess Deaths

Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, Texas Monthly, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Eggs of Common guillemot (Uria aalge), delicatessen, Reykjavik, Iceland

Eggs, Chatbots, and Oklahoma!

Well-researched stories from Smithsonian Magazine, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Ludwig Van Beethoven's hair

Beethoven’s Hair, Underwater Women, and Future Food

Well-researched stories from Vox, Knowable Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
A vibrant orange and black Blackburnian Warbler perched on a mossy covered log with a smooth green background.

Boating Birds, Insect Farms, and Wooden Clubs

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

The Sweet Sixteen of Sneakers on JSTOR

Why should basketball fans have all the March Madness fun? We're running a basketball sneaker bracket. Play along on Twitter.
An illustration of a person smelling

Nose Smarts, Apologies, and Haiti’s Meaning in America

Well-researched stories from Smithsonian Magazine, Black Perspectives, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Sacred Grove, Ayyanar temple at Oorappatti near Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu.

Sacred Groves, Medieval Babies, and Army Ants

Well-researched stories from Hakai Magazine, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Jane Avril by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Hysteria, Indigenous Identities, and Cocaine Bear

Well-researched stories from Vox, Lampham’s Quarterly, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Rowers lift their oars in sign of salute ahead of the traditional regatta on the Grand Canal which officially opens the Venice Carnival on February 16, 2014 in Venice, Italy.

Venice’s Carnival, Brain Tech, and African Energy

Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, Yale Environment 360, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Chocolate Bar And Chunks

Chocolate, Earthquakes, and Imposter Syndrome

Well-researched stories from Hakai Magazine, The New Yorker, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Set of CBD oils and nutritional supplements made of cannabis on orange-turquoise background with cannabis leaves. Five multicolored glass bottles placed in a row. Front view

Cannabis Science, Mutual Aid, and Black Sci-Fi

Well-researched stories from SAPIENS, Nursing Clio, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Illustration of the Earth's layers

Earth’s Core, Anti-Obesity Drugs, and Cosmic Mystery

Well-researched stories from Wired, Black Perspectives, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Black and white studio photograph of Mahatma Gandhi wearing a white robe, looking directly at the camera and gently smiling, London, 1931

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

In a 1931 lecture, Mahatma Gandhi described a potential future for India, if only it could move beyond the caste system and communal tensions.
Yellow bicycle helmet upside-down isolated on red background

Tiny Worlds, Bike Helmets, and a Unique Sign Language

Well-researched stories from Nursing Clio, Smithsonian Magazine, and and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Australian native Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes) in the wild

Rats, Gas Stoves, and the Birth of the Universe

Well-researched stories from The Guardian, Hakai Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus by Gavin Hamilton

Pain, Fitness, and AI Art

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