Cannibalism, Climate Change, and Identical Twins
Well-researched stories from Slate, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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.
Pictorial Maps of the United States
Explore US history with these maps of national parks, folklore, 1930s Greyhound bus routes, and more!
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.
Desperately Seeking Taylor Swift
The lyrics, the music, and the metaphors of the pop star of the moment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cloud Workers, Speculative Biology, and Navajo Archives
Well-researched stories from Aeon, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Bugs Bunny Scholarship Is a Wascally Wesearch Wabbit Hole
In this edition of Research Rabbit Hole, we dig up scholarship about what one academic calls "the signifying rabbit."
Sea Gardens, Gun Laws, and Secrets of Pollen
Well-researched stories from Quanta Magazine, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.