Gandhi’s Cloth-Making Radicalism (Aeon)
by Benjamin Studebaker
Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas for reshaping Indian society went far beyond independence. He wanted to bring political power and spiritual development to ordinary people through the power of traditional crafts.

How to Read an Ancient Text (Works in Progress)
by Justin Germain
Everything we know about the ancient world comes from just a tiny fragment of the texts that once existed, so new discoveries can be incredibly exciting. But there are also some texts that are rediscovered even though they’ve been in plain sight all along.

How Do You Smell? (Knowable)
by Daniela Hirschfeld
About 2 percent of human genes help us to process odors, and scientists, with the help of genetically modified mice, are learning how they work—but not necessarily how we know what a banana smells like.

Photographing an Old-Growth Ecosystem (NPR)
by Ben de la Cruz
The creatures of the Pacific Northwest’s old-growth rainforests are incredibly photogenic, from mountain lions to salamanders. But how do you use images to convey the way the forests, salmon, and trees depend on each other to thrive?

The Parties of Weimar (Literary Hub)
by Harald Jähner
Hyperinflation transformed Weimar Germany in many ways. A few of those ways combined to create new, scandalous kinds of nightlife and gender relations.

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