The Origins of Horses and Horse Riders (Nautilus)
by CD Davidson-Hiers
Horses have been shaping human history for thousands of years, and humans have been shaping horses for just as long. A new study of equine DNA helps uncover just how that worked.

A Disease of Climate Change (Yale Environment 360)
by Kanika Gupta
In parts of India and other tropical places around the world, kidney disease is a widespread tragedy. One culprit is a deadly combination of climate change and inequality.

When Cancer Survivors “Go Flat” (Sapiens)
by Arianna Huhn
After a woman undergoes a mastectomy to fight breast cancer, surgeons tend to assume the next step is breast reconstruction. That can create barriers to care for patients who go a different route.

Wealthy, Sociable, and Locked Up (Nursing Clio)
by David Korostyshevsky
In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum. Her story still has echoes in things taking place today.

Washington and the “Warrior Ethos” (The Conversation)
by Maurizio Valsania
If today’s US military is expected to adopt a “warrior ethos,” that’s out of line in many ways with the ideals promoted by George Washington—though he did also disapprove of beards.

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