In physics, the whole point of the thought experiment is that it’s absurd. But in literature, it’s been used to explore all sorts of ideas and possibilities.

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When it became clear that the United States and its allies couldn’t “liberate” Eastern Europe through psychological war and covert ops, they turned to sports.

Many northern Indigenous cultures think about hunting in terms of literal “gifts” from animal to human, yet outsiders often dismiss the concept as a metaphor.

While these videodisc formats ultimately failed, they signaled that consumers were hungry for control of their home viewing.

Personal ads changed dating, but they also provided source material for sociologists and psychologists to understand how people choose mates.

The disappeared—but recently rediscovered—folk musician edited and published in academic journals under the name Elizabeth Converse.

Anti-vaxxers have been around as long as there have been vaccines.

During the Cold War, philanthropic paternalism put Mexican American grassroots activists in the American Southwest at odds with East Coast funding institutions.

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