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Dead Birds, Data Mining, and Dark Matter

Well-researched stories from Public Books, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Vaping Sickness, Modern Menopause, and Lab-Made Embryos

Well-researched stories from High Country News, Scientific American, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Climate Refugees, Child-Free Life, and Wellness at Work

Well-researched stories from The New Republic, PBS, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Forest Economies, Spy vs. Spy, and Nuking Hurricanes

Well-researched stories from Quanta, Wired, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Amazon Fires, Hong Kong Money, and Dockless Scooters

Well-researched stories from Vice, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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1619, Woodstock, and the Origins of Life

Well-researched stories from The Guardian, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Toni Morrison, Mass Shootings, and Mothering

Well-researched stories from WBUR, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Dementia, Trauma, and a Weird Tumor

Well-researched stories from the Atlantic, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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Banana Peels, Chronic Lyme, and Presidential Immunity

Well-researched stories from the Cut, the Atlantic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Astronaut Karen Nyberg looks at Earth through a cupola on the ISS.

Space, Seaweed, and Self-Awareness

Well-researched stories from Quanta, the New Yorker, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.