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Preventing Nuclear Terrorism

The fight for nuclear non-proliferation by state and non-state actors alike.
This is an artist’s impression of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), located on the outer rim of our solar system.

Next stop for the New Horizons Spacecraft: The Kuiper Belt

New Horizons, the NASA probe deployed to visit Pluto, has begun a new mission: visit the Kuiper belt, a region beyond the orbit of Neptune.
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How Beer Companies Made Light Beer Macho

Light beer was originally marketed for its reduced calorie count. But heavy drinking men weren't into that.
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#allhandsondeck: The Art of Political Posters

Did posters help to raise spirits in Ferguson? Learn about the transformative political posters of Damon Davis and Robbie Conal.
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Mass Murderers Don’t Have a Race When They’re White

Why the race of perpetrators in mass shootings is only a factor when the shooters are not white.
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What Early Economists Thought About Sex

We take a look at how sex was viewed by early economists, from Sir William Petty to Adam Smith to Jeremy Bentham.
Extra Credit Suggested Readings from JSTOR Daily Editors

Suggested Readings: Humans are Ok, Fracking is Dangerous, Nutrition is Complicated

Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
Public relations planning and strategy

The PR Question: How Public Relations Found Itself

Public Relations or PR wasn't always so fundamental to business. There was a time when we didn't really know what it meant.
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The Racism of History Textbooks

How history textbooks reinforced narratives of racism, and the fight to change those books from the 1940s to the present.
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When Petroleum Was Used As Medicine

We look at the discovery of petroleum, both linguistically and practically.