The Opah Fish is Warm-Blooded!
The Opah fish, or moonfish, is actually warm-blooded.
Class, Feminism and the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers
A paper for Pennsylvania History looked at the way elite & working-class feminists worked together to create the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers.
Richard, Prince of Instagram Appropriation
While recent media debates why and how his Instagram art sucks, Richard Prince’s appropriation has long been a controversial, hot topic.
Andrew Jackson’s Duels
Andrew Jackson had a predilection for old-fashioned fights of honor.
A Polymath Opines: Charles Babbage’s Other Interests
Early writings of Charles Babbage.
History Repeats Itself in a Santa Barbara Oil Spill
Two pieces look at a 1969 oil spill in California
Debtors’ Prisons, Class, and Patriotism in 18th Century Ireland
In a paper for Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Martyn J. Powell discusses the politics that seem to have limited the use of debtors' prisons in Ireland.
Ota Benga and the Living Ethnographic Exhibit
In the book Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk tells a tale that is more than astonishing.
Safe Rooms, Fear, and the Limits of Rational Thinking
Do safe rooms realistically protect people from outside threats?