Quick Reads

The water rises due to Hurricane Katrina

Politics & History

Disaster Myths: Katrina Ten Years Later

Looking back on Katrina.

Extra Credit Suggested Readings from JSTOR Daily Editors

Suggested Readings

Suggested Reading: Birthright Citizenship, Horror of Lip-Smacking, the Color of Music

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Legionella

Legionnaires’ Disease

Scholarly research on the origins of Legionnaires' Disease.

A brown bear with its fur caught in the wind

Plants & Animals

Drones Stress Out Bears, Too

The effects of drones and planes on animal stress.

Textured canvas with Buildings of Parliament and Big Ben tower in London UK view from Thames river.

Politics & History

Old Smoke: London’s Famous Fog

The history of "Old Smoke", London's famous fog.

Estonian flag pinned into a globe showing the location of Estonia

How Singing Started a Revolution in Estonia

The vibrant and revolutionary culture of singing in Estonia.

An Earth-like planet in the foreground and the sun in the background

Natural Science

Kepler Finds Truly Earth-like World

The Kepler telescope discovers a habitable planet.

A woman in a modest swimsuit with sleeves and a skirt past her knees

Modesty in Fashion

The intersection of religion and fashion has led to modesty in bathing suits.

Hadron Collider

Natural Science

A Brief History of Quarks

Understanding the history and future of quarks.

Still from an an older dating show

Before Tinder, There Was Video Dating

The precursor to online dating was video dating.

Editors' Picks

James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

In 1971, two legends of Black letters discussed Black manhood, white racism, the role of the writer, and the responsibility to teach.

Science & Technology

Can We Build a Better Facebook?

Is it time to turn our back on Facebook? And if so, what social network could possibly replace it?

Science & Technology

The Anatomists of Ancient Alexandria

Cultural forces under the Ptolemaic dynasty briefly allowed scholars like Herophilus to practice dissection—and possibly vivisection—on human subjects.

Politics & History

The Genocide Before the Shoah

For a century, Jews in Turkey have maintained a strategic silence when it comes to recognizing the Armenian genocide. Could that be changing?

Politics & History

Wilhelm Reich: Twice Burned

A psychoanalyst and physician, Reich fled the Nazis only to be detained by the US as an “enemy alien” during World War II. And then came the sexual revolution.