Photo: English crime writer Agatha Christie and her daughter, Rosalind, are featured in a newspaper article reporting the mysterious disappearance of the novelist. 

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Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance

In December 1926, Christie went missing for more than a week. Where did she go, and what was she up to?
The golden death mask of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen, 1950

The Pharaoh’s Curse or the Pharaoh’s Cure?

A toxic fungus from King Tutankhamun’s tomb yields cancer-fighting compounds.
Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca. 1900-1915

Take Me Out to the Class Game: Social Stratification in the Stadium

The private boxes for the privileged few in today’s baseball stadiums are nothing new.
Close up girl with purple hair reading book

Assigned Readings: Questions to Ask Yourself

Choosing texts to assign next semester? An experienced instructor offers tips for deciding what to add to your syllabus—and what to let go.
John Travolta movie art for the film 'Saturday Night Fever', 1977. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images)

Disco and Classical Music: A Copacetic Couple

Despite seeming like strange dance partners, disco and classical make the best music—together.
A young man struggles with homework and studying for exams

What Happens to Kids’ Learning if Dad Is Incarcerated?

Nearly two million minor children in the United States have an incarcerated father at any given time.
Coronation of a Black Queen on the Day of Kings by Carlos Julião, c. 1770

The Roots of Catholic Samba

Since the early days of African enslavement in Brazil, Black Brazilians have cultivated rituals that mix Catholic and African elements in the form of holy Samba.
These colors are not what Mercury would look like to the human eye, but rather the colors enhance the chemical, mineralogical, and physical differences between the rocks that make up Mercury's surface.

The Mystery of Mercury’s Missing Meteorites

And how we may have finally found some.
Cover of The Chinese question in Australia, 1878-79

The Chinese Question in Australia

The local British tried to bar Chinese traders from Australian shipping routes. Louis Ah Mouy, Lowe Kong Meng, and Cheong Cheok Hong had something to say about it.
A collage of JSTOR Primary Sources

Lies, Damn Lies, and…Primary Sources?

An instructor shares her approach for teaching students how to evaluate historical materials and claims of veracity made by their originators.