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Why Did It Take Scientists So Long to Fully Understand Genetics and Mendel’s Laws?

Why Did It Take Scientists So Long to Fully Understand Genetics and Mendel’s Laws?

Howard Markel on the Complicated Process of Scientific Inquiry, DNA, and Heredity

By Howard Markel | October 8, 2021

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

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How the Word “Landscape” Helped Change Americans' Relationship to Nature

How the Word “Landscape” Helped Change Americans' Relationship to Nature

Tyler Green on the Emerson-Inspired Language Shift and Its Meaning for Wilderness and Civilization

By Tyler Green | October 7, 2021

Nadifa Mohamed on the Long, Strange Journey of Her Uncle Kettle

Nadifa Mohamed on the Long, Strange Journey of Her Uncle Kettle

“My sense of belonging to Hargeisa, the city of my birth but not his, has dissipated in his absence.”

By Nadifa Mohamed | October 4, 2021

On Constancia de la Mora and the Plight of Writers in Exile

On Constancia de la Mora and the Plight of Writers in Exile

Soledad Fox Maura on Rediscovering the Fascinating Story of Her Distant Relative

By Soledad Fox Maura | October 4, 2021

A Ghost in His Own Life: Colm Tóibín on the Great Thomas Mann

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Lauren Arrington on the Poets of Rapallo and Women’s Forgotten Involvement

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How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

Biographer Jacques Berlinerblau on the Death of Critical Distance

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Why Blues Singer Bessie Smith’s Bewitching Narratives Remain Eerily Relevant

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On the Precocious Early Years of Marie Antoinette

On the Precocious Early Years of Marie Antoinette

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<em>Napoleon</em> by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric

Napoleon by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric

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The Miracle of Black Love: On the Greater Meaning of My Parents’ Enduring Marriage

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