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America's First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

America's First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 30, 2023

Anna Badkhen on Imprints of the Past

Anna Badkhen on Imprints of the Past

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 30, 2023

Instead of Writing, Margaret Renkl Forages for Fungi

Instead of Writing, Margaret Renkl Forages for Fungi

“Always I find more answers in a forest than I find in my own hot attic of a mind.”

By Margaret Renkl | October 24, 2023

UFO or UF-No: What Would Take for Aliens to Visit Our Solar System?

UFO or UF-No: What Would Take for Aliens to Visit Our Solar System?

Adam Frank on Interstellar Travel, Technology from Sci-Fi, and the Physics of Both

By Adam Frank | October 24, 2023

Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 23, 2023

You Had Me At Meow: On the Hidden Language of Cats

You Had Me At Meow: On the Hidden Language of Cats

Scientist Sarah Brown Confirms That Your Cat Really Is Talking To You

By Sarah Brown | October 18, 2023

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How the Iron Horse Spelled Doom for the American Buffalo

By Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns | October 16, 2023

The Bear Whisperer Lays Out the Profound Impact of Wildfires on Southern California's Black Bear Population

By Steve Searles and Chris Erskine | October 13, 2023

Nobel Prize Laureate Katalin Karikó on Her Hungarian Childhood

By Katalin Karikó | October 12, 2023

The World's Most Beautiful Bird Lives in Yellowstone National Park

The World's Most Beautiful Bird Lives in Yellowstone National Park

Behold the Peregrine Falcon

By Douglas W. Smith, Lauren E. Walker, Katharine E. Duffy and David Haines | October 12, 2023

A Short Story from Masatsugu Ono and <em>Emergence Magazine</em>

A Short Story from Masatsugu Ono and Emergence Magazine

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By Emergence Magazine | October 10, 2023

Natalie Rose Richardson on Birdwatching and Attention

Natalie Rose Richardson on Birdwatching and Attention

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 2, 2023

Nathan Hill on the Biggest Surprise of His Literary Career

Nathan Hill on the Biggest Surprise of His Literary Career

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Evolutionary Links: What Great Apes Tell Us About Being Human

Evolutionary Links: What Great Apes Tell Us About Being Human

From Alison Bashford's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution

By Alison Bashford | September 28, 2023

Stephanie Krzywonos on Re-imagining Antarctica

Stephanie Krzywonos on Re-imagining Antarctica

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 25, 2023

How America's Natural Beauty Called Generations of Women to Action

How America's Natural Beauty Called Generations of Women to Action

Tiya Miles on the Creative and Political Power of the Great Outdoors

By Tiya Miles | September 21, 2023

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