How Myth and Poetry Helped Us Unlock the Mysteries of Photosynthesis

How Myth and Poetry Helped Us Unlock the Mysteries of Photosynthesis

Raffael Jovine on Plants and Scientific History

By Raffael Jovine | June 22, 2022

Of Wazhazhe Land and Language: The Ongoing Project of Ancestral Work

Of Wazhazhe Land and Language: The Ongoing Project of Ancestral Work

Chelsea T. Hicks on the Land Back Movement and Working Toward Rematriation

By Chelsea T. Hicks | June 22, 2022

The Oddest of Organs: A Brief History of the Tongue

The Oddest of Organs: A Brief History of the Tongue

Kate Crowcroft: “The tongue is employed as a metaphor for the extension and consumption of aeons.”

By Kate Crowcroft | June 22, 2022

The Pervasive Problem—and Far-Reaching Impact—of Tree Poaching

The Pervasive Problem—and Far-Reaching Impact—of Tree Poaching

Lyndsie Bourgon on the Theft of Our Deepest Connection to History

By Lyndsie Bourgon | June 22, 2022

What It Was Like on a Cruise Ship the Night Before COVID Shut the World Down

What It Was Like on a Cruise Ship the Night Before COVID Shut the World Down

On the Zaandam, Where the Band Continued to Play

By Michael Smith and Jonathan Franklin | June 22, 2022

Not Great at Comebacks? Write a Picture Book

Not Great at Comebacks? Write a Picture Book

Andrea Wang Guests on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | June 22, 2022

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“Your Character Has to Fail in Telling Their Story.” A Conversation with William Pei Shih

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Aria Song Reads William Pei Shih’s “Happy Family,” a Story of a Chinatown Childhood

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Manhattan Phoenix by Daniel S. Levy, Read by Mike Lenz

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Why the World Owes America a Great Debt For Its Participation in the Second World War

Why the World Owes America a Great Debt For Its Participation in the Second World War

Dan Hampton in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Why, In an Age of Exponential Technological Change, Does So Little Seem to Change in Politics?

Why, In an Age of Exponential Technological Change, Does So Little Seem to Change in Politics?

Azeem Azhar in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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How to Fix the Environment? A Four-Thousand-Year-Old Reading List for Confronting Our Climate Emergency

How to Fix the Environment? A Four-Thousand-Year-Old Reading List for Confronting Our Climate Emergency

Martin Puchner in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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How to Spot a Fraud: Never Trust Anything That Sounds Too Good to Be True

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Dan McCrum in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Why the Crisis of Teenage Anxiety Might Begin and End With Sleep Deprivation

Why the Crisis of Teenage Anxiety Might Begin and End With Sleep Deprivation

Lisa Lewis in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 21, 2022

A Close Reading of Emily Dickinson’s Poem “Because I could not stop for Death”

A Close Reading of Emily Dickinson’s Poem “Because I could not stop for Death”

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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On the Etymologies and Linguistic Evolutions of “Family”

On the Etymologies and Linguistic Evolutions of “Family”

Marina Manoukian Explores the Communication of a Ubiquitous Idea Across Disparate Cultures

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