On the Dark History and Ongoing Ableist Legacy of the IQ Test

On the Dark History and Ongoing Ableist Legacy of the IQ Test

Pepper Stetler Explores How Research Helps Us Understand the Past to Create a Better Future

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The 20th-Century Technological Debate That Foretold Our 21st-Century Fears

The 20th-Century Technological Debate That Foretold Our 21st-Century Fears

Andrew Smith on the Competing Predictions of Edsger Dijkstra and Douglas Engelbart

By Andrew Smith | August 22, 2024

A Kind of Arctic Madness: On Christiane Ritter’s Essential Memoir of the Far North

A Kind of Arctic Madness: On Christiane Ritter’s Essential Memoir of the Far North

Colin Dickey Goes All the Way to Svalbard to Read “A Woman in the Polar Night”

By Colin Dickey | August 22, 2024

Feast your eyes on these beautiful bygone magazine covers.

Feast your eyes on these beautiful bygone magazine covers.

By Brittany Allen | August 21, 2024

Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

Evan Friss on Hitler’s Attempt to Win Americans Over to His Cause

By Evan Friss | August 21, 2024

Aliens, or Angels? On the Similarities Between UFO Encounters and Religious Experiences

Aliens, or Angels? On the Similarities Between UFO Encounters and Religious Experiences

Luis Elizondo Digs into Biblical Stories, Government Secrecy, and the Difficulties of Studying UAP

By Luis Elizondo | August 20, 2024

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What the Deliberate Targeting of Libraries Reveals About the Nature of War

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How Jacqueline Susann and Jackie Collins Changed the Face of Publishing

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Art Imitates Testimony: On the Real-Life Inspiration For Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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An Indian Journalist on the Hit List: Investigating the Shocking Assassination of Gauri Lankesh

An Indian Journalist on the Hit List: Investigating the Shocking Assassination of Gauri Lankesh

Rollo Romig on Bangalore, Spiritually Sanctioned Murder, and the Self-Delusions of India's Police Force

By Rollo Romig | August 9, 2024

“Black Infiltrators.” On the Systematic Abuse of African Refugees in Israel

“Black Infiltrators.” On the Systematic Abuse of African Refugees in Israel

Sylvain Cypel Considers the Emergence of Anti-Blackness as a Powerful Motivator in Israeli Society

By Sylvain Cypel | August 9, 2024

Giants’ Bones? Fossilized Testicles? How Humans Reacted to the Discovery of Dinosaurs

Giants’ Bones? Fossilized Testicles? How Humans Reacted to the Discovery of Dinosaurs

Edward Dolnick on Rigorous Yet Humorously Misguided Scientific Inquiry in the 17th and 18th Centuries

By Edward Dolnick | August 8, 2024

Jesus Freaks: On the Free Spirited Evangelicals of the 1970s and 80s

Jesus Freaks: On the Free Spirited Evangelicals of the 1970s and 80s

Eliza Griswold Chronicles the Emergence of a Unique Blend of Counterculture and Christianity

By Eliza Griswold | August 8, 2024

Those Who Wander: A History of Nomadic Pastoralism in Southeastern Europe

Those Who Wander: A History of Nomadic Pastoralism in Southeastern Europe

Kapka Kassabova Explores What’s Left of an Ancient Tradition Marked by a Century of Upheaval

By Kapka Kassabova | August 7, 2024

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Kate Weinberg Finds Literary Inspiration in Romeo and Juliet’s Original Creator

By Kate Weinberg | August 7, 2024

Slippery, Slimy and Sublime: On Our Fascination with Eels

Slippery, Slimy and Sublime: On Our Fascination with Eels

Ellen Ruppel Shell Goes Deep on the Cultural Life of the Anguillidae

By Ellen Ruppel Shell | August 5, 2024

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