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Why Do Countless Cultures Believe the Dead Walk Among Us?

Why Do Countless Cultures Believe the Dead Walk Among Us?

John Blair on the Dangerous Dead in Society

By John Blair | October 31, 2025

The Ancient Burial Rituals That Have Shaped How We Treat Our Dead

The Ancient Burial Rituals That Have Shaped How We Treat Our Dead

Roger Luckhurst on the Varied Funerary Practices Within Our Cultures—And History

By Roger Luckhurst | October 31, 2025

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Rachel Corbett on the Efforts to Find One of History’s Most Gruesome Serial Killers

By Rachel Corbett | October 31, 2025

On Zombie Ants, Parasitic Fungus, and the Violent Legacy of Anti-Blackness

On Zombie Ants, Parasitic Fungus, and the Violent Legacy of Anti-Blackness

Maria Pinto Considers the Striking Parallels Between the Human and the Natural Worlds

By Maria Pinto | October 31, 2025

Rediscovering the Lost Arts of the English Woodlands

Rediscovering the Lost Arts of the English Woodlands

James Fox on the Thankless Job of the Chiltern Hills Woodsmen

By James Fox | October 29, 2025

What Henry VIII’s Despotic Rule Can Teach Us About Today’s Tyrants

What Henry VIII’s Despotic Rule Can Teach Us About Today’s Tyrants

Philippa Gregory on the Importance of Standing Up to Tyranny Before It's Too Late

By Philippa Gregory | October 29, 2025

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On the Indian Revolutionaries Who Plotted to Overthrow the British Raj From America

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Bob Dylan’s Superpower is That He Doesn’t Get Embarrassed

By Ron Rosenbaum | October 28, 2025

America’s Founding Fathers Had No Faith in Democracy

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Murder, Polar Bears, and Arctic Hurricanes: The Many Twists and Turns of a 2008 Whaling Research Expedition

Murder, Polar Bears, and Arctic Hurricanes: The Many Twists and Turns of a 2008 Whaling Research Expedition

“All efforts were futile. We were merely spectators to the ways of nature.”

By Jeff Wilser | October 28, 2025

Mother of the Revolution: How Audley Moore Influenced a Generation of Black Activists

Mother of the Revolution: How Audley Moore Influenced a Generation of Black Activists

Ashley D. Farmer on the Life and Legacy of the Woman Who Spearheaded the Fight For Reparations

By Ashley D. Farmer | October 28, 2025

How the Discovery of Single-Celled Marine Organisms Resulted in One of the Most Influential Illustrated Books Ever Published

How the Discovery of Single-Celled Marine Organisms Resulted in One of the Most Influential Illustrated Books Ever Published

Michael Benson on Ernst Haeckel’s Precise Drawings of Radiolarians

By Michael Benson | October 28, 2025

On the 19th-Century Scientist Who Realized Solar Storms Influence Life on Earth

On the 19th-Century Scientist Who Realized Solar Storms Influence Life on Earth

Richard Carrington: “There suddenly broke out a kind of conflagration...”

By Dagomar Degroot | October 27, 2025

Meet the Kobold, the Gnome’s Tougher, Meaner Cousin

Meet the Kobold, the Gnome’s Tougher, Meaner Cousin

Nikki Van De Car on the Many Types of Mischievous Household Spirits

By Nikki Van De Car | October 27, 2025

How FarmVille Inspired a Ponzi Scheme That Swindled $250 Million From Its Investors

How FarmVille Inspired a Ponzi Scheme That Swindled $250 Million From Its Investors

Moisés Naím and Quico Toro on Mehmet Aydın, the Turkish Wannabe-Pop Star Who Created “Farm Bank”

By Moisés Naím and Quico Toro | October 27, 2025

Five Essential Books For Understanding Why We Choose What We Choose

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By Sophia Rosenfeld | October 27, 2025

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