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The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

From Mackenzie Cooley's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Perfection of Nature

By Mackenzie Cooley | October 3, 2023

How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

Matthew Connelly on Human Cost of Secret Science

By Matthew Connelly | October 2, 2023

“Come and Take It”: How the Aftermath of Sandy Hook Led to More AR-15s Being Sold Than Ever Before

“Come and Take It”: How the Aftermath of Sandy Hook Led to More AR-15s Being Sold Than Ever Before

On American Gun Makers and Social Media Conspiracies

By Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson | October 2, 2023

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

From Serialization to Novelization: On the First Iteration of Frank Herbert's <em>Dune</em>

From Serialization to Novelization: On the First Iteration of Frank Herbert's Dune

"Books have the ability to travel into the future in a way that no other written medium does."

By Ryan Britt | September 27, 2023

On Shakespeare's Two Heroic Friends that Saved the Bard's Plays From Being Burned

On Shakespeare's Two Heroic Friends that Saved the Bard's Plays From Being Burned

A Short History of the First Folio

By Gregory Doran | September 27, 2023

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The Remarkable Story of the Horsewomen Warriors of Afghanistan

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Pardis Mahdavi on Unearthing a Story of Ferocity and Survival

By Pardis Mahdavi | September 11, 2023

“Out of Time’s Monotone”: The Literary Life of the French Riviera

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Jonathan Miles on a Haven for Indolent Aristocracy and Creative Types Alike

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