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Spectacular Pseudoscience: The Fall and Rise of Bioelectricity

Spectacular Pseudoscience: The Fall and Rise of Bioelectricity

Sally Adee on the Origins of Frankenstein and the Dark Ethics of Electroshock Technology

By Sally Adee | February 28, 2023

When Russia Invaded Ukraine, My Family’s Past Became the Present

When Russia Invaded Ukraine, My Family’s Past Became the Present

Megan Buskey on Ukraine's Long Fight for Independence and the Moment History Knocks on Your Door

By Megan Buskey | February 27, 2023

How Bob Dylan Became a Counterculture Icon

How Bob Dylan Became a Counterculture Icon

Aaron J. Leonard on the Political Education of One of America’s Finest Folk Musicians

By Aaron J. Leonard | February 27, 2023

Sorry Michelangelo, Da Vinci Was the True Master of the Human Form in Art

Sorry Michelangelo, Da Vinci Was the True Master of the Human Form in Art

Charles Freeman on the Marriage of Beauty and Science in the Italian Renaissance

By Charles Freeman | February 27, 2023

In the Hour of War: Carolyn Forché and Ilya Kaminsky on Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry

In the Hour of War: Carolyn Forché and Ilya Kaminsky on Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry

“Take only what is most important. Take the letters. / Take only what you can carry.”

By Carolyn Forché and Ilya Kaminsky | February 24, 2023

Research I’d Rather Not Have Done: Pandemics Then and Now

Research I’d Rather Not Have Done: Pandemics Then and Now

Lynn Cullen on Dorothy Horstmann, the Woman Behind the Polio Vaccine

By Lynn Cullen | February 24, 2023

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How the Armed Services Editions Created a Nation of Readers

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How China’s Uyghurs Are Marginalized and Subjugated by the State

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Gulchehra Hoja Recounts Her Harrowing Experience at the Hands of Xinjiang Police

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Jonathan Wilson on Whether Palestine Was a Jewish “State in Waiting” During the 1930s

Jonathan Wilson on Whether Palestine Was a Jewish “State in Waiting” During the 1930s

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Emmanuel Iduma’s Reckoning with the Silence, Inheritance and History of the Nigerian Civil War

Emmanuel Iduma’s Reckoning with the Silence, Inheritance and History of the Nigerian Civil War

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An Explorer Frozen in Time and a Map for the Mess of Life

An Explorer Frozen in Time and a Map for the Mess of Life

Reid Mitenbuler on the Drive to Wanderlust and the Neuroticism of the Present

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Malcolm Harris on the Larger Than Life Characters of Silicon Valley

Malcolm Harris on the Larger Than Life Characters of Silicon Valley

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