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The Real Life and Times of the Scientist Who Inspired <em>Dr. Strangelove</em>

The Real Life and Times of the Scientist Who Inspired Dr. Strangelove

Ananyo Bhattacharya on the Brilliance of John von Neumann

By Ananyo Bhattacharya | February 23, 2022

How Much Was WWI About... Bread?

How Much Was WWI About... Bread?

Scott Reynolds Nelson Investigates the Impact of Grain on the Great War

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On the Very Real Dangers of Artificial Borders

On the Very Real Dangers of Artificial Borders

Patrick Strickland Considers the Tangible and Intangible Barriers That Divide Us

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Sarah Weinman on the Not-So-Unlikely Friendship Between Vladimir Nabokov and William F. Buckley, Jr.

Sarah Weinman on the Not-So-Unlikely Friendship Between Vladimir Nabokov and William F. Buckley, Jr.

“What is bad for the Reds is good for me.”

By Sarah Weinman | February 22, 2022

How Archivists Uncover the Clues to History

How Archivists Uncover the Clues to History

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By Isaac Fellman | February 22, 2022

How much lost medieval literature is there? A wildlife-tracking method may have the answer.

How much lost medieval literature is there? A wildlife-tracking method may have the answer.

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How Scholars Once Feared That the Book Index Would Destroy Reading

How Scholars Once Feared That the Book Index Would Destroy Reading

Dennis Duncan on the Hope, History and Necessity of All Those Numbers and Words

By Dennis Duncan | February 18, 2022

Want an app to read you the <em>Canterbury Tales</em> in Middle English? You’re in luck.

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The Socialite, Property Developer, and Bigamist Who Had Everyone in 18th Century Europe Talking

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Gal Beckerman on Looking to the Past to Help Us Imagine a Different Future

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 17, 2022

How Mary Jane Drips Barnes Protected Indigenous Family Land

How Mary Jane Drips Barnes Protected Indigenous Family Land

Anne F. Hyde on the Implications of the Homestead Act on Indigenous Land

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Read President Obama’s citation of Maya Angelou when awarding her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Read President Obama’s citation of Maya Angelou when awarding her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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