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How an Ancient Ice Age Froze the Entire Earth—And Helped Humanity Flourish

How an Ancient Ice Age Froze the Entire Earth—And Helped Humanity Flourish

Laura Poppick on the Power and Permanence of Nature's Coldest Element

By Laura Poppick | July 22, 2025

A Brief History of New York’s First Great Architectural Firm

A Brief History of New York’s First Great Architectural Firm

Henry Wiencek on the Eccentric, Creative Minds Behind McKim, Meade and White

By Henry Wiencek | July 22, 2025

How Big Agriculture Mislead the Public About the Benefits of Biofuels

How Big Agriculture Mislead the Public About the Benefits of Biofuels

Michael Grunwald on the Cascading Impact of Ethanol Production on Climate Change

By Michael Grunwald | July 21, 2025

If Charlie Brown Were a Socialist: On Beloved Argentine Comic Strip Mafalda

If Charlie Brown Were a Socialist: On Beloved Argentine Comic Strip Mafalda

“Mafalda is truly an angry heroine who rejects the world as it is.”

By Alex Dueben | July 21, 2025

A Planet’s Pain: On Healing Climate Grief Through Ritual and Reverence

A Planet’s Pain: On Healing Climate Grief Through Ritual and Reverence

Dheepa R. Maturi Offers Mantras for Reconnecting with a Vanishing World

By Dheepa R. Maturi | July 21, 2025

The Stories That Shape Us: On Navigating the Aftermath of Suicide in Memoir

The Stories That Shape Us: On Navigating the Aftermath of Suicide in Memoir

Ruthie Ackerman: “We are everything that ever happened to us.”

By Ruthie Ackerman | July 21, 2025

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The Queer Relationship That Powered Rachel Carson’s Nature Writing

The Queer Relationship That Powered Rachel Carson’s Nature Writing

Lida Maxwell on Dorothy Freeman, “Silent Spring,” and Rejecting Heteronormativity

By Lida Maxwell | July 18, 2025

10 radical works of fiction and nonfiction that inspired Kylie Cheung's book on post-Dobbs violence.

10 radical works of fiction and nonfiction that inspired Kylie Cheung's book on post-Dobbs violence.

By James Folta | July 17, 2025

Is Brad Lander’s original Shakespeare in the Park sonnet any good?

Is Brad Lander’s original Shakespeare in the Park sonnet any good?

By James Folta | July 17, 2025

Painting the Revolution: <br>The Artists Who Joined the Fight For American Independence

Painting the Revolution:
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Zara Anishanslin on the Forgotten History of the Transatlantic Artists Who Promoted the Patriot Cause

By Zara Anishanslin | July 17, 2025

Flashes of Brilliance: The 19th-Century Innovations That Shaped Modern Photography

Flashes of Brilliance: The 19th-Century Innovations That Shaped Modern Photography

Anika Burgess on Daguerreotypes, William Henry Fox Talbot, and Darkroom Dangers

By Anika Burgess | July 17, 2025

The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

By Brittany Allen | July 16, 2025

Nature’s Strangest Psychedelic is Everywhere: The Ever-Surprising History of DMT

Nature’s Strangest Psychedelic is Everywhere: The Ever-Surprising History of DMT

Andrew R. Gallimore on the Alien Power of a Revolutionary Drug

By Andrew R. Gallimore | July 16, 2025

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