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How We’ve Handled Disease Throughout History

How We’ve Handled Disease Throughout History

Susan Wise Bauer on Epilepsy, Understanding Illness, and Ancient Diagnoses

By Susan Wise Bauer | January 28, 2026

Wandering Around Through Prehistoric Britain

Wandering Around Through Prehistoric Britain

Graham Robb on the Earliest Settlements on British Land

By Graham Robb | January 26, 2026

How an Enslaved Gardener Transformed the Pecan Into a Cash Crop

How an Enslaved Gardener Transformed the Pecan Into a Cash Crop

Beronda L. Montgomery on the Unsung Contributions of Black and Indigenous People to American Biology

By Beronda L. Montgomery | January 23, 2026

“Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel.” Meet the Men Profiting Off the Medical Fears of Thousands of Women

“Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel.” Meet the Men Profiting Off the Medical Fears of Thousands of Women

Elizabeth Chamblee Burch Digs Into the So-Called Holy Grail of Mass Torts

By Elizabeth Chamblee Burch | January 12, 2026

Stop anthropomorphizing lines of code.

Stop anthropomorphizing lines of code.

By James Folta | January 8, 2026

How Los Angeles and Chicago Came to Appreciate Their Coyote Neighbors

How Los Angeles and Chicago Came to Appreciate Their Coyote Neighbors

Dan Flores Considers Our Changing Attitudes Towards Urban Wildlife

By Dan Flores | January 8, 2026

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Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

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How Tom Stoppard’s <em>Arcadia</em> literally saved lives.

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Why Do We Need to Dream?

Why Do We Need to Dream?

Michelle Carr on the Emotions, Memories, and Feelings We Have While Dreaming

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What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

Oren Harman Explores the Philosophical and Literary Side of Metamorphosis

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