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The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
The End of Reading Is Here
The Truth of El Mozote
The Truth of El Mozote
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They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President
They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President
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The Lazarus File
The Lazarus File
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‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings
Art
‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings
Stephen Phelan·The Guardian
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1491
History
1491
Charles C. Mann·The Atlantic
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1616 Pocahontas portrait shows how colonizers saw Indigenous Americans
History
1616 Pocahontas portrait shows how colonizers saw Indigenous Americans
Darrin Joy·USC Dornsife News
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A Bizarre 1970 Arctic Killing Offers a Road Map for How Not to Deal With Murder in Space
Crime
A Bizarre 1970 Arctic Killing Offers a Road Map for How Not to Deal With Murder in Space
Sam Kean·Slate
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A Brief History of the Corporation
History
A Brief History of the Corporation
Venkat Rao·Ribbonfarm
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A History of Violence
History
A History of Violence
Steven Pinker·Edge
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A Hundred Thousand Straightened Nails
Personal
A Hundred Thousand Straightened Nails
Donald Hall·Books & Collections
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American Hindenburg
History
American Hindenburg
Robert Weintraub·The Atavist Magazine
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American Hippopotamus
History
American Hippopotamus
Jon Mooallem·The Atavist Magazine
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American life in 1776 was far different than you imagine
History
American life in 1776 was far different than you imagine
Letty Avila·USC Dornsife Magazine
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An Engineering History of the Manhattan Project
Science
An Engineering History of the Manhattan Project
Brian Potter·Construction Physics
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An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
History
An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
Vesuvius Challenge·Vesuvius Challenge
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Artists in Uniform
Politics
Artists in Uniform
Mary McCarthy·Harper's Magazine
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Beyond the !Kung
History
Beyond the !Kung
Manvir Singh·Aeon
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Borstal Boys
Crime
Borstal Boys
Georgia Brown·The Fence
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
History
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Dee Brown·A-fwd
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Change Of Seasons
History
Change Of Seasons
Steven Johnson·Medium
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Children of the Ice Age
History
Children of the Ice Age
April Nowell·Aeon
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Coatesville
Race
Coatesville
John Jay Chapman·Books & Collections
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Death Jars Internment Laos
History
Death Jars Internment Laos
Franz Lidz·The New York Times
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