Why the COVID Deniers Won
By disparaging public-health methods and discrediting vaccines, the COVID‑19 minimizers cost hundreds of thousands of people ...
Invasive Australian Crayfish Spotted In Texas Waters — 8,000 Miles From Home
Biologists are keeping watch on an Australian crayfish that surprisingly showed up in southern Texas, fearing it could ...
Archaeology2d
On the Origin of the Pork Taboo
By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...
The New Yorker magazine's first hundred years
The beloved weekly magazine encompassing journalism, fiction, poetry and cartoons, is celebrating its centenary. New Yorker ...
Spiced by history: How Ismaili food reflects the Aga Khan’s Indian roots and African influence
The culinary traditions of the Ismaili community reflect the Aga Khans deep Indian roots and African influences, shaped by ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
Ancient DNA Sheds Light on the Origins of Indo-European Languages
New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...
The New Yorker6dOpinion
The Cancer Scams That Foreshadowed MAHA
Long before R.F.K., Jr., promised to “Make America Healthy Again,” wellness influencers were peddling a seductive promise of ...