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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 8, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Josefa Velasquez, Wufei Yu, Tom Foster, Tim Requarth, and Ellen Ruppel Shell.

A woman hiking on a winter day starts a fire outside a shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Carter County, Tennessee
Posted inReading List

Gone For a Hike: A Reading List on Wilderness and Survival

by Kelsey Zimmerman February 16, 2022October 19, 2022

Five captivating reads on adventures you never want to have.

Posted inNonfiction

A Tall Tree Reading List

by Carolyn Wells September 1, 2021October 19, 2022

Let’s go down to the woods today … with a reading list all about trees.

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes

Roxie Laybourne: the World’s First Forensic Ornithologist

by Krista Stevens November 4, 2020October 19, 2022

“Having spent thousands of hours preparing thousands upon thousands of specimens, Laybourne had accumulated a library’s worth of knowledge about birds.”

A butterfly shape, filled with dozens of colorful beer bottle caps, on a green background
Posted inReading List

More Than Just an Object: A Collector’s Reading List

by Chris Wheatley January 5, 2023January 30, 2023

The bowerbird, which lives on the east coast of Australia, has an abiding eye for anything blue. Solitary males travel great distances to bring back all manner of blue objects to decorate their nests. Shells, flowers, plastic bottles, and feathers are all fair game, and bowerbirds have even been known to grind up blue pigments […]

Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 11, 2022November 23, 2022

This week we are sharing stories from Thomas Hale, Sam Edwards, Kim Cross, Jaq Evans, and Matti Friedman

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Sweet and Sticky History of the Date

by Seyward Darby November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

“Throughout the Middle East, the versatile fruit has been revered since antiquity. How will it fare in a changing world?”

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Monsters, Mothers, Mulieres: A Reading List on The Women of Classical Antiquity

by Rachel Ashcroft September 13, 2022October 20, 2022

Five stories of ambitious empresses, fearsome gladiators, and ordinary working-class residents — glimmering snapshots of the female experience in the classical world.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Fascinating History Behind a Set of Miniature Murder Scenes

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

“Forensics pioneer and miniaturist Frances Glessner Lee crafted tiny dioramas in the 1940s to teach investigators to search for clues and assess a scene.”

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Featured, Food, Highlight, History, Quote Posts, Quotes

All Hail the Inventor of the Crock Pot: Irving Nachumsohn

by Krista Stevens November 27, 2019October 19, 2022

Irving Nachumsohn invented the crock pot so that his family didn’t have to use the stove to prepare dinner on hot summer evenings. You’re welcome.

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