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Whose nervous system is stretched out in a glass case at Drexel University’s medical campus?

Welcome to the dangerous, cramped world of the saturation diver, and the extraordinary strangeness of working 500 feet under the sea.

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jennifer Gonnerman, Evan Allen, Britni de la Cretaz, Jen Banbury, and Gordon Edgar.

China’s revolution made it difficult for Chinese abroad to stay in contact with their families. Now many in the diaspora are searching for their roots.

After centuries of war, Catholicism and science reconciled over meridian lines.

Here are five stories about utopian societies.

The huge, hidden cost to severing the bond between art and science.

A close examination of the wilderness icon’s early travels reveal a deep love for trees, and some ugly feelings about people.

Against all odds, Iraq’s religious tourism infrastructure has endured.

One of the rarest religious experiences you can have in America is to join the Plain.

The radical women of early Christianity.

The art and science of cloud seeding, from the pilots who fly directly into storms to help save farmers’ crops.

Ghost boy, cannibals, disappearing trucks: A journey into the darkness of New Jersey to uncover the mysteries of Clinton Road.

On an abandoned mining site in Scotland, an architectural theorist attempts to bring the mysteries of the cosmos to life on Earth.

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Regional dialects in English are largely informed by the particular way people in different geographic areas make their vowel sounds. Consonants can inform the sounds of vowels, but are largely static; going from an “F” sound to a “T” sound is a huge leap, whereas vowels are a little bit fluid, bleeding into each other. […]

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A reporter for the Baltimore American was there when the coffin was first re-opened, where it was inspected by a small gaggle of curious onlookers. According to him, the skeleton was “almost in perfect condition, and lying with the long bony hands reposing one upon the other,” while the skull had “some little hair…still clinging near […]

Even as Starbucks switches to its Red Cup holiday menu and the radio plays Christmas music, Halloween tugs at the coattails of my subconscious. To honor our dearly departed All Hallows’ Eve, here are four pieces about witchcraft in the United States and abroad.