Friday Feb 24th, 2012

Slang evolution = lush

The evolving relationship between communication methods, the media, and slang. Plus 26 ways to say ‘groovy’.
Friday Jan 27th, 2012

Putting scholarly editions online

“The text that scholars read matters everything to them because all their interpretations are based on what’s in the text. And so if the text is defective, the interpretations are going to be affected.”
Thursday Jan 12th, 2012

Al Qaeda and the Arab Spring

A video where Fawaz A. Gerges, Director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics, explains why Al-Qaeda did not feature in the Arab Spring of 2011
Monday Jan 2nd, 2012

On the street where Dickens lived

A video
Thursday
Dec 22nd, 2011

The controversy of the neutrino

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Tuesday
Dec 20th, 2011

Born to be a sacred midwife

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Thursday
Dec 15th, 2011

Women, sex, and the anonymous changers of history

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Friday
Dec 2nd, 2011

Let’s talk economic policy…

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Thursday
Nov 24th, 2011

We also give thanks for beer

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Tuesday
Nov 15th, 2011

OCD treatment through storytelling

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Friday
Oct 28th, 2011

Contagion, terrifying because it’s accurate

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Monday
Oct 17th, 2011

How Himmler’s personality shaped the SS

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Monday
Oct 3rd, 2011

What makes an image an icon?

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Thursday
Sep 29th, 2011

Is coffee the greatest addiction ever?

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Monday
Sep 26th, 2011

The Battle of Midway:
a slideshow

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