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Anne of Green Gables Summary: Imagination Finds a Home
Oct 27 | Book author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne Shirley arrives by mistake at Green Gables, where Matthew and Marilla wanted a farm boy. Montgomery’s 1908 classic, retold.
The Wind in the Willows Review: A Cozy Classic for All Ages
Oct 25 | Book author: Kenneth Grahame
Our review of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows: how the 1908 riverside classic began, its two moods, its strengths and who will love it most.
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How Climate Change Affects Children’s Skin Health
Oct 27 | Environment
Children’s skin faces heat, ticks, smoke and floodwater as the climate warms. Here is what the science says, and the simple habits that protect young skin.
Jack-o’-Lantern History: From Carved Turnips to Pumpkins
Oct 27 | Art & Culture
Jack-o’-lantern history begins with marsh lights and an Irish trickster called Stingy Jack, then moves from carved turnips to the pumpkins of North America.
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Anne of Green Gables Summary: Imagination Finds a Home
Oct 27
Anne Shirley arrives by mistake at Green Gables, where Matthew and Marilla wanted a farm boy. Montgomery's 1908 classic, retold.
How Climate Change Affects Children’s Skin Health
Oct 27
Children's skin faces heat, ticks, smoke and floodwater as the climate warms. Here is what the science says, and the simple habits that protect…
Jack-o’-Lantern History: From Carved Turnips to Pumpkins
Oct 27
Jack-o’-lantern history begins with marsh lights and an Irish trickster called Stingy Jack, then moves from carved turnips to the pumpkins of North America.
Fall Back Time Change: How to Keep Your Sleep on Track
Oct 27
The fall back time change gives you an extra hour, but it can still nudge your body clock. Here is what happens to your…
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Anne of Green Gables Summary: Imagination Finds a Home
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The Wind in the Willows Review: A Cozy Classic for All Ages
Oct 25
Our review of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows: how the 1908 riverside classic began, its two moods, its strengths and who will…
Alice in Wonderland Summary: Carroll’s Mad, Beautiful Classic
Oct 24
Alice follows a waistcoated rabbit down the hole into Wonderland: Carroll’s 1865 classic of tea parties, Cheshire cats and the Queen of Hearts, summarized…
Treasure Island Summary: Stevenson’s Pirates and Buried Gold
Oct 23
Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, and the hunt for Captain Flint's buried gold: Stevenson's 1883 pirate adventure, summarized.
Moby Dick Summary: The Obsession Behind the Whale
Oct 22
Our Moby Dick summary: Herman Melville’s 1851 whale epic — Ahab’s obsession, the Pequod’s crew, and why the great American novel flopped before it…
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Business Survival Rates: How Long Do New Businesses Last?
Oct 26 | Business
What official US data say about business survival rates: how many new businesses make it through year one, five years and a decade, and what the numbers miss.
An Online Safety Game Built for Kids With Down Syndrome
Oct 26 | Interviews
A small team in Bosnia and Herzegovina built SafeClick, an online safety game where a friendly owl helps children with Down syndrome practise staying safe on the web.
How Cell Messages Could Change the Way We Treat Aging
Oct 25 | Lifestyle
Cell messages could change how doctors treat aging. GPCR signals link many body systems, and researchers are studying whether treating those networks could help several diseases at once.
Art & Culture
Art & Culture
Mondrian’s Masterpiece Is Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees.
Oct 19
Piet Mondrian’s 1930 Composition II entered the US public domain on January 1, 2026. The estate that manages his rights says otherwise. Here is what the law actually says.
Mondrian’s Masterpiece Is Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees.
Oct 19
Piet Mondrian’s 1930 Composition II entered the US public domain on January 1, 2026. The estate that manages his rights says otherwise. Here is what the law actually says.
The Shanidar Neanderthal: A 75,000-Year-Old Spear Wound
Oct 17
A 75,000-year-old Neanderthal from Shanidar Cave carries a spear wound through the shoulder blade — possibly the oldest wooden-spear kill ever found.
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: A Plant That Grew Sheep
Oct 16
For centuries Europeans debated a plant that grew woolly lambs. Thom Sliwowski traces the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary from Mandeville to fern roots and cotton.
Louis Pope Gratacap and the First T. Rex in Fiction
Oct 15
Museum curator Louis Pope Gratacap’s 1915 lost-world novel The New Northland may be the first fiction to feature Tyrannosaurus — months before the AMNH skeleton debut.
Environment
Environment
Microplastics, Explained: The Hidden Chemistry of Tiny Plastic
Oct 16
Microplastics turn chemically active in water, a new Nature study finds — generating reactive molecules that may damage cells. Here is what the science really says, from artery plaque to the reasons to stay calm.
Microplastics, Explained: The Hidden Chemistry of Tiny Plastic
Oct 16
Microplastics turn chemically active in water, a new Nature study finds — generating reactive molecules that may damage cells. Here is what the science really says, from artery plaque to the reasons to stay calm.
Ancient DNA, Modern Bats: The Spotted Bat’s 2,000-Year Story
Oct 8
A bat with polka dots, pink ears and a voice humans can hear. Ancient DNA from a desert cave reveals how the spotted bat survived 2,000 years.
Moon Rocks on Earth: Madagascar’s Anorthosite, Seen From Space
Oct 6
An astronaut photographed a patch of southern Madagascar that looks like the Moon. It is made of the same rock as the lunar highlands.
Horseshoe Crab Blood: A 450-Million-Year Blue Story
Oct 11
Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all: their copper-blue blood has guarded drug safety for decades, and a lab-made alternative has just won official acceptance.
Giant Isopod: The 32-Centimetre ‘Roly Poly’ in a Museum Drawer
Oct 9
A 32-centimetre giant isopod sat unrecognized in a German museum drawer for decades. Scientists just named it Bathynomus tuebingoborikensis.
Ideas & Opinions
Ideas & Opinions
Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life? A Cup of Water Says Yes
Oct 14
Physicist Kostya Trachenko showed that how runny a liquid can be is set by fundamental constants – adding a second, separate fine-tuning requirement for life beyond the classic stellar one.
How Neurons Communicate: The Brain’s Lightning-Fast Language
Oct 16
Billions of brain cells trade chemical messages in under a millisecond. Nobel laureate Thomas Südhof explains the vesicles, molecular zippers and calcium sensors that make this lightning-fast conversation possible.
How Neurons Communicate: The Brain’s Lightning-Fast Language
Oct 16
Billions of brain cells trade chemical messages in under a millisecond. Nobel laureate Thomas Südhof explains the vesicles, molecular zippers and calcium sensors that make this lightning-fast conversation possible.
Interviews
Interviews
Van Gujjari: Saving an Oral Language One Recording at a Time
Oct 22
Van Gujjari writer Taukeer Alam on documenting an oral Himalayan language: why recordings beat books, and why communities must consent before their knowledge is shared.
The Train Doodle That Became Wikipedia’s 25th Birthday Mascot
Oct 19
Jonathan Ferreira’s commute doodle became Baby Globe, the official mascot of Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary. Here is how a stylus sketch travelled from a BART train to millions of screens.
Van Gujjari: Saving an Oral Language One Recording at a Time
Oct 22
Van Gujjari writer Taukeer Alam on documenting an oral Himalayan language: why recordings beat books, and why communities must consent before their knowledge is shared.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
When Mental Illness Begins: The Ages That Matter Most
Oct 20
About a third of mental disorders begin by age 14 and two-thirds by 25. A look at the largest study of mental illness onset, and why timing support matters.
Ten Minutes of Daily Exercise May Unlock Deeper Sleep
Oct 18
You don’t need long workouts to sleep better. A new study suggests that moving a little every day — even ten minutes — is linked to deeper, more restorative sleep.
When Mental Illness Begins: The Ages That Matter Most
Oct 20
About a third of mental disorders begin by age 14 and two-thirds by 25. A look at the largest study of mental illness onset, and why timing support matters.
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