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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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Anne Shirley arrives by mistake at Green Gables, where Matthew and Marilla wanted a farm boy. Montgomery's 1908 classic, retold.
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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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On the Origin of Species: Darwin’s Big Idea, Simply Explained
Oct 20 | Book author: Charles Darwin
Darwin’s big idea in plain English: natural selection, the Beagle voyage, and the evidence behind On the Origin of Species (1859).
Mondrian’s Masterpiece Is Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees.
Oct 19 | Art & Culture
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 Train Doodle That Became Wikipedia’s 25th Birthday Mascot
Oct 19 | Interviews
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.
Art & Culture
Art & Culture
Herculaneum Scrolls: How Lead Ink Could Unlock Buried Texts
Oct 7
Scientists burned replica scrolls to learn how to read the real ones. The trick: lead in ancient ink, revealed by X-ray.
Herculaneum Scrolls: How Lead Ink Could Unlock Buried Texts
Oct 7
Scientists burned replica scrolls to learn how to read the real ones. The trick: lead in ancient ink, revealed by X-ray.
Hooked on Sonics: Experimenting with Sound in 19th-Century Popular Science
Oct 4
In the nineteenth century, acoustics primers invited whole families to make sound visible with sand, flames and homemade instruments. A look at the playful books behind it.
Preserving Indigenous Stories and Voices: WikiKathā Documented Nine Endangered Indigenous Languages in Indonesia
Oct 4
Local youth and native speakers recorded words, stories and sounds from threatened languages across Indonesia and shared them openly on Wiktionary and Wikimedia Commons.
Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces
Oct 4
Taking dictation, revising manuscripts and typing copies, literary amanuenses often worked for little pay and less recognition. A curator revisits their story.
Environment
Environment
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.
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.
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Ideas & Opinions
Ideas & Opinions
Life on Mars, Explained: Ancient Molecules, New Clues
Oct 7
Curiosity found chain-like carbon molecules in a 3.7-billion-year-old lakebed. A 2026 study says non-biological sources cannot explain them all.
Mirror Molecules, Explained: The 2026 Chemistry Nobel
Oct 8
Your hands are mirror images. So are many molecules of life. The 2026 chemistry Nobel went to the two chemists who taught reactions to pick one.
Mirror Molecules, Explained: The 2026 Chemistry Nobel
Oct 8
Your hands are mirror images. So are many molecules of life. The 2026 chemistry Nobel went to the two chemists who taught reactions to pick one.
Interviews
Interviews
Melis Buyruk Porcelain: Myth, Fragility and Power
Oct 13
Turkish sculptor Melis Buyruk on porcelain Habitats, Rumi’s four birds, and why beauty can be a conscious position — not decoration.
Juang Language Survival: Documenting Oral Knowledge in Odisha
Oct 12
Kshetrabasi Juanga on filming Juang traditions for the next generation — and why he compares Indigenous languages to grass pushing through a cracked road.
Melis Buyruk Porcelain: Myth, Fragility and Power
Oct 13
Turkish sculptor Melis Buyruk on porcelain Habitats, Rumi’s four birds, and why beauty can be a conscious position — not decoration.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Room Temperature for Sleep: How Your Bedroom Sets Your Night
Oct 12
Your bedroom temperature steers how fast you fall asleep and how deep you sleep: cool rooms around 18 to 20°C beat warm ones every night.
Neuroticism and the Pandemic: Why Some Minds Struggled More
Oct 10
People high in neuroticism suffered larger, longer-lasting anxiety and depression through the pandemic, a 4,030-person US study finds.
Room Temperature for Sleep: How Your Bedroom Sets Your Night
Oct 12
Your bedroom temperature steers how fast you fall asleep and how deep you sleep: cool rooms around 18 to 20°C beat warm ones every night.
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