What Forest Floor Playgrounds Teach Us About Kids and Germs
Source: Wired
In a world of antibacterial soaps and sterile environments, scientists have found that children exposed to diverse bacterial environments have better immune responses.
Culture & Society
Not Even Science Can Figure Out Which Horror Film is The Scariest Ever Made
Source: Syfy
People’s varying fears and fear responses mean that any methodology used to find “the scariest movie” is going to be flawed. Read on to learn more about the trials and errors made in scientists’ quest to find the scariest movie.
Human Rights Watch: Videos and Photos
Source: Human Rights Watch
Peruse this Human Rights Watch page and find a topic that most interests you. Watch the video and discuss or report what you learned.
The truth about a strange blood-sucking monster
Source: BBC
A trail of bodies, seemingly left behind by the vampire-like Chupacabra, enabled one man to solve the mystery.
What a 13th-Century Medieval Text Can Teach Us About Queerness and Gender
Source: Lit Hub
While people may not typically look to the 13th-century medieval texts for shining examples of equitable representation, an old text about a knight in shining armor inspired author Alex Myers.
Worldcoin wants to give you cryptocurrency — in exchange for scanning your eyeballs
Source: Vox
Would you take cryptocurrency in exchange for your personal biometric data? Is this a massive privacy breach or the high-tech future of equity? Read to learn more about the pros and cons.
Decomposing Bodies in the 1720s Gave Birth to the First Vampire Panic
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Count Dracula, Nosferatu, the Cullens. What do they have in common aside from a shared aversion to sunlight? Their roots could be traced to similar vampire panics and folklore. Click to read more.
COVID-19 Has Resurrected Single-Use Plastics—Are They Back to Stay?
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Measures to safeguard public health during the coronavirus pandemic might jeopardize hard-won environmental protections against waste from single-use plastics. Read this article to find out more.
Laughing at the Expense of Labor and Capital
Source: PBS
For nearly fifty years, the American humor magazine Puck sent up politicians, industrialists, capitalists, and even laborers in sophisticated, thought-provoking cartoons. View this gallery of cartoons lampooning the extravagance of the gilded age.
The History of Naturalization Requirements in the U.S.
Source: ThoughtCo
The process of becoming a U.S. citizen has undergone many changes over 200 years. This detailed timeline tells the story.