Culture & Society

Tribal Map of America Shows Whose Land You’re Actually Living On

Source: Popular Mechanics

Read about the importance of a map which shows the land you are living on and which group of indigenous people lived there first. Explore the map here.

Students ‘strike for climate’ across the United States

Source: The Verge

Read about how students walked out of school to demand a better future for themselves and for future generations.

Poll Shows Americans Shun Physical Robots But Welcome Smart Home Assistants

Source: Futurism

Why do Americans distrust robots? Do we have anything to fear? Read information from both sides of the debate.

Ebos Landing

Source: New Georgia Encyclopedia

Enslaved people transformed the horrors of slavery into a myth of hope and freedom. Read more about the inspiration for the flying slave myth.

Meet National Geographic’s 2019 Adventurers of the Year

Source: National Geographic

Read about the jaw-dropping, boudary-pushing feats performed by 2019’s Adventurers of the Year.

Smartphones may serve as digital security blankets

Source: Science News for Students

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, found that access to smartphones distracts people from negative situations and also serves as social support.

Why figuring out what’s behind a big gender paradox won’t be easy

Source: Ars Technica

Science reporter Cathleen O’Grady explains the gender-equality paradox and and why drawing any conclusions from the research on it is tricky.

Why the North Pond Hermit Hid from People for 27 Years

Source: National Geographic

Author Michael Finkel explains what drew him to the man he wrote about in his book The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit.