Writing Prompt: Inside Dearfield
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NBC News–of all places–has the story of Dearfield, Colorado, a ghost town that once was a booming all-black settlement. Founded in 1910...
Midwives of Death
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Traditionally, a Doula – from the Greek word meaning “servant-woman” – helps bring souls into the world as a midwife for women...
A Medusa Virus
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Scientists have discovered a new family of virus that turns its victims into a type of stone. Dubbed the Medusavirus, the virus...
The Ghost in the Machine
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On August 14, 1908, the Sheboygan Press reported on the ghost haunting Old St. Paul’s church. In addition to haunting the premises,...
Have We Finally Found Earth 2?
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Physicists have finally been able to construct a quantum mechanics experiment that allowed them to test a thought experiment suggested by Eugen...
Can Humans Sense the Magnetic Field?
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Science journal eNeuro has published the results of experiments examining whether humans are able to respond to the Earth’s magnetic field. During...
Clearing Out the Dead (Cells)
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In the metaphysics of identity, there is a paradox that asks whether the ship of Theseus, which over time has had every...
Falling in Love With Your Villain
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During her interview with the Write the Book podcast, Emily Bernard, author of Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time,...
An Unlikely Spy
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In an interview with the New York Post, author Lynne Olson discusses her new book Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman...
Writing Prompt: The Glamorous Life of an Astronaut
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NASA has published research revealing that the herpes virus reactivated during spaceflight in more than half the crew aboard Space Shuttle and International...