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How Human Ecology Education Can Counter Learned Social Hierarchies

Sandra Ericson
 - July 13, 2026
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Writing Is Great for the Mind—and So Is the Process of Revision

Ellen Feld and Reynard Loki
 - July 10, 2026
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How Hyperpolyglots Reveal the Limits of Measuring Language Ability

Michael Erard
 - July 8, 2026
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Who Was Morton Prince and How Did He Influence Early American Psychotherapy?

George Prochnik
 - July 7, 2026
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How Stories Change the Human Brain, Empathy, Memory, and Behavior

Katherine Dolan
 - July 2, 2026
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What Is Humanitarian Education and Does It Help Build Peace?

Chloe Bruce
 - July 1, 2026
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Buraq in Islamic Tradition: Origins, Symbolism, and Artistic Representations of the Winged Steed

Yasmine Seale
 - June 29, 2026
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Why Do Societies Normalize Harm to Children in War, Poverty, and Public Policy?

Colin Greer and Reynard Loki
 - June 26, 2026
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How ‘Flatland’ Explains Higher Dimensions Through Mathematical Fiction

Ian Stewart
 - June 25, 2026
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How Microphotography Transformed Photography, Communication, and Everyday Objects

Anika Burgess
 - June 23, 2026
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The Origins of Attention Testing and Human-Machine Interaction Research

D. Graham Burnett
 - June 22, 2026
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How Joseph Banks Shaped the Public Image of Science

Patricia Fara
 - June 18, 2026
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How Public Benefit Claims Work—and Why Their Assumptions Matter

Reynard Loki
 - June 17, 2026
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How Sound Recording Became a Commercial Industry

Eva Moreda Rodríguez
 - June 16, 2026
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How the Cottingley Fairies Photographs Reveal Confirmation Bias in Evaluating Evidence

Mary Losure
 - June 15, 2026

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