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Design, Engineering & Technology

A day in the life of an ancient Greek architect

567,403 Views

Social Studies

The Japanese folktale of the selfish scholar

2,418,280 Views

Design, Engineering & Technology

Why fascism is so tempting— and how your data could power it - Yuval Noah Harari

771,027 Views

Environmental Science

A brief history of plastic

1,263,272 Views

Thinking & Learning

How to outsmart the Prisoner’s Dilemma

4,654,512 Views

Literature & Language

Evolution’s great mystery: Language

631,014 Views

Social Studies

The rise of modern populism

639,746 Views

Science & Technology

The last living members of an extinct species

1,082,681 Views

Thinking & Learning

Can you outsmart the fallacy that fooled a generation of doctors?

1,772,939 Views

Anthropology

The myth of Ireland's two greatest warriors

1,323,142 Views

Science & Technology

No one can figure out how eels have sex

2,597,744 Views

Social Studies

The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece

1,367,855 Views

Social Studies

The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors

1,250,268 Views

Social Studies

The Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris

3,937,165 Views

Linguistics

The race to decode a mysterious language

827,533 Views

Social Studies

Prohibition: Banning alcohol was a bad idea...

722,399 Views

Social Studies

The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil

5,501,264 Views

Mathematics

The greatest mathematician that never lived

2,671,496 Views

Social Studies

The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire

322,615 Views

History

How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history

4,532,824 Views

History

Systemic racism explained

4,407,182 Views

Social Studies

A day in the life of a teenage samurai

1,452,459 Views

Health

What yoga does to your body and brain

3,556,773 Views

Social Studies

What is Juneteenth, and why is it so important?

372,630 Views