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Ancient Robots, Modern Fears
What Greek myths can tell us about AI
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The Brief But Spectacular Era of Balloon Mania
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There Are People Who Can See and Others Who Cannot Even Look
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How Ancient People Saw Themselves
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How a Forgotten Battle Created a More Peaceful World
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Tobacco: a Stimulant That Made the Modern World
Tobacco is like love?
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Do Boycotts Ever Work?
Pocketbook protest, from tea to sugar
Apr 22
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Sugar: a Stimulant That Made the Modern World
Chasing that sugar high
Apr 19
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A Long History of Feeling Small
Images that changed perspectives, from America to Artemis
Apr 15
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Tea: a Stimulant That Made the Modern World
The best of herbs!
Apr 12
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Fragments and Figments from the French Revolution
Every week, I end up with a handful of images that I think are really interesting but don’t quite fit in the Sunday newsletter.
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How a Machine Became a Metaphor
The guillotine in history and culture
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What Types of Leaders Make Sporting Events All About Themselves?
From Nero to Trump
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How France Tried to Replace God
What is the First Estate, part 2
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