Well-researched stories from The Boston Globe, Pacific Standard, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Back in the 1960s, scholars were making predictions about what the Age of Automation would look like. Where they right?

H. G. Wells's famous science fiction novel imagines what would happen if Martians did to Great Britain what Europeans did to Tasmania.

Swathes of the Amazon rainforest are set aside for Indigenous peoples to manage. While they aren't conservation areas, they are important to the ecosystem.

While exceptionally rare, congenital analgesia, or a total insensitivity to pain, is a real condition that can be quite dangerous.

When electric lighting was first introduced to U.S. households, marketing departments tried to convince women that better lighting would be flattering.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been making political waves for decades, but his current shows are especially relevant to the United States.

The word “risk” took on new meaning in the 19th century, when it became a way of understanding the interactions between individuals and economic markets.

Gender studies developed alongside and emerged out of Women’s Studies. This non-exhaustive list introduces readers to scholarship in the field.

A security robot targets the homeless, raising questions about whether private companies can expand their security detail to public spaces like sidewalks.