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Did Aviation Anxiety End The Era Of Kid-Friendly Airports?

4 diggs daily.jstor.org Aviation Design Histories Kids Terror 1d

The rise of terrorism changed the direction of airport design, creating barriers to access around areas that had been enjoyed by generations of enthusiasts.

WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE?

What Counts As Natural Athleticism?

7 diggs daily.jstor.org Drugs Sports Health 1w

Regulations banning performance-enhancing drugs raise as many questions as they answer.

A PROTECTOR OF CULTURE

The Surprising History Of The Kimono

7 diggs daily.jstor.org Style Histories Japan 2w

Kimono, in English, means "wearing thing." But the garment everyone associates with Japan was not always called by that name.

A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

How Forensic DNA Evidence Can Lead To Wrongful Convictions

15 diggs daily.jstor.org Criminal Justice Technology 2w

Forensic DNA evidence has been a game-changer for law enforcement, but research shows it can contribute to miscarriages of justice.

AND ALL THOSE HIPSTER WATERHOLES

Don't Buy Into The Authenticity Scam

20 diggs daily.jstor.org Psychology Culture Business 5w

We choose products and services partially based on how they make us feel, on meanings we derive from our choices.

LICENSE TO BE A PIG

The Marketable Misogyny Of James Bond

9 diggs daily.jstor.org Movies Books Entertainment Gender 5 Nov

The attitudes reflected in the James Bond franchise are wildly out of touch with social reality.

A PHILOSOPHY UNDERNEATH GEOGRAPHY

Ancient Maps Are Mirrors For The Ancient Psyche

21 diggs daily.jstor.org Maps Histories 8 Oct

The ancient maps reveal both the world around them and the face of their creators.

THE INSTRUMENT MAKETH THE MUSIC

Why We Will Never Hear What Mozart Heard

15 diggs daily.jstor.org Music Histories 2 Oct

When we play one of Mozart's or Beethoven's compositions, or when we hear one, we probably aren't hearing what they heard or what they thought in their heads as they composed.

AND WEARING WHITE WAS UNUSUAL

A Natural History Of The Wedding Dress

7 diggs daily.jstor.org Style Histories World 3 Oct

The history of the wedding dress is shorter than the history of weddings, and even shorter still than the history of marriage.

GO WITH YOUR GUT

Your Gut, Your Emotions

22 diggs daily.jstor.org Science Health 29 Jul

According to an international team led by UCLA researchers, our emotions may be partially driven by an unlikely source: our gut bacteria.

TWO TIMING

What Time Is It When You Pass Through A Wrinkle In Time?

12 diggs daily.jstor.org Books Curious Culture Science 16 Jul

Do we need two distinct conceptions of time, chronos (clock time) vs. kairos (real time), to understand Madeleine L'Engle's classic novel?

GREENWOOD'S GONE

The Devastation Of Black Wall Street

23 diggs daily.jstor.org Race Economics Histories Law 8 Jul

Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1921. A wave of racial violence destroys an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white-dominated American capitalism.

HOW THE SAUSAGE PATTY GOT MADE

The Making Of The American Diner

5 diggs daily.jstor.org Food Histories 21 Jun

Short stacks and coffee warmups. Salisbury steak and sympathetic waitresses. The American diner has long held a special place in the nation’s consciousness, as a place to nurse a cup of coffee, soak in the fluorescent lights, and eat your heart out.

YOUR CHICKEN SCRATCH TELLS NO TALES

Sorry, Graphology Isn't A Real Science

4 diggs daily.jstor.org Language Science Culture Histories 19 May

Despite Donald Trump's claim that he is a "handwriting analyst," it's not possible to read someone's mind through the curlicues of their writing.

THYLACINE DREAM

Is The Tasmanian Tiger Really Extinct?

15 diggs daily.jstor.org Nature Animals 28 Apr

The species was officially declared extinct in the 1980s, but unconfirmed sightings and rumors have persisted for decades. To put the matter to rest, a team of researchers is making one last attempt to find a living thylacine, 30 years after its official disappearance.

PROOF EVOLUTION IS STILL HAPPENING

Why People Once Loved Linoleum

13 diggs daily.jstor.org Histories Curious Design 27 Feb

Though linoleum is hardly ubiquitous anymore, it was once a must-have furnishing and sparked an entire industry of imitators. Why did it fall from grace?

LET ME ARCHIE THAT FOR YOU

The Black Technologist Who Invented The First Internet Search Engine

12 diggs daily.jstor.org Histories Internet 23 Feb

The pre-Google era saw one of the most momentous black contributions to the development of the internet: the invention of internet search itself, by Alan Emtage.

A WAIT OFF YOUR SHOULDERS

What's So Bad About Instant Gratification?

11 diggs daily.jstor.org Internet Studies Technology Human Nature Culture 10 Feb

Buried amid the literature extolling the character-building value of deferred gratification, however, are a few nuggets that give us hope for the human spirit in the always-on, always-now internet age.