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News of the Week: Shark Week, Corn Sweat, and the Joy of a Great Moon Pie
In the news for the week ending July 25, 2025, are the end of summer, Midwest humidity, and all the SPAM recipes you could ever want.
Walking a Glacier
Drive up…and step into a vanishing ice age.
Swill Milk: When Distilleries Defiled Dairy
In the mid-1800s, shady milk purveyors found it was much cheaper to keep cows in the city and feed them the by-products of whiskey manufacturing. The results for people and cows were dire.
News of the Week: Summer Camp, Algospeak, and the Commodore 64 Is Back!
In the news for the week ending July 11, 2025, are new slang, old computers, and would you like some watermelon with your cigarette?
Our Better Nature: Keeping Deer and Rabbits Out of Your Garden
Deer and rabbits are adorable, but become less so when they start chomping on the vegetables you’ve toiled over all spring. Here are a few tips to stop those hungry herbivores.
Considering History: The Scopes Monkey Trial and the History of Attacks on Educators
This week marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most sensational trials in American history.
The Widow Finster’s Cat
The small, hand-carved wooden feline marked the end of a war.
Bringing In the Dead
It’s just a creepy doll, right?
March/April 2025 Limerick Laughs Winner and Runners-up
What is going through this young woman’s mind as she pins a boutonniere on a scarecrow?
A Whole New Ballgame
For thousands of men, playing baseball can remain a lifelong pastime thanks to the MSBL.
Women’s Work: Vaccinating America Against Polio — A Story of Trust, Mothers, and Mistakes
Vaccinating a nation took millions of mothers, school children, and one woman in the federal government.
Bloomers and Breakfast Cereal: James Caleb Jackson and the Founding of a Health Movement
In the mid-1800s, one man was so transformed by “the water cure,” he built an entire health empire around it.
Vintage Advertising: State of Shocks
Gabriel Snubbers: Save yourself and your car.
Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television
Desi Arnaz’s story does not begin and end with I Love Lucy.
Thinking Outside the (Lunch) Box
Change up your lunchtime routine with these Mediterranean-inspired sandwich ideas.