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Finding the right wine expert to help you select your next bottle
by Bianca Grohmann Do you often wander the aisles of a wine shop, trying to figure out which wine to buy? To help choose a ... -
How young filmmakers are protecting artistic freedom in Kenya
by Samson Kaunga Ndanyi Artistic freedom was always tenuous in Kenya, but it’s become even less so since Uhuru Kenyatta became president in 2013. The political pendulum ... -
What ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ can teach us about resilience
by Nikki Martyn What can the movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse teach us about child development? All stories and fairy tales contain symbols and archetypes. These are ... -
Not so long ago, cities were starved for trees
by Sonja Dümpelmann Many cities, in recent years, have initiated tree planting campaigns to offset carbon dioxide emissions and improve urban microclimates. In 2007, New ... -
Weezer’s cover album: Is rock band honoring or exploiting the originals?
by Ryan Raul Bañagale If you’ve noticed the 1980s hit “Africa” playing on the radio more than usual, you likely weren’t listening to the original ... -
Did academia kill jazz?
by Adam Gustafson Jazz seems to be experiencing a bit of a renaissance among movie directors – look no further than documentaries such as “Miles ... -
Scrolling through fairy-tale fantasies on social media can demolish your confidence, but it’s not all ...
by Eleftherios Soleas and Jen McConnel If social media was a person, you’d probably avoid them. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are loaded with pictures of people ... -
Super Bowl LIII and the soul of Atlanta
by Derrick P. Alridge As a historian who studies W.E.B. Du Bois – and as someone who once lived in nearby Athens, Georgia – I’m struck by ... -
3 ways that big data reveals what you really like to watch, read and listen ...
by Anjana Susarla Anyone who’s watched “Bridget Jones’s Diary” knows one of her New Year’s resolutions is “Not go out every night but stay in ... -
World’s oldest clove? Here’s what our find in Sri Lanka says about early spice trade
by Eleanor Kingwell-Banham The history of the spice trade conjures up exotic images of caravans plying the Silk Road in storied antiquity as well as ...
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