With puppets, projectors and live performances, Manual Cinema creates surreal movies as the audience watches the process unfold. Video shot … More
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Poet Jane Hoogestraat writes intimate dispatches from America’s hinterlands
For years, Jane Hoogestraat avoided writing about her native state of South Dakota. “When I talk about being from there, … More
Thomas Dooley dramatizes family pain passed through generations
Thomas Dooley’s debut collection of poems, “Trespass,” published in September, deals with the duality of vulnerability and forgiveness.
Can government policies correct race and ethnicity disparities in child health?
When Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Pamela K. Joshi set out to study the racial and ethnic equity of federal policies impacting … More
8 things you didn’t know about manatees
Manatees are the slow, lumbering, gentle giants of the aquatic ecosystem. Every November, the West Indian manatee, native to the … More
The modern music industry was shaped by a man you’ve never heard of
During a two-week period late in the summer of 1927, a little-known producer named Ralph Peer recorded 77 songs in … More
Six dramatic things said about the latest UN climate report
It’s an “unequivocal” fact that the earth is warming. It’s “extremely likely” that humans are the cause. And if humans … More
Hand-rearing abandoned African penguins could help save endangered species
Abandoned African penguin chicks are easy to spot. Their flippers are too long for their bodies. Their chest bones are … More
National Institute of Health will examine ‘effect of sex’ in preclinical testing
In scientific studies, the gender gap is not defined by an hourly wage or staff composition. Preclinical scientific research is … More
World’s wildlife population shrinking at alarming rate, report says
The world population of vertebrate species has been cut in half over the past 40 years, according to a report … More