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Halloween’s Lost Heroes: Michael Pollan on Radical Gardening and the Insurgent Botanical Origin of the Broomstick in Flying-Witch Legends

Truth, Fact, and the Patterning of Reality: Virginia Woolf on How We Come to Know the World

Today in Supreme Court History: October 31, 1963

You Can See Everything, Halloween Costumes, Mary Peltola

The Mystery of Why Some Drugs Vanish

Early-career researchers’ right to unionize at NIH is upheld, against agency’s petition

Can You Recognize the Subject of This Year’s Microscopic Photography Contest Winner?

Supreme Court Clerks Who Become Law Professors (2012-2026)

The Currency of the Journal Article Is Collapsing

Live Briefing Starting at 4pm ET: The Last Clear Chance (your link)

$9.25M Verdict Against N.Y. Times, in Libel Case Brought by Alabama Basketball Player

A Supreme Court Case Underlines the Absurdity of the Federal Ban on Home Distilling

Gorsuch and Sotomayor Unite in Another Civil Liberties Case

James Fessenden was indolent, wrote little, and inspired two of the most charismatic intellectuals of his time

Max Tegmark: AI Is Not a Tool, It’s a New Species

Who wrote that paper? AI use spurs debate over scientific authorship

Hunting is for Girls—at Least Among Bonobos

A soft robot could help doctors diagnose and treat disorders of the small intestine

When Mary Wollstonecraft Read John Locke

Harassment Restraining Order Based Largely on Speech Critical of Zoo Veterinarian,