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How Japan saved its biggest city from collapse - Roman Krznaric
Dig into Edo, Japan’s circular economy, and how it helped transform the city into a thriving ecological and cultural center. -- 400 years ago, Edo was on the verge of ecological collapse
Father vs. Son: A journey into the underworld - Joseph Mbele
Dig into the epic of Mwindo, a boy seeking vengeance upon his power-hungry and murderous father who has fled to the underworld. -- If any of his wives ever birthed a son, he’d be killed
What causes herpes, and how can you treat it? - Christine Johnston
Explore the viruses which can cause herpes, how the infection affects your body, and what makes it so hard to prevent and cure. -- In the 1st century CE, Emperor Tiberius made an unprecedented
Upstairs, downstairs: The life of a British maid - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Follow Alice Sutton, a servant in Edwardian England, as she prepares the estate for a visitor and fights for women's suffrage. -- It’s just before dawn in 1906 at Wroxton Abbey, and 16-year-old
Japan's most famous ghost story - Jeffrey Angles
Get to know the Japanese legend of Hōichi the earless, a monk summoned by a mysterious samurai to perform songs of past battles. -- Long ago, a temple was built near the site of a naval
Was Alexander the Great really that great? - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Alexander the Great transformed the world during his reign — but was he an embattled leader, or a ruthless conqueror? -- Alexander the Great fundamentally transformed the world during his
The House of Representatives is too small. Here is one way to fix it.
For more than a century, the size of the House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 seats; in that same period, the US population has tripled. This means that today, the average representative
The solution to our energy problems is … a toaster - Rachel Yang
Dig into the science of thermal batteries, and how this technology can generate heat more efficiently than fossil fuels. -- Industrial manufacturers spend a huge amount of energy generating
This is the most common way to get head lice - Nazzy Pakpour
Dig into what makes head lice so difficult to get rid of, and the effectiveness of our most common treatments. -- For as long as humans have had lice, we’ve fought hard to get rid of them
The Future of AI is Open [Advertiser content from IBM]
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How Kodak invented the “snapshot”
The original Kodak camera changed photography forever. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: In 1888, Eastman Kodak patented roll film, and the company's
What Are Post Codes Actually Telling You?
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