February 15, 2023
A Wiser Sympathy
How Emily Dickinson, scientists, and other writers theorized plant intelligence in the nineteenth century.
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February 15, 2023
How Emily Dickinson, scientists, and other writers theorized plant intelligence in the nineteenth century.
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Gas stoves, metal detectors, and a collection of letters scratched out in unusual symbols.
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The ancient skeptics, the memory of water, and treasures in a bathhouse drain.
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Plants and settlers take root in a new mythology of Arizona.
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A pigeon problem, respecting mummies, and the pickup truck.
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The life and legacy of the Wife of Bath.
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Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.