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By James Hall
Zoologists don't know much about how electric eels reproduce, and they've had almost no success breeding them in captivity. Up-close studies suggest the secret may have to do with electrical charges in the rivers where they live. (Atlas Obscura)
By Daniel Immerwahr
For years now, experts have warned of the coming of deepfakes—videos constructed to be indistinguishable from the real thing. But history suggests the actual danger has less to do with how realistic an image is than with our reasons for believing. (The New Yorker)
By Sarah McColl
Thanksgiving is a feast so complex and semiotically dense that things are very often forgotten and rarely go according to plan. (JSTOR Daily)
By Tim Brinkhof
The deep-ocean plastic mess known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is hazardous to many kinds of sea life. It's also a literal life raft for some coastal species, which are now living in a place that would otherwise be inhospitable for them. (Knowable Magazine)
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By Mano Majumdar
Before asbestos was known as a wildly dangerous carcinogen, it was a miracle product able to save cities from disastrous fires. In some parts of the world, authorities still think the tradeoff is worth it. (Works in Progress)
By Livia Gershon
Revelations about secret government programs after Kennedy's assassination increased the power of conspiracy theories and the fervor of those who set out to expose them. (JSTOR Daily)
By Amber M. Neal-Stanley
Maria W. Miller's life as both a Black intellectual and domestic servant fueled her abolitionist work in the 1830s. But it was a religious experience that led her to speak boldly in public about the particular concerns of Black women. (Black Perspectives)
By Brittany Rosemary Jones
Though he dismissed Pop as “window dressing, advertising art,” many critics and artists of the 1960s claimed Magritte as the movement's greatest forebearer. (JSTOR Daily)

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