A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news
- The Harrison Act at 100.
- The history behind Monopoly.
- Sitting in radioactive dirt in the 1950s.
- 20 disgusting vintage holiday recipes.
- Med students translate Ferguson jargon.
- Narratives about black men and obesity.
- 19th-century alternatives to monogamy.
- How many medieval lesbians do you know?
- A short history of songs about masturbation.
- Virginity testing and British immigration control.
- Love Christmas lights? Thank the 22nd President.
- 8 horrific “cures” for mental illness throughout history.
- The ethics of making viruses more dangerous in the lab.
- “Is this Santa Claus?” How NORAD’s Santa Tracker began.
- What would a Christmas meal look like in medieval times?