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Once places of refuge, these Anglo-Indian bars are now institutions.

Shared books, homemade concoctions, and a whisper network thwarted Gilded Age efforts to limit women’s access to health care.

As the city expands into a global IT hub, a small but dedicated group fights to protect its ancient landscape.

But proving the “drunken monkey” hypothesis has been an exhausting—and messy—endeavor.

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Shlissel challah is a centuries-old Jewish tradition.

An innovative collaboration between two British Columbia First Nations protects the most vulnerable animals.

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Clues from 1,000-year-old shells could reveal the parasite’s past—and portend the future.

This Australian town has more gnomes than people.

High in the branches of the Pacific Northwest, entire ecosystems know nothing of the ground below.

All around the world, bakers are making paska in solidarity.

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Industrial innovations and a heavy push from Jewish companies helped cement the cookie as a new tradition.

Using rare documents and notebooks, Sonia Tashjian is piecing together the nation's food story.

Some recordings in the New York Public Library’s wax cylinder collection haven’t been heard in generations—until now.

Bootleg Biology unlocks new flavors for brewers.