Stories by benbreen

Could LSD Have Achieved World Peace? Ask Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead wanted to save the world via LSD. The government had other ideas

Scientists Scramble to Keep Dog Aging Project Alive

Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralists

"Are We Automata?" by William James (1879)

Rue de L'Avenir

Once the Largest, a Hotel Goes 'Poof ' Before Our Eyes

Medieval Icelandic Feasts

Wild Pigeon Chase

'The End of Enlightenment' by Richard Whatmore Review

A Look Inside the 17th-Century Witch Trials of the Arctic Circle

A Silken Web

Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators

Cabinets of curiosities laid the foundation for modern museums

The most interesting things I read in 2023

History's most famous pot: the Meidias hydria

When Technology Follows Art

The Vibrant Worlds of Batuan Paintings in Bali

Margaret Mead, technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide

How to use generative AI for historical research: Four real-world case studies

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