The Amazing Adventure You Can’t Take (Big Think)
by Frank Jacobs
In theory, the world’s longest train route can take you all the way from Portugal, through Mongolia, to Singapore. The reality is a lot more complicated.

A World History on a Barge (Literary Hub)
by Ian Kumekawa
A strange container ship once known as the Bibby Resolution was built to house people in one place rather than move stuff around the world. It served over time as housing for oilmen, a barracks for military troops, and a jail. Its story is also a global history lesson.

Meet the Avian Giants (Smithsonian Magazine)
by Riley Black
Around the world at different times, birds have evolved to gigantic proportions. So why have none of them reached the size of the biggest dinosaurs?

Why Copyright Didn’t Kill the Monster Movie (Public Books)
by Olivia Pavao
Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Nosferatu (1922) are two of the most influential horror movies of all time. Part of the reason they became such classics is that happenstance left them unprotected by copyright law.

When is Grief a Disorder? (The Walrus)
by Ayesha Habib
In certain cases, grieving a loved one can be classified as a psychiatric disorder, and pharmaceutical companies are trying to develop medical treatments for it. That makes some people very uneasy.

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