Intermediate Lessons

Why should you read “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy? - Laura Wright

The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed - Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara

A day in the life of a Celtic Druid - Philip Freeman

A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler

Why should you read “Midnight’s Children”? - Iseult Gillespie

"Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class" poem by Clint Smith

The dust bunnies that built our planet - Lorin Swint Matthews

The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire - Anne F. Broadbridge

The myth of Jason and the Argonauts - Iseult Gillespie

A day in the life of a Cossack warrior - Alex Gendler

Why should you read “Kafka on the Shore”? - Iseult Gillespie

Can you solve the multiverse rescue mission riddle? - Dan Finkel

The high-stakes race to make quantum computers work - Chiara Decaroli

How do viruses jump from animals to humans? - Ben Longdon

How turtle shells evolved... twice - Judy Cebra Thomas

A brief history of cannibalism - Bill Schutt

Romance and revolution: The poetry of Pablo Neruda - Ilan Stavans

Can you solve the dark matter fuel riddle? - Dan Finkel

Infinity according to Jorge Luis Borges - Ilan Stavans

The most common STI in the world - Emma Bryce

"New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus

There may be extraterrestrial life in our solar system - Augusto Carballido

How do crystals work? - Graham Baird

Your body vs. implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler

Underwater farms vs. climate change - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Megan Davis

Ugly History: Witch Hunts - Brian A. Pavlac

How close are we to eradicating HIV? - Philip A. Chan

This one weird trick will help you spot clickbait - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan

Why should you read “The Master and Margarita”? - Alex Gendler

The Chinese myth of the meddling monk - Shunan Teng

Can you spot the problem with these headlines? (Level 1) - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan

The mysterious science of pain - Joshua W. Pate

Why should you read “Crime and Punishment”? - Alex Gendler

The Aztec myth of the unlikeliest sun god - Kay Almere Read

How this disease changes the shape of your cells - Amber M. Yates

"Accents" by Denice Frohman

Why is this painting so shocking? - Iseult Gillespie

How does the stock market work? - Oliver Elfenbaum

Can you solve the cuddly duddly fuddly wuddly riddle? - Dan Finkel

Titan of terror: The dark imagination of H.P. Lovecraft - Silvia Moreno-García

How to biohack your cells to fight cancer - Greg Foot

Why are earthquakes so hard to predict? - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl

How to grow a glacier - M Jackson

"First Kiss" by Tim Seibles

A brief history of dogs - David Ian Howe

What “Machiavellian” really means - Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler

The wicked wit of Jane Austen - Iseult Gillespie

Using radioactive drugs to see inside your body - Pedro Brugarolas