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“A Black Bohemia flourished in New York decades before the Harlem Renaissance and with it a new type of self-determined, contradictory Black celebrity,” explains archivist Dorothy Berry.https://bit.ly/3ixTLA7 

When animals are messengers to the world beyond #marinebiology #stingrays #Mayahttps://bit.ly/2E3IRU2 

Memes, like all kinds of #language, help hold communities together. Read more in this month's Lingua Obscura, from our resident linguist, Chi Luu.https://bit.ly/2BZqw9M 

Not very much was known about these animals before JAWS, which inspired not only fear but funding for research on #sharks.https://bit.ly/2EdwJ2w 

Lies your car door tells you, and more great stories from around the web, in this week's Suggested Readings. #acousticscience #PTSD #astrologyhttps://bit.ly/348yBVq 

War is hell on our planet. And not just on the battlefield, but up and down "commodity chains," according to one scholar. #milhisthttps://bit.ly/3442d6h 

Shows like "Black Journal" fulfilled the need for programming on important social issues with Black people behind and in front of the camera. #mediahistory #mediadiversityhttps://bit.ly/3aqKDui 

How the Beatles broke the Reeperbahnhttps://bit.ly/2FrnFru 

At first local papers in Mississippi expressed shock and sorrow at the gruesome lynching of a Black child, #EmmettTill, in 1955. But they soon changed their tune.https://bit.ly/30XJw2a 

The venom of #stingray spines can be lethal. Yet they played a significant role in #Maya rituals. How do we know that today? #archaeologyhttps://bit.ly/2E3IRU2 

That satisfying thunk may not be what you think, and more great stories from around the web in this week's Suggested Readings, from our editors.https://bit.ly/2FoCXgD 

The element #aluminum is a case study in how war production can cause environmental degradation along the path from extraction to finished aircraft. #ecologyhttps://bit.ly/3442d6h 

Manhattan’s #BlackBohemia has been overshadowed by the culturally foundational and more readily empowering Harlem Renaissance it preceded.https://bit.ly/3ixTLA7 

#DYK the U.S. Navy issued a chemical shark repellant called Shark Chaser for years? #marinebiologyhttps://bit.ly/3fXtRUG 

While today we think of #peonies as beautiful ornamental flowers, for much of their history they were viewed as an important medicinal plant. Read more in August's Plant of the Month, a collaboration with @DumbartonOakshttps://bit.ly/337pmEj 

At 1520 Sedgwick Ave., The Bronx, NY 10453, to be exact. #hiphophttps://bit.ly/33MPhl6 

Black public-affairs shows were created at a turbulent time, when TV still emphasized white voices. #journalism #mediahistoryhttps://bit.ly/3aqKDui 

“No one can stop you but you.” From social media posts to fitness instructors’ cheerful patter, pop #psychology messages about the mind’s power to control our destinies are everywhere. And they’re nothing new. #selfhelphttps://bit.ly/33XLa5W 

Roll up! It was 60 years ago today that the #Beatles played their first gig in #Hamburg, at a former striptease establishment. The old clientele didn't appreciate the new sound from Liverpool. #TIHhttps://bit.ly/2Y4AVJh