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In this month's Issue

Explore the World Without Harm
January 27, 2020
Andy Pietrasik | The Guardian

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A Uniquely Japanese Take on Nostalgia
January 27, 2020
Erika Hobart | BBC

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Precursor for Modern Tourism
September 23, 2019
EGO | Ueli Gyr

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DNA Reveals Twists in Neanderthal Migration
September 24, 2019
National Geographic | Maya Wei-Haas

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The Truth About the Hot Dog
September 23, 2019
BBC | Julia Hammond

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No.103 Down Home on the Farm in Japan’s Lush Green Countryside

Picture in your mind your next trip to Japan. What do you see? Is it Tokyo, the buzzing metropolis with packed subway cars, expensive shops, fish markets …

No.104 Alisal, Yippee Ki-yay

Stories of cowboys-and-girls drift through our imaginations from the time of our earliest daydreams. Youngsters in America hear tales of the …

No.105 Hop In for a Swim at London’s Royal Docks on the Thames

In 1726, a young Benjamin Franklin spent time working as an apprentice in London. One day, while out with his friends, walking along the banks of the …