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It’s a reminder that even in something as everyday as toothache, our evolutionary history is written in our teeth, but shaped as much by modern habits as by ancient biology.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

This is largely because exorcism as a modern practice has been shaped by evangelical influences: The overwhelming majority of exorcisms today are done by Pentecostals.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

His book, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, published in 1890, found disciples in Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the Japanese imperial naval ministry, and shaped 20th-century history.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The first full museum level focuses on people, events and movements that shaped the lives of Barack and Michelle Obama.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

British officials put out the word that the huge, strangely shaped objects, kept under wraps beneath tarpaulins, were special water carriers—mobile tanks.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman