Adam Jacot de Boinod
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Aug 29, 2026
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- Jul 18, 2026
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What to expect when you’re expecting: Pregnancy lore around the world (opens the original)
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Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. And yet, across cultures and through human history, pregnancy and fertility have inspired a remarkable range of beliefs, rituals and superstitions. And why not? What thinking species wouldn’t be amazed at the idea of new people simply appearing as if from thin air? These traditions have sought to explain conception, influence the sex or health of the child, protect women during pregnancy and childbirth. Today, they provide deep insight into how
Constellation prize: The fears and myths that explain how planets got their names (opens the original)
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We like to say we all look up at the same sky, but really, what we see can be vastly different. Take the visible planets. In the Western tradition, they were named by the Ancient Roman after the gods that elicited a similar mood. The reddish Mars was named for the god of war; twinkling Venus for the deity of beauty and love; Mercury for the messenger god, because it seemed to vroom through the heavens so fast; Jupiter after the king of gods, because it was so much larger; and Saturn after the go
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