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In Scotland, Glasgow's football culture has shaped generations of players.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

But in “Two Ships,” an engrossing intellectual history, David S. Reynolds sheds light on a cultural collision that shaped early America up to the Civil War and beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Japan’s landscape has been shaped over millennia by the subduction fault off its eastern coast.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland