Tag: World War II
How the Soviets stole nuclear secrets and targeted Oppenheimer, the ‘father...
Calder Walton, Harvard Kennedy School
“Oppenheimer,” the epic new movie directed by Christopher Nolan, takes audiences into the mind...
If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one...
Carlton Basmajian, Iowa State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Defying the Holocaust didn’t just mean uprising and revolt: Remembering Jews’...
Chad Gibbs, College of Charleston
Richard Glazar insisted that no one survived the Holocaust without help. To this Prague-born...
Genocides persist, nearly 70 years after the Holocaust – but there...
Kerry Whigham, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The newly formed United Nations passed its first international treaty...
Kyiv’s Jews, persecuted under Polish-Lithuanian, Russian, Nazi and Soviet regimes, now...
Victoria Khiterer, Millersville University
While hundreds of Jews are leaving Kyiv amid Russian attacks, many more, led by the...
Holy wars: How a cathedral of guns and glory symbolizes Putin’s...
Lena Surzhko Harned, Penn State
A curious new church was dedicated on the outskirts of Moscow in June 2020:...
What are false flag attacks – and did Russia stage any...
Scott Radnitz, University of Washington
The Russian assault on Ukraine, which began in the early hours of Feb. 24,...
How Cup Noodles became one of the biggest transpacific business success...
Alisa Freedman, University of Oregon
See a container of Cup Noodles at a convenience store and you might think...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
