Tag: history
Prime numbers, the building blocks of mathematics, have fascinated for centuries...
Jeremiah Bartz, University of North Dakota
A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years...
Hip-hop can document life in America more reliably than history books
A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me...
From censorship to curiosity: Pope Francis’ appreciation for the power of...
Joëlle Rollo-Koster, University of Rhode Island
In January 2025, while doing research at the Vatican archives, I heard Pope...
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Since Donald Trump regained the presidency, he has coveted Greenland. Trump has insisted that...
Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional...
Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut
Teenagers are falling in love with chatbots. Young people are reporting epidemic levels...
US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs...
Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Institution
In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery...
Newly discovered photos of Nazi deportations show Jewish victims as they...
Wolf Gruner, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The Holocaust was the first mass atrocity to be...
Caitlin Clark’s historic scoring record shines a spotlight on the history...
Diane Williams, McDaniel College
When University of Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark drained a 3-pointer against the University...