Tag: history
America’s archaeology data keeps disappearing — even though the law says...
Keith Kintigh, Arizona State University
Archaeology – the name conjures up images of someone carefully sifting the sands for traces of the past and then...
Argentina bets 60 percent interest rates – and $50B international bailout...
Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University and Kenneth Mitchell, Monmouth University
An economy in recession. Pesos fleeing the country. The worst drought in decades. The...
As a young reporter, I went undercover to expose the Ku...
Dick Lehr, Boston University
Spike Lee’s powerful new film, “BlacKkKlansman,” tells the true story of Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer who infiltrates a local...
A brief history of ketchup
Ken Albala, University of the Pacific
Trade wars have an interesting way of revealing cultural stereotypes.
Countries often propose tariffs not on the most valuable...
Silicon Valley, from ‘heart’s delight’ to toxic wasteland
Andrew L. Russell, SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Lee Vinsel, Virginia Tech
There was a time when California’s Santa Clara Valley, bucolic home to orchards and...
When did humans first learn to count?
Peter Schumer, Middlebury College
The history of math is murky, predating any written records. When did humans first grasp the basic concept of a number?...
I run ‘facial recognition’ on buildings to unlock architectural secrets
Peter Christensen, University of Rochester
About a decade ago, a modest update to Apple’s iPhoto software showed me a new way to study architectural history....
Superman at 80: How two high school friends concocted the original...
Brad Ricca, Case Western Reserve University
Superman – the first, most famous American superhero – turns 80 this year.
The comics, toys, costumes and billion-dollar Hollywood...
EXPLORING NATURE
Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched...
Eli Levenson-Falk, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Quantum mechanics describes the weird behavior of microscopic particles....
