Tag: history
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...
Why are fewer and fewer Americans fixing their noses?
Laurie Essig, Middlebury College
Americans love cosmetic surgery.
Last year in the U.S., there were 1.8 million plastic surgeries and nearly 16 million nonsurgical procedures, like...
The bottled water industry’s healthy origins
Alexandre Nobajas, Keele University
Huge outcry ensued from my recent article about how Brexit would hurt Britain’s bottled water industry. The outcry wasn’t to do...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
