Tag: history
Authoritarian rulers aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek...
Debbie Felton, UMass Amherst
“No Kings” rallies. “Good Trouble” protests. “Rage against the Regime” uprisings. These events in the...
At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long...
Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University
As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
