This copy of a medieval manuscript illustration shows a peasant using a very modest version of the...
Day: October 8, 2018
Medieval townsfolk needed very different sorts of technologies than did rural farmers, and they eagerly adopted tools...
Why can’t we just quit Columbus? He’s a myth. And we love our myths. By Rick Shenkman / 10.03.2018...
Christopher Columbus is depicted here in his only state-sponsored, albeit non-authenticated, portrait, painted by Alejo Fernández between...
On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain with intentions to find a new route...
Suboxone, a medicine to treat opioid addiction, helps people struggling with substance abuse by blocking their cravings...
Hippocrates, the “father of medicine” / Public Domain By the 5th century BCE, there were attempts to identify...
Dated to the New Kingdom (c. 1570 – c. 1069 BCE), and specifically to c. 1200 BCE, the text...