Ever since moviegoers saw the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ millions have wondered if scientists could make a dinosaur...
History
People tell tales to explain what they see – centuries later, scientists try to map handed-down myths...
Afghanistan (meaning “land of the Afghans” or “Afghan land”) has been a strategically important location throughout history....
Greco-Bactrian cities, such as Ai-Khanoum in northeastern Afghanistan where Hellenistic remains have been found, demonstrate a sophisticated...
The Taliban have given every indication women and girls will face violence and repression as they take...
Women were seen as property subject to contract laws in the text. Introduction Modern practitioners of Judaism and Christianity often turn...
George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” was an instant success when it was first published. His writings continue to...
Original writers of biblical texts believed the end times were happening in THEIR time and were preparing...
These include talking or making sounds, drawing or painting, dancing, acting, and using symbols. By Emilia Potenza...
Two places in particular have been suggested as the original ‘birthplace of inoculation’. Edward Jenner (1749–1823), a...
Ancient and medieval people often looked to the stars in times of medical uncertainty. This article, The...
Trade and commerce brought enriching effects, but undesirable phenomena such as disease were also transmitted on a...
The results of Foote’s simple experiments were confirmed through hundreds of tests by scientists in the U.S....
Drought has been a threat multiplier for centuries, fueling conflict and migration from the time of the...
Using remnants of fossilized trees, scientists and an artist figured out what the forest looked like long...
LGBGT+ communities in the U.S. were well equipped to get residents health and social services early in...
Advice on how to deal with the 1918 pandemic will sound familiar to use today. By Dr....
George Washington knew the horrors of smallpox from personal experience. Health officials are welcoming celebrity endorsements of...
Different factors contributed to the learned medicine tradition through the more open attitudes of Renaissance humanism. Introduction...
It’s been possible to place a phone call on the go since shortly after World War II....
How can historians help us overcome our biases and polarization? Bias–an “attitude held towards a person or group...
Our history is full of both the good and the bad – “acts of courage and ....
Thucydides’ History was by no means the first history, but it laid a groundwork in important ways....
A First Amendment scholar writes about measures a century ago – and today – to silence those...
They extolled the active life of the citizen and praised humanity’s capacity to achieve greatness through knowledge....
Artists did not work on caves according to their own personal religious affiliation nor did they work...
Its shape was intended to recall two types of structures belonging to two different religious traditions. By...
How one photographer saw the promise of public housing in L.A.’s Aliso Village. When Aliso Village opened...
The occupation of fuller had a long history, dating back to Mesopotamia long before c.1600 BCE. Introduction...
The Polish-born Holocaust survivor paved the way for atheists to refuse to pledge to God in the...