Pasteurization’s success is so complete that it often becomes invisible, a background technology of safety like chlorination...
History
Fletcherism’s legacy is not merely that of a peculiar dietary eccentricity but of a revealing moment in...
History’s record suggests that vigilance must not be the task of regulators alone, but of societies willing...
Broken mirrors can be associated with bad luck, but for the ancient Maya, a cracked mirror was...
The whole hypothesis of gravity abolition is based on a mysterious papyru that was discovered in the...
Babylonian astronomy cannot be fully understood if confined to the history of science. It was, fundamentally, a...
For the medieval observer, the moon was a constant companion whose phases ordered the most intimate aspects...
The history of modern astrophysics is, in many ways, the history of a deepening intimacy with the...
A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged ideas about ‘respectable women’ and sex. By Dr. Anya JabourRegents Professor of HistoryUniversity of...
What did sexual education look like for women in the Regency era? By Dr. Alexandra VastiWriter and...
One can only be sure of one’s own experience, which does not necessarily correspond to objective reality....
The recently discovered 2,000 year old Roman dildo is but a dint in the long-standing history of...
Homoerotic literature in the medieval world reveals a striking dissonance between moral prescription and artistic expression. By...
The American Old West was a dynamic social frontier in which individuals navigated shifting boundaries of identity,...
Why build pyramids in the desert? A centuries-old puzzle may be answered by the slow wandering of...
There is a common theme in Native American stories: placing the good of one’s community ahead of...
The ancient Maya thought that reality was not static but ever-changing. There were no strict boundaries between...
The history of ancient weather prediction is not a linear march toward scientific truth. It is a...
By the close of the seventeenth century, the combined use of the devices produced in this period...
Robert FitzRoy was not only the first popular weather forecaster; he was an architect of the very...
A man who learns to love the machine of modernity. By Gideon LeekArchival Researcher/Web EditorPoetry in America...
The stories were infused with socio-metaphysical allegories regarding women and worth. The vast popularity of ghost stories...
It was the attributed symbolic, rather than the physical, characteristics that gave the building its power. Introduction...
From the dawn of arcades, to the rise of home consoles, the gaming industry has risen exponentially....
Few copies remain of the earliest known board game produced in the US. Introduction Board games are...
How did the inhabitants of the French colonies in North America spend their free time? Introduction People...
Although much of ancient Roman life revolved around business, there was also time available for leisure. Introduction...
Organizing and participating in the Sun Dance in Canada and the United States was illegal from the...
Visitors to the temple, both in the past and today, may be jolted by its sudden visual...
It was during the Islamic period that Persian tile work reached its full potential. Introduction Persian Haft...