Robert FitzRoy was not only the first popular weather forecaster; he was an architect of the very...
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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...
How did all of these monuments from Egypt end up in Rome? When were they transported and...
The ancient commitment to passive solar design offers more than inspiration. It offers instruction. Not all progress...
From Aston’s first measurements of mass defect to the sprawling complexity of ITER, fusion has promised to...
The history of green hydrogen is not a history of triumph but of recurrence. It returns with...
As archaeologists make more discoveries, they hope to be able to place these figures more firmly in...
Superb craftsmanship and imagery that is emblematic of their deities and unique artistic style. Introduction In the...
The early colonization of Latin America was a project of monumental violence. It erased civilizations, enslaved millions,...
The war on drugs, for all its failures and contradictions, succeeded in one respect: it offered a...
Many think that the history of medicine lies entirely in the West. That is really only part...
University educated physicians were only a small minority of all medical professionals and healers. Introduction Marquess of...
It shook assumptions, invited new models, and reminded early sixteenth-century Europeans that life itself (breath, motion, sound)...
It would not be until the nineteenth century that germ theory redefined infection as microbial invasion. Yet...
To historicize vaccine resistance is not to legitimize it but instead to understand its roots. From the...
Discovering Early Modern utopian ideals crafted in cubes, spheres, and pyramids. By Hugh Aldersey-WilliamsAuthor and Journalist This...
If it now serves as a monument more than a mandate, it is because it accomplished what...
To study its architecture is not merely to catalog renovations or stylistic shifts. It is to trace...
Air Force One promises transparency while enclosing secrecy. It represents accessibility while embodying insulation. It is a...
Horse fossils are abundant and widespread across North America. By Stephanie KillingsworthPh.D. Student in Geological SciencesThompson Earth...
Blue whales weren’t just mythic protectors of medieval Icelanders, though increasing evidence suggests that they were also...