History
- theconversation.com The Singapore Stone’s carvings have been undeciphered for centuries – now we’re trying to crack the puzzle
Despite its name, this sandstone slab is not a simple stone. It was once part of a monument, an ancient epigraph measuring three by three metres carrying about 50 lines of text.
- www.smithsonianmag.com Ancient DNA Illuminates the History of Malaria, One of the World's Deadliest Diseases
Researchers extracted parasitic DNA from preserved teeth and bones, revealing how malaria spread across the globe in a new study
- arstechnica.com Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato
Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll.
- news.westernu.ca Western research reveals photos previously 'lost forever' - Western News
Researchers from Western University developed a technique to create images from old, badly tarnished daguerreotypes, the earliest photographs.
- www.smithsonianmag.com A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Radioactive Oatmeal Go Down
When MIT and Quaker Oats paired up to conduct experiments on unsuspecting young boys
- www.visualcapitalist.com Histomap: Visualizing the 4,000 Year History of Global Power
We examine the Histomap, an ambitious timeline that details the power of various civilizations going all the way back to 2,000 B.C
- publicdomainreview.org Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)
A type of woodblock print known as *namazu-e*, these images involve a myth that earthquakes were caused by the movements of a great catfish.
- www.technologyreview.com What Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future
Opposing technology isn’t antithetical to progress.
- thereader.mitpress.mit.edu The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
- yalereview.org Catherine Nicholson: "On Ramie Targoff's Shakespeare’s Sisters"
A new book celebrates—and sells short—Shakespeare's sisters.
- theconversation.com Oppenheimer feared nuclear annihilation – and only a chance pause by a Soviet submariner kept it from happening in 1962
During the Cuban missile crisis, World War III was likely averted by what one US official called ‘just plain dumb luck.’
History has often been shaped by chance and luck.
One of the blockbuster films of the past year, “Oppenheimer,” tells the dramatic story of the development of the atomic bomb and the physicist who headed those efforts, J. Robert Oppenheimer. But despite the Manhattan Project’s success depicted in the film, in his latter years, Oppenheimer became increasingly worried about a nuclear holocaust resulting from the proliferation of these weapons.
Over the past 80 years, the threat of such nuclear annihilation was perhaps never greater than during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
- www.smithsonianmag.com World War II 'Rumor Clinics' Helped America Battle Wild Gossip
Newspapers and magazines across the United States published weekly columns debunking lurid claims that were detrimental to the war effort
- www.nytimes.com Surrealism Is 100. The World’s Still Surreal.
Exhibitions around the world are celebrating the art movement’s centennial and asking whether our crazy dreams can still set us free.
- www.smithsonianmag.com The Real History Behind FX's 'Shogun'
A new adaptation offers a fresh take on James Clavell's 1975 novel, which fictionalizes the stories of English sailor William Adams, shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and Japanese noblewoman Hosokawa Gracia
- www.smithsonianmag.com What Is the Dominant Emotion in 400 Years of Women's Diaries?
A new anthology identifies frustration as a recurring theme in journals written between 1599 and 2015
- www.theroot.com More Myths And Truths About The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Transatlantic Slave Trade lasted for more than 400 years.
- www.medievalists.net Unveiling Fake Medieval Art through Science - Medievalists.net
In 1962, the Taft Museum of Art received an artwork as part of a donation - a beautiful painting depicting the crucifixion of Jesus. For the next sixty years it was believed to have been the work of an Italian Renaissance master. In reality, it was a fake.
- www.theguardian.com Shakespeare expert overturns fly-tipper myth about playwright’s father
Exclusive: John Shakespeare’s muckhill fine in 1552 was a waste disposal toll rather than a punishment, researcher says
- theconversation.com History’s crisis detectives: how we’re using maths and data to reveal why societies collapse – and clues about the future
Historian and complexity scientist, Dan Hoyer, examines why past societies collapsed when faced with crisis, while others founds ways to survive and flourish.
- theconversation.com Written accounts reveal how sexual assault claims were dealt with in the middle ages
Written medieval records clearly show that women publicly and successfully reported men to the local authorities for sexual assault.
- www.smithsonianmag.com These Paintings Reveal How the Dutch Adapted to Extreme Weather During the Little Ice Age
Artists like Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Hendrick Avercamp documented locals' resilience in the face of freezing winters and food shortages
- daily.jstor.org Colonial Masquerade: Convict, Pirate, Gentleman, Con - JSTOR Daily
The convict ships that colonized Australia carried people desperate to get out of their sentence. At least, that was true of Michael Stewart.
- daily.jstor.org Home Front: Black Women Unionists in the Confederacy - JSTOR Daily
The resistance and unionism of enslaved and freed Black women in the midst of the Confederacy is an epic story of sacrifice for nation and citizenship.
- www.bbc.com How the codpiece flopped
Some codpieces were empty – while others were used to store potpourri.
- aeon.co Why surgery and barbering were one occupation in the Middle Ages | Aeon Videos
Medieval barbers didn’t just give haircuts – they performed a variety of surgeries, from tooth extraction to amputation
- doinghistoryinpublic.org I was taught by a “Garbage Cleaner”: Backlash to Online History Communication
By Matúš Lazar Alongside his doctoral research on public history, Matúš Lazar also runs a YouTube channel under the name M. Laser. In this post, he discusses his experience in producing historical …
- www.theguardian.com Chart toppers of 17th century revived by historians and musicians
Pirates, kings and kidnappers feature in songs on website showcasing origins of modern music industry
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- phys.org Dogs in the middle ages: What medieval writing tells us about our ancestors' pets
In the middle ages, most dogs had jobs. In his book De Canibus, the 16th-century English physician and scholar John Caius described a hierarchy of dogs, which he classified first and foremost according to their function in human society.
- How photos are cabled across the Atlantic (1926)
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- www.tabletmag.com What the Pope Knew
New historical discoveries cast light on the Vatican’s response to the Holocaust
