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When Shoshana Johnson decided to join the military, her intention wasn’t to make history.
Students at an English university have demanded that their curriculum be “decolonized”. What does that mean?
An eye-catching ‘scaly-dragon’ map of Berlin’s public transport system in 1927
With his 51st Oscar nomination for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, composer John Williams has mastered the craft of the film score.
Did you know the U.S. is actually almost half empty?
The Middle Ages see a resurgence of interest among the alt-right and some conservative thinkers.
While Kellyanne Conway spoke of a nonexistent massacre, there was a real, historical massacre that took place at Bowling Green – in New York City.
We can all rattle off a few Greek philosophers to win a trivia prize, but how many Golden Age philosophers are you familiar with? Here’s a primer.
A Cornell University professor believes he has our food, climate, and fuel revolution answered all with one organism: microalgae.
Three new studies suggest early modern humans migrated from Africa in one massive migration between 75,000 and 50,000 years ago.
It’s incredibly simple and straightforward, and the science doesn’t lie. (And yes, global warming played a role!) “The hurricane flooded me out of a lot of memorabilia, but it can’t flood […]
Electronics factory workers in Shenzen have a their own manufacturing scene going at night.
A recent DNA analysis shows that a skeleton found in a famous Viking grace belonged to a female warrior.
Democracy needs a new PR team. Polls about the way US millennials view democracy seem shocking, but analyzing their reasoning brings about an unsettling truth.
America’s most popular conspiracy theories and the science behind them.
Mass migration is nothing new; the ancestors of modern Europeans themselves came from the Middle East.
Retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis is known as “Chaos,” “Warrior Monk,” and “Mad Dog.” The names reflect his blunt way of speaking, and his ability to get results.
Saudi clerics see Pokemon Go as anti-Islamic and full of forbidden symbols and ideas (like evolution!), so have renewed their 2001 fatwa on it.
In a world where women are having children later in life, we are faced with new questions in reproductive ethics. Here we ask, “Do children have a right to be loved by grandparents?”
The Global economic midpoint is returning to Asia – at increasing speed.
While cupping hit the mainstream thanks to Olympic athletes, the practice has a religious history in Islam.
Ravenser Odd is just one of 29 towns swallowed by the North Sea
Are Macron and Le Pen re-enacting a centuries-old conflict?
A new study predicts air-travel turbulence may occur over larger areas thanks to climate change.
Modern terrorism has roots in a mythical sect of assassins from the time of the Crusades.
I’ll meet you at the corner of Saruman and Aragorn
Mathematician Dr. Hannah Fry tells the story of zero, a genius idea that transformed human progress.
Want to Help Defuse ISIS’ Propaganda? See How It Works from the Inside. The recent attacks in Paris shine a light on the world’s current biggest boogeyman: ISIS. “Boogeyman” is […]