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Origin story: Rewriting human history through our DNA
December 19, 2019
For most of our evolutionary history — for most of the time anatomically modern humans have been on…
Do you know what this is? This antique item helped parents to sleep in peace
November 28, 2019
Some inventions come and go. They lose relevance due to the changes in our way of living. And…
This weapon is not a boomerang – it is its much heavier sibling from the Indian subcontinent
November 23, 2019
Everyone knows what a boomerang is. It is an ancient weapon of aboriginal Australians, who used it for…
50 Years Ago: Countdown Begins for Apollo 12
November 8, 2019
In November 1969, American astronauts prepared to embark on the second mission to land humans on the Moon.…
This is the Machine Astronauts Trained on to Land on the Moon
November 1, 2019 
Faking the Moon landings was a huge undertaking. In order to fool the degenerate critical thinkers out there,…
Icelandic necropants – what purpose was Nábrók supposed to serve?
October 28, 2019
If you want to be rich, you have to work really hard. Or you can resort to using…
Although it may not seem like it, these things are actually highly effective weapons
September 6, 2019
Humanity has been at war for most of its existence. Even when no major conflicts were taking place,…
This bizarre looking thing was actually a very effective weapon, but how was it used?
September 3, 2019
This is an actual weapon. It may look a bit weird with spikes facing inwards, but this circular…
New artifacts suggest first people arrived in North America earlier than previously thought
August 30, 2019
Stone tools and other artifacts unearthed from an archeological dig at the Cooper’s Ferry site in western Idaho…
You can only found chimneys like this in one place – do you see why they are special?
August 26, 2019
Jersey is a British Crown dependency near the coast of Normandy, France. It is rather a small island,…
Russian roulette is a stupid game, but did you know old and well-oiled revolvers are not suitable for it?
July 22, 2019
Russian roulette is an extremely stupid lethal game, made popular by movies and TV. Essentially, each player takes…
Did you know that people used to sleep twice per night? Maybe we should return to this regime?
July 22, 2019
You have to sleep at least 8 hours per night. Otherwise you’re not going to be able to…
What is this surprisingly beautiful weapon? How is it different from a tomahawk?
July 22, 2019
Take a look at this axe. It is not an ordinary carpenter’s or forester’s axe – this is…
How funny-looking war hammers replaced powerful swords? It was just a better weapon
July 20, 2019
Sword is a symbol of Middle Ages. However, later in the period something less scary replaced these cold…
You won’t believe what people of Roman Empire used urine for – they laughed at this themselves
July 19, 2019
We as humans are kind of weird. We don’t like contact with our own body fluids, despite them…
Sai – misunderstood ancient Japanese weapon, which is not a dagger
May 24, 2019
You may not know the name of it, but you’ve definitely seen sai – an ancient Japanese weapon,…
Probably the worst handgun ever made – what made Nambu Type 94 so terrible?
May 24, 2019 
There have been many poorly designed weapons, but none of them reached production levels of the Nambu Type…
Bobby Leach went down the Niagara Falls in a barrel, but eventually died from a bizarrely small cause
April 15, 2019
Here’s a thing – we’re all going to die and there is nothing you can do about it.…
Searching for the lost ships of Cortés
January 17, 2019
In July of 1519, in a brazen act that would upend history, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés ordered his…
Why king of hearts doesn’t have a moustache? Is he stabbing himself to his head?
October 4, 2018
Everyone is familiar with playing cards. We use them from a very young age and they are so…
Leprosy Possibly Originated in Europe
May 10, 2018 
Researchers of the University of Zurich, the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute in Jena have…
Do tanks have toilets? And is it true that British tanks have tea kettles?
April 21, 2018
One of the major symbols of the modern warfare is a tank. Ever since the First World War…
Research sheds new light on prehistory of Dravidian languages and their speakers
March 23, 2018
The findings, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, shed new light on the prehistory of these languages,…
Scientists are moving forward with preservation of The Mary Rose’s cannonballs, but some sacrifices had to be made
March 12, 2018
The Mary Rose ship sank in 1545. When in 1982 it was raised from the sea, 1,200 cannonballs…
How long humans and turkeys are together? Even Mayans and Aztecs adored these birds
January 18, 2018
Turkey is a very important bird for us now. Mostly because they taste so good and are culturally…
Archaeologists cast doubt on controversial ‘hobbit’ theory
December 29, 2017
A recent study at a Micronesian burial site may finally put a decade-long controversy to rest. Published in…
17th century will shows that family meltdowns during Christmas is not a new thing
December 22, 2017
Christmas would not be Christmas is your family didn‘t have a good old meltdown. Everyone is stressed –…
Io Io Io! Modern Christmas vs Roman Saturnalia
December 20, 2017
Whilst we celebrate Christmas, over 2000 years ago the ancient Romans were busy with their own winter festival;…
Huge barcodes in the U.S. desert – what for?
July 19, 2017
Even if we do not notice, barcodes follow us throughout our daily lives, almost everywhere. Now they are…
Preserved Fortification, Donkey Stables Dating to King Solomon Discovered at Timna Valley Excavations
January 18, 2017
Some believe that the fabled mines of King Solomon were located among copper smelting camps in Israel’s Timna…
- Slice and Dice: Human Groups in the Levant 500,000 Years Ago Used Tiny, Flint “Surgical” Tools to Butcher Elephants
September 12, 2019 - Troubled by zombies? Gravedigger-turned historian has you covered
October 10, 2017 - Native Americans raised classic holiday bird long before first Thanksgiving
November 22, 2016 - Details of “Game of Thrones” are actually taken from medieval history and literature
November 6, 2016 - A Brief History of HD Technology
July 27, 2016 - Research resolves long-debated Mesopotamia timeline
July 21, 2016 - Eurasian Outbreaks of Plague were Caused by a Single Strain of Bacterium, Researchers Find
June 9, 2016 - Ancient farmhouse and monastery discovered in Israel
January 6, 2016 - Humans began altering natural world 6,000 years ago
December 17, 2015 - Encounters: Sights and sounds of India captured in new mobile app
November 30, 2015 - Survey shows shockingly small knowledge about Holocaust in schools in UK
October 29, 2015 - Hunting Prospero
October 29, 2015
- History professor examines environmental cost of tapping alternate sources for water, oil
October 29, 2015 - Plague in humans ‘twice as old’ but didn’t begin as flea-borne, ancient DNA reveals
October 23, 2015 - What did builders of Stonehenge eat?
October 15, 2015 - Rare spearheads uncovered on Rottnest Island
October 15, 2015
- Remembering the Vela Incident
September 23, 2015 - Archaeologists piece together how crew survived 1813 shipwreck in Alaska
September 9, 2015 - Solar System Guide
September 7, 2015 - How media ‘fluff’ helped Hitler rise to power
August 31, 2015 - Overcoming assumptions about Islamic Art
August 26, 2015 - Underwater Stonehenge-like Monument Discovered
August 25, 2015 - Historian explores ’60s counterculture in ‘American Hippies’
August 18, 2015 - Documents that Changed the World: Charles Richter’s seismic scale, 1935
August 15, 2015 - Chinese cave ‘graffiti’ tells a 500-year story of climate change and impact on society
August 14, 2015 - ESA’s ‘first’ satellite: COS-B
August 10, 2015 - Gemini V: Paving the Way for Long Duration Spaceflight
August 7, 2015 - The 14th Century Black Death Mortality Rates may Have Had Causes Other than the Plague
August 6, 2015 - International Researchers Discover First Evidence of Farming in Mideast
July 23, 2015 - Digging through history using digital tools
July 9, 2015 - New timeline links volcanic eruptions to centuries of cold temperature extremes
July 9, 2015 - New study shows South Africans using milk-based paint 49,000 years ago
July 2, 2015 - LHC physicists preserve Native American voices
June 15, 2015 - History of Technology: The NACA’s First Wind Tunnel
June 12, 2015 - Hidden secrets of Yale’s 1491 world map revealed via multispectral imaging
June 12, 2015 - U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Welcomes Quartet of Space Heroes
June 9, 2015 - What Does NASA Stand For?
June 8, 2015 - Mathematics: The Beautiful Language of the Universe
June 8, 2015 - America’s First Spacewalker Receives NASA’s Ambassador of Exploration Award
June 5, 2015 - Evidence of oldest human occupation in Mid-West discovered
June 5, 2015 - New NASA Documentary Chronicles 50 Years of Spacewalks
June 4, 2015 - Gemini IV — Learning to Walk in Space
June 2, 2015 - Students uncover story behind 19th-century African-American ‘selfies’
June 2, 2015 - History of Spacewalk: Stepping Into the Void
June 2, 2015 - America’s First Space Station: The NASA Skylab
June 2, 2015 - Four NASA Heroes Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
June 1, 2015 - Study explores how past Native American settlement modified WNY forests
May 29, 2015 - The Oldest-Known Stone Tool Pre-Dates the Genus Homo by up to 700.000 Years
May 22, 2015 - Four decades of tracking European spacecraft
May 19, 2015 - May 13, 1992, Record-Setting Spacewalk on Shuttle Endeavour’s First Mission
May 14, 2015 - American medical experimentation on slaves “frequent, commonplace and widespread”
May 11, 2015 - When do mothers need others?
May 11, 2015 - The History of Night Vision
May 11, 2015 - As the river rises: Cahokia’s emergence and decline linked to Mississippi River flooding
May 7, 2015 - As the river rises: Cahokia’s emergence and decline linked to Mississippi River flooding
May 5, 2015 - What Animals Have Been to Space?
May 5, 2015 - Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope
April 27, 2015 - Celestial fireworks celebrate Hubble’s 25th anniversary
April 24, 2015 - Calculating how the Pacific was settled
April 22, 2015 - Finding signs of climate change and adaptation in the ancient Maya lowlands
April 22, 2015 - The Hard-won Triumph of the Apollo 13 Mission – 45 Years Later
April 17, 2015 - 30 years and counting, the X-ray laser lives on
April 17, 2015 - Yale project on ancient Mesopotamia makes the ‘esoteric’ more accessible
April 13, 2015 - “Hubble” – One Word Says It All
April 13, 2015 - Expect the Unexpected in a Hubble 25th Anniversary Video
April 13, 2015 - VIPTRON — the machine that could see and identify objects
April 8, 2015 - Huge Digital Project Maps Explosion of Print During the Enlightenment
April 7, 2015 - PC Gaming: A (Short) History
March 24, 2015 - Albert Einstein, in his own words
March 23, 2015 - Prehistoric Stone Tools Bear 500,000-Year-Old Animal Residue
March 20, 2015
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