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Was there a Third A-Bomb? A Fourth? A Fifth?
The “Fat Man” is moved from Assembly Building #2, Tinian – By Don Farrell 2020 Aug 16 – High School textbooks teach that the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were flown to Japan by B-29 Superfortresses based on Tinian in the …
‘Ax Handle Saturday’: The Klan’s Vicious Attack On Black Protesters In Florida 60 Years Ago
The concept of racial profiling dates back decades, and it’s prevalent throughout U.S. history. (Allie Caren/The Washington Post) – SOURCE: Washington Post 2020 Aug 27 – The Florida Klansmen had armed themselves with ax handles. It was Aug. 27, 1960 — a year …
Five Strictly Professional Reasons Why Historians Dislike Donald Trump
The fable of the blind men and the elephant is one that speaks to historians’ sense of humility in the face of complexity and need to consider other points of view. It is unclear if Donald Trump grasps this lesson. – by Walter …
Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor
New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye color of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today. …
Wireless “photosheets” turn CO2 and sunlight into clean fuel
Dr Qian Wang and her fellow scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a “photosheet” capable of turning carbon dioxide into fuels using sunlight and water. University of Cambridge – By Nick Lavars 2020 Aug 24 – A device that effectively mimics the …
3 ways to get kids to tune in and pay attention when schools go virtual
This is what the school day currently looks like in many parts of the U.S. AP Photo/Jessica Hill – Authors Eric M. Anderman, Professor of Educational Psychology and Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement, The Ohio State University Kui Xie, Cyphert Distinguished Professor of …
Physicists witness time crystals interacting for the first time ever
Two time crystals interacting will repeatedly pass particles back and forth. OlegTroino/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2020 Aug 17 – We’re quickly learning more about time crystals, strange phases of matter that appear to break time-translation symmetry – something that was thought impossible until …
The Blob, and other effects of climate change that we aren’t talking about
There’s more going on than just melting glaciers and sea-level rise. Photo by Artem Beliaikin @belart84 on Unsplash – By Maddie Bender, Microbial Disease Epidemiology, Yale University 2019 Sep 25 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released their …
Ancient cancel cultures: The defacement of statues in America replicates a tradition going back millennia
Intentionally mutilated head of Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Elizabeth Ellis, CC BY-SA – Author Sarah Kurnick, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Aug 19 – Amid pleas for racial justice, protesters across the United States have mutilated hundreds of monuments. They …