WEIRD HISTORY
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the favorite to become México’s first female president. AP Photo/Marco Ugart – By Xavier Medina Vidal, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Arlington and by Christopher Chambers-Ju, Assistant …
Artist’s representation of AT2022tsd, aka the Tasmanian Devil LFBOT event. The image shows one possible explanation – of a black hole accumulating matter and powering a jet. Robert L. Hurt/Caltech/IPAC/Cornell University – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Nov 15 – Space is a place of astronomical …
Breaking up is hard to do. Glasshouse Images/Getty Images – By Susan Smith-Peter, Professor of Russian history, City University of New York Published: 2023 Nov 14 – Do names on a map matter? When they are in border territories, the answer is probably …
If traveling into the past is possible, one way to do it might be sending people through tunnels in space. by raggio5 via Pixabay – By Adi Foord, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Published: 2023 Nov 13 – …
Cranberries grow on vines in sandy bogs and marshes. Lance Cheung, USDA/Flick – By Serina DeSalvio, Ph.D. Candidate in Genetics and Genomics, Texas A&M University Published: 2023 Nov 09 – Cranberries are a staple in U.S. households at Thanksgiving – but how did …
The researchers analyzed recycled plastic pellets like these and found a shockingly high amount of chemical compounds that call the material’s use into question. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2023 Nov 10 – While the use of recycled plastics is normally considered a noble …
A brown bear in a Siberian boreal forest. Logan Berner, CC BY-ND – By Ronny Rotbarth, Ph.D. Candidate of Arctic and Sub-Arctic Ecology, Wageningen University and by David J. Cooper, Senior Research Scientist Emeritus, Colorado State University and by Logan Berner, Assistant Research Professor …
This 15th-century medical manuscript shows different colors of urine alongside the ailments they signify. Cambridge University Library, CC BY-NC – By Meg Leja, Associate Professor of History, Binghamton University, State University of New York Published: 2023 Nov 02 – Nothing calls to mind …
Hindu devotees prepare to scatter ashes of the deceased into the sea as part of Ngaben, a mass cremation ceremony, in Surabaya, Indonesia. Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty Images – By Liz Wilson, Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University Published: 2023 Oct 31 – …
A girl dressed as a ‘catrina’ takes part in the Catrinas Parade in México City to celebrate Day of the Dead. Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images – By Mathew Sandoval, Associate Teaching Professor in Culture & Performance, Arizona State University Published: 2023 Oct …
