WEIRD HISTORY
Martin Howard, left, and Stephen Hopkins came to opposing conclusions about their colonial British identities. Howard: John Singleton Copley via Wikimedia Commons; Hopkins: New York Public Library, CC BY-SA By Abby Chandler, Associate Professor of History, UMass Lowell Published: 2024 Jan 04 – …
An artist’s impression of a Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, which might neatly sum up the whole debate. University of Bath – By Michael Irving 2024 Jan 02 – The debate rages on about whether fossils of small tyrannosaurs were a distinct species …
Extreme downpours filled downtown Montpelier, Vt., with water in July 2023. John Tully for The Washington Post via Getty Images – By Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton Published: 2023 Dec 19 – The year 2023 was marked …
Joel Roberts Poinsett is given credit for bringing the popular red and green plant to the U.S. Constantine Johnny/Getty Images Published: 2023 Dec 19 Author Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Assistant Professor of History, Miami University If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett …
Nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and other gingerbread spices. Almaje/iStock via Getty Images – By Serina DeSalvio, Ph.D. Candidate in Genetics and Genomics, Texas A&M University Published: 2023 Dec 11 – Regardless of how you celebrate end-of-year holidays, food is probably central to your winter …
A study has found that Swedish Viking dentistry was surprisingly advanced. AI-generated by DALL-E View gallery – 3 images – By Paul McClure 2023 Dec 14 – Researchers have examined the teeth of Swedish Vikings and found that aside from evidence of decay and …
Artistic rendition of the Rhynie Chert in the Early Devonian period. Victor O. Leshyk View gallery – 3 images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Dec 07 – A fungus that attacked other organisms 407 million years ago has been unearthed among a collection …
Voters in a county election, 1854. Etching by John Sartain after painting by George Caleb Bingham; National Gallery of Art – By Thomas Coens, Research Associate Professor of History, University of Tennessee Published: 2023 Dec 05 – From the time of the founding …
Google’s Gemini AI represents the next step-change in a wildly accelerating field. Google – By Loz Blain 2023 Dec 06 – Google has unveiled its awesome next-gen Gemini AI, claiming it outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-4 – as well as human experts – on nearly all …
President Richard Nixon, left, speaks with national security adviser Henry Kissinger at the White House in September 1972. AP Photo – By Jarrod Hayes’ Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell Published: 2022 Dec 14, Updated: 2023 Nov 29 – Henry Kissinger, who …
