WEIRD HISTORY
An orange flag with the traditional Indian swastika on top of ancient Hindu temples in the Himalayas. (Shutterstock) – By James M. Skidmore, Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies, University of Waterloo Published: 2017 Aug 17 – The images from Charlottesville, Va., of …
Children celebrating Easter, with their Easter Bunnies and Easter eggs. Sanja Radin/Collection E+ via Getty Images – By Tok Thompson, Professor of Anthropology and Communication, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2022 Apr 13 – The Easter Bunny is a much …
Frederick Lanchester – City of Canada Bay Heritage Society Updated on 2019 Nov 18 – When Frederick Lanchester, the man who built Britain’s first all-British car, fell on hard times in 1944 he applied to the British government for a special pension on …
A new film and play about an allied intelligence operation resonate at a time when conflict and propaganda haunt Europe again. ‘They got completely obsessed by it’: Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Cholmondeley, Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu and Johnny Flynn as Ian …
– By Megan Marples, CNN • Updated 2022 Apr 01 – (CNN) — Some mistakes are hard to shake. – For over 100 years, one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, Machu Picchu, has been known by the wrong name, …
Artist’s rendering of the Chicxulub asteroid entering Earth’s atmosphere 66 million years ago, triggering events that caused a mass extermination. Roger Harris/Science Photo library via Getty Images – By Brian Lovett, Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University Published: 2022 Mar 28 Curious Kids …
Typical amounts of solar particles hitting the earth’s magnetosphere can be beautiful, but too much could be catastrophic. Svein-Magne Tunli – tunliweb.no/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SA – By David Wallace, Assistant Clinical Professor of Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University Published: 2022 Mar 18 – On …
St. Brigid of Kildare’s shrine in Faughart, County Louth, Ireland. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/ Hulton Archive via Getty Images – By Lisa Bitel, Professor of History & Religion, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Published: 2022 Mar 11 – On March 17, …
It is hoped discovery of medieval trading town Ravenser Odd can teach people about perils of climate crisis. Ravenser Odd, thought to have been located near Spurn Point in the Humber estuary, was destroyed in 1362. Photograph: Mr. Nut/Alamy – By Mark Brown …
ICIJ announces the Russia Archive, an inside look at the hidden wealth of oligarchs and elites close to Putin. For a decade, ICIJ has revealed the financial secrets of Russia’s most powerful people. Our team is mining millions of leaked files for new …
