WEIRD HISTORY
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 …
A new study offers the first evidence of menopause in a wild non-human primate population. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2023 Oct 26 – Other than a few species of whale, humans are the only mammals that consistently demonstrate the unusual phenomenon of menopause. …
The Río Grande, viewed from the Zaragoza International Bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, México. Vianey Rueda, CC BY-ND – By Vianey Rueda, PhD Student in Resource Ecology Management, University of Michigan and by Drew Gronewold, Associate Professor of Environment and …
An Osage man on the Arkansas River sometime between 1910 and 1918 – about a decade before the Osage Reign of Terror. Vince Dillion/Oklahoma Historical Society via Getty Images – By Shannon Toll, Associate Professor of Indigenous Literatures, University of Dayton Published: 2023 Oct …
Louis Brus, center, shares Nobel recognition with two other quantum dots pioneers. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images – By Louis Brus, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Columbia University Published: 2023 Oct 20 – The Nobel Prize in chemistry for 2023 goes to three scientists “for …
Six years after the #MeToo hashtag went viral, women in minority communities still face extra challenges addressing harassment and abuse. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren – By Keren McGinity, Research Associate, Brandeis University Published: 2023 Oct 17 – October 2023 marks the anniversary of …
Jim Jordan, center, has been working feverishly to line up support for his speakership. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite – By Charles R. Hunt, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University Published: 2023 Oct 18 – Political observers, most Americans and even members of …
