WEIRD HISTORY
The sky’s not always the limit. AP Photo/Susan Walsh – By Steven Pressman, Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School Updated: 2023 May 27 – A tentative deal to raise the debt ceiling may finally end the game of chicken Republicans and Democrats …
More than 600,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War. Keith Lance/Digital Vision Vectors via Getty Images – By Robert Gudmestad, Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University Published: 2023 May 29 – Curious Kids is a series for children of …
The crystal container holding the ointment had an amphora shape. University of Córdoba – By Michael Franco 2023 May 26 – Thanks to finding bits of bone, tools, and other aspects of human existence, archeologists have been able to reconstruct much of what life …
Some Luddites simply want to press ‘pause’ on the uninhibited march of technological progress. Stan Eales/iStock via Getty Images – By Andrew Maynard, Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University Published: 2023 May 12 – The term “Luddite” emerged in early 1800s …
Thousands of Jewish immigrants and their children changed their names in America—but not at Ellis Island. The reasons are complicated and part of the Jewish struggle with their identity in America. Immigrants and inspectors in the registry room for legal inspections at Ellis …
People admire a massive statue of the Hindu goddess Kali. Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images – By Alyssa Beall, Teaching Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Humanities, and Philosophy, West Virginia University Published: 2023 May 10 – As we approach Mother’s Day, many groups …
Shutterstock – By Matt King, Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania and by Christopher Watson, Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania – University of Tasmania provides funding as a …
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, photographed in New York circa 1874. Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Marina Alexandrova, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin – Published: 2023 May 05 – Every May 8, thousands of people celebrate White …
Scientists are warning machine learning will soon outsmart humans – maybe it’s time for us to take note. An AI humanoid from the 2014 film Ex Machina. The technology has long featured in Hollywood films but is increasingly becoming part of real life. …
An artist’s reconstruction of the newly discovered rhynchosaur, Beesiiwo cooowuse, named in the language of the First Nations people indigenous to the area in which it was found. Gabriel Ugueto – By Paul McClure 2023 Apr 27 – Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
