WEIRD HISTORY
Tommy Wang/Getty – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne By Erica Kuligowski, Principal Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University And by Ruggiero Lovreglio, Professor in Digital Construction and Fire Engineering, Te …
Scientists used drones to produce this 3D model of Rano Raraku, the volcanic crater where 95% of Rapa Nui’s giant statues were carved. Lipo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC BY – By Carl Lipo, Professor of Anthropology and Associate Dean for Research, …
Modern wolves and dogs both descend from an ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears. Iza Lyson/500px Prime via Getty Images – By Audrey T. Lin, Research Associate in Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution And by Logan Kistler, Curator of Archaeobotany and Archaeogenomics, …
‘The First Thanksgiving, 1621,’ by Jean L. G. Ferris. Library of Congress – By Thomas Tweed, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History, University of Notre Dame Published: 2025 Nov 13 – Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food …
Polling shows that 1 in 8 Americans have tried GLP-1 drugs. zimmytws/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By David B. Sarwer, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University Published: 2025 Nov 21 – The Trump administration is making a significant effort to …
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images – By Nancy Forster-Holt, Clinical Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Rhode Island Published: 2025 Nov 20 – By now, Americans know the strange math of minting: Each penny costs about 4 cents to make. Chances are you have …
Pecan pie is a popular holiday treat in the United States. Julie Deshaies/iStock via Getty Images – By Shelley Mitchell, Senior Extension Specialist in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University Published: 2025 Nov 18 – Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have …
A purple and white flag representing the world’s oldest democracy, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, flies above a Mohawk flag at a Native American gathering. Giordanno Brumas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images – By Kathleen DuVal, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill …
High-voltage power lines run through an electrical substation in Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Image – By Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines And by Kyri Baker, Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of …
Comprehensive Cleanup Needed Instead of More Nuclear Weapons Santa Fe, NM – The New Mexico Environment Department has announced: “A toxic chromium plume from Los Alamos National Laboratory has spread beyond Lab boundaries onto Pueblo de San Ildefonso land for the first time, …
