WEIRD HISTORY
Recent heat waves underscore Earth’s new climate state. Sean Gladwell via Getty Images – By Darrell Kaufman, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University – Published: 2023 Jul 21 – As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot …
Exactly why are they striking, who are the big names aboard, is it all streaming and AI’s fault and when will we see actors on screen again? The last hurrah … the cast of Oppenheimer at Thursday’s London premiere, which they exited as …
“uncovered a cache of 800 stone artifacts dating to more than 300,000 years ago.” The largest of the “Giant hand-axes” found at the future site of the Maritime Academy School in Frindsbury, Kent, measures 29.6 cm in length, and a maximum width of …
When the political drama landed, it promised a future that Netflix and its competitors couldn’t deliver. Now, TV execs are looking beyond the streaming age. Field of streams … (Clockwise from top left) Succession; Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power; Squid …
Conditions in rural England around the turn of the 20th century offer a case study for cultural evolution researchers. Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images – By Yakov Pichkar, Ph.D. Candidate in Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University AND Nicole Creanza, Assistant Professor of Biological …
The planet Halla has somehow survived an apocalypse from its host star Baekdu – but how? Tobias Roetsch/GTGRAPHICS.DE – By Michael Irving 2023 Jun 28 – Astronomers have discovered a planet that seems to have somehow survived an apocalyptic scenario. The “Hot Jupiter” closely …
Contrary to long-held assumptions of division of labor, it seems women were prolific hunters. Generated by Midjourney – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Jun 28 – While there has been evidence of women hunting, these historical discoveries have been treated more as the exception than …
Hunter Biden embraces his father, President Joe Biden, and his stepmother, Jill, at Biden’s 2021 inauguration. Drew Angerer/Getty Images – By Shannon Bow O’Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin Published: 2023 Jun 22 – Hunter Biden, the younger …
The practice of putting images of only deceased or allegorical people on U.S. stamps dates back to 1847. Schulte Productions/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Richard Handler, Professor of Anthropology, University of Virginia And Laura Goldblatt, Assistant Professor of English, University of …
An illustration of the new dinosaur, a master of migration. Mauricio Álvarez View gallery – 3 images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Jun 19 – Scientists have been able to name a new species of dinosaur that roamed the river plains of Chile’s Patagonia …
