WEIRD HISTORY
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 …
MULE TRAIN Wikipedia (CC) – The most unusual delivery method used by the Postal Service is a mule train in Arizona. The mules carry mail, food and supplies down a 9-mile trail to the Havasupai Indians at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. …
The 1MDB swindle is one of the most remarkable cases to hit New York’s justice system in years – but the trial poses a number of unanswered questions. Witness Timothy Leissner points out former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng in Brooklyn federal court …
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been lauded for his resistance to the Russian invasion. Photo by Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde/Getty Images – By Michael Blake, Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington Published: 2022 Mar 04 – Whatever happens …
In past conflicts Russia could hide small scale casualties, but not any more. A Russian tank destroyed by the Ukrainian forces in Lugansk region 26 February 2022. Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images – By Jack Watling Last modified on 2022 Mar 06 – When …
The sagas suggest she settled in Newfoundland and eventually made eight crossings of the North Atlantic Sea. As historian Nancy Marie Brown points out, “sking not ‘Are the sagas true?’ but ‘Are they plausible?’” is a far better barometer for testing the Viking …
A stunning number of Trump’s closest associates had deep ties to the Kremlin. The significance of this cannot be overstated. ‘The most striking role of the Russian government in the 2016 US election was its many, many ties with the Trump campaign.’ Photograph: …
