WEIRD HISTORY
Samaritans celebrate Shavuot atop Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank. Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua via Getty Images – By Terry Giles, Professor of Theology, Gannon University Published: 2022 Aug 19 – “Good Samaritan” is a label often used to describe someone acting selflessly to benefit …
Humans are the only animals that express their thoughts in full sentences. Oliver Rossi/DigitalVision via Getty Images – By Richard Futrell, Associate Professor of Language Science, University of California, Irvine Published: 2022 Aug 08 – Curious Kids is a series for children of …
With dozens of streaming services now available the first wave of the streaming wars has passed. What comes next? Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Aug 03 – With Netflix losing subscribers for the first time in a decade we now move to phase …
Three soldiers (far right) carry karnyxes, long horns with frightening boar-headed mouths that produce eerie calls during battle. Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Adrienne Mayor, Research Scholar, Classics and History and Philosophy of Science, Stanford University – Published: 2022 Aug …
Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov charged over accusations he sought to spread division and propaganda and meddle in elections. The US attorney Roger B Handberg, with the St Petersburg police chief, Anthony Holloway, left, and the FBI special agent David Walker, speaks to reporters in …
People currently speak approximately 7,000 languages around the globe. Michael Gavin, CC BY-ND – By Michael Gavin, Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University Published: 2017 Jul 16 – The thatched roof held back the Sun’s rays, but it …
A new set of chemical reactions could help explain the origins of life on Earth. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2022 Jul 29 – Exactly how non-living molecules sparked into life is one of the most puzzling mysteries of science. Now scientists at Scripps …
A new U.S. quarter shows Nina Otero-Warren, a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement and the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools. U.S. Mint – By Anna María Nogar, Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of …
“Code: 4 | Message: Something went wrong during native playback.” Video Ad Feedback Source: CNN Who is Tony Ornato and why does he matter to the January 6 committee? – By Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN Updated 2022 Jul 14 …
Fuelled by hype and hysteria, the market in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies went from an obscure niche to a $3tn industry. Then the house of cards collapsed. ‘You fall into this La-La land of thinking: I’m going to make it.’ Illustration: Scott Balmer/The …
