history

How does chemotherapy work?

How symbols and brands shape our humanity

Why doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over?

How corn conquered the world

History's "worst" nun

How flags unite (and divide) us

Let's scan the whole planet with LiDAR

The myth of Loki and the master builder

Why do humans have a third eyelid?

The lie that invented racism

The Taino myth of the cursed creator

The weird history of the "sex chromosomes"

Are the Illuminati real?

The Greek myth of Talos, the first robot

The Maya myth of the morning star

What causes an economic recession?

The first and last king of Haiti

Ugly History: Japanese American incarceration camps

Why is colonialism (still) romanticized?

Why should you read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy?

The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed

A day in the life of a Celtic Druid

A brief history of chess

The psychological impact of child separation at the US-Mexico border

How guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system

Why should you read "Midnight's Children"?

Our immigration conversation is broken -- here's how to have a better one

A personal plea for humanity at the US-Mexico border

The secret student resistance to Hitler

The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire

The myth of Jason and the Argonauts

A day in the life of a Cossack warrior

Why should you read "Kafka on the Shore"?

From pacifist to spy: WWII's surprising secret agent

The murder of ancient Alexandria's greatest scholar

A brief history of cannibalism