RIP Gladys Mae West, the Pioneering Black Mathematician Who Helped Lay the Foundation for GPS Post date January 28, 2026 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History, math, technology
Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935) Post date January 28, 2026 Post author By OC Post categories In Film, History
The World’s Oldest Cave Art, Discovered in Indonesia, Is at Least 67,800 Years Old Post date January 26, 2026 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In archaeology, Art, History
Hannah Arendt Explains How Propaganda Uses Lies to Erode All Truth & Morality: Insights from The Origins of Totalitarianism Post date January 26, 2026 Post author By OC Post categories In History, politics
Discover the World’s First Earthquake Detector, Invented in China 2,000 Years Ago Post date January 23, 2026 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History, technology
A Brief Introduction to Buckminster Fuller and His Techno-Optimistic Ideas Post date January 21, 2026 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History, technology
Watch the Evolution of Paris Unfold in a Timelapse Video, from 300 BCE to 2025 Post date January 20, 2026 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History
A Brief History of Surrealist Art: From the Bible and Ancient Egypt to Salvador Dalí’s Dream Worlds Post date January 12, 2026 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Art, History
COBOL in the 21st Century: The Invisible Engine Post date January 7, 2026 Post author By Sanalkumar Parameswaran Post categories In cobol, History, mainframe, programming
Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online Post date January 7, 2026 Post author By OC Post categories In History, language
The Greek Mythology Family Tree: A Visual Guide Shows How Zeus, Athena, and the Ancient Gods Are Related Post date January 6, 2026 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In design, History, religion
The Birth of Espresso: The Story Behind the Coffee Shots That Fuel Modern Life Post date January 2, 2026 Post author By OC Post categories In Food & Drink, History
The Mystery of How a Samurai Ended up in 17th Century Venice Post date December 31, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History
How Far Back in History Can You Start to Understand English? Post date December 29, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In English Language, History, language
What Pompeii Looked Like Hours Before Its Destruction: A Reconstruction Post date December 22, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History
A Visual Timeline of World History: Watch the Rise & Fall of Civilizations Over 5,000 Years Post date December 18, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In design, History
Hear Debussy Play Debussy: A Vintage Recording from 1913 Post date December 18, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In History, Music, photography
The Evil Genius of Fascist Design: How Mussolini and Hitler Used Art & Architecture to Project Power Post date December 17, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In architecture, History, politics
How Movies Created Their Special Effects Before CGI: Metropolis, 2001: A Space Odyssey & More Post date December 16, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Film, History
Spaceships, atoms, and cybernetics Post date December 16, 2025 Post author By Adactio: Journal Post categories In Apollo, atomic, audio, chile, coldwar, cybernetics, cybersyn, feeds, History, nuclear, Podcasts, rss, Science, spacecraft, spacerace, spaceships, stories, technology, usa, ussr
How Many Humans Have Ever Lived, and How Many Are Alive Right Now? Post date December 16, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In Biology, History
Take a Tour of 18th-Century London, Recreated with AI Post date December 15, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Art, artificial-intelligence, History
Göbekli Tepe: The 12,000-Year-Old Ruins That Rewrite the Story of Civilization Post date December 12, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In archaeology, History
The Earliest Known Customer Complaint Was Made 3,800 Years Ago: Read the Rant on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet Post date December 11, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In archaeology, History, life
Was the Baghdad Battery Actually a Battery?: An Archaeologist Demystifies the 2,000-Year-Old Artifact Post date December 10, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In archaeology, History
Why Do Filmmakers Call The Battle of Algiers the Greatest War Movie Ever?: Watch It Free Online Post date December 3, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Film, History
The Oldest Known Depiction of Human Sexuality: The Turin Papyrus (Circa 1150 B.C.E.) Post date December 3, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In History, life
The Unlikely Friendship of Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla Post date December 2, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History, Literature, technology
Inside Disney’s Long, Frustrated Quest to Create Artificial Human Beings: A Six-Hour Documentary Post date December 1, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History, technology
What Makes Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon Perhaps the Most Revolutionary Painting of the 20th Century? Post date November 26, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Art, History
Thanksgiving Menu at the Plaza Hotel in New York City (1899) Post date November 26, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In Food & Drink, History
Watch Winsor McCay’s The Sinking of the Lusitania, the First Major Animated Propaganda Film (1918) Post date November 25, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In animation, History
200 Ansel Adams Photographs Expose the Rigors of Life in Japanese Internment Camps During WW II Post date November 24, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In History, photography
Take a 2‑Hour Walking Tour Through New York City: Architects Reveal the Secrets Behind Its Most Iconic Buildings Post date November 24, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In architecture, History
The Fascinating History of Tarot Card Decks: From the Renaissance to the Modern Day Post date November 18, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Art, History, Museums
Why Your Vision of Ancient Rome Is All Wrong, According to Historian Mary Beard Post date November 14, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History
How Paris Became Paris: The Story Behind Its Iconic Squares, Bridges, Monuments & Boulevards Post date November 13, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In architecture, History
The First Photograph of a Human Being: A Photo Taken by Louis Daguerre in 1838 Post date November 12, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In History, photography
Beautiful, Color Photographs of Paris Taken a Century Ago—at the Beginning of World War I & the End of La Belle Époque Post date November 11, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In History, photography
The Ambitious Engineering Behind the Golden Gate Bridge Post date November 10, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In architecture, History
The Roman Empire’s Vast Road Network—186,000 Miles of It—Has Just Been Mapped in a New Digital Atlas Post date November 7, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History, maps
The Roman Empire’s Vast Road Network—186,000 Miles of It—Has Just Been Mapped in a New Digital Atlas Post date November 7, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History, maps
Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Inventions Rendered in 3D Animation: Helicopters, Robotic Knights, The First Ever Diving Suit & More Post date November 6, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In History, technology
A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens Post date November 6, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In Astronomy, design, Fashion, History
Discover the Oldest Book of the Americas: A Close Look at the Astronomical Maya Codex of Mexico Post date November 5, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Astronomy, books, History
How Marlon Brando Changed Acting: Inside a Scene from On the Waterfront Post date November 4, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Film, History
Bóthar Post date November 3, 2025 Post author By Adactio: Journal Post categories In cowpaths, cows, design, History, html, irish, language, principles, roads, romans, ux
The 1957 “Spaghetti-Grows-on-Trees” Hoax: One of TV’s First April Fools’ Day Pranks Post date November 3, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In Comedy, History, Television
When Marcel Duchamp Drew a Mustache & Goatee on the Mona Lisa (1919) Post date October 30, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Art, History
A Tour of a Utopian Home Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Presented by His Last Living Client Post date October 29, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In architecture, History
How “Reliable” Systems Almost Started a Nuclear War Post date October 26, 2025 Post author By Cfir Aguston Post categories In engineering, History, nuclear-weapons, software engineering, technology
You Can Now See the Parthenon Without Scaffolding for the First Time in 200 Years Post date October 24, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In architecture, History
The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s Death: 19 Theories on What Caused the Poet’s Demise Post date October 24, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In History, Literature
Lección desde la Nube: Caída en AWS (us-east-1) el 19-20 de octubre de 2025 Post date October 23, 2025 Post author By Afu Tse (Chainiz) Post categories In aws, History, outage, postmortem
How Did The World Get So Ugly?: Then Versus Now Post date October 23, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In design, History
The 135 Movies You Must See to Understand Cinema Post date October 22, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Film, History
When a Salvador Dalí Sketch Was Stolen from Rikers Island Prison (2003) Post date October 21, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In Art, History
The First Electric Guitar: Behold the 1931 “Frying Pan” Post date October 20, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In History, Music
The Genius Engineering of Roman Aqueducts Post date October 16, 2025 Post author By Colin Marshall Post categories In architecture, History, technology
The Night When Bob Dylan Went Electric: Watch Him Play “Maggie’s Farm” at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 Post date October 16, 2025 Post author By OC Post categories In History, Music
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