keyboard_arrow_up

Why is Aristophanes called

AdultsHistoryHumorSociety
Aristophanes, often referred to as the Father of Comedy, wrote the world's earliest surviving comic dramas.

Primitive Technology: Iron prills

AdultsHistoryTechnologyNature...
Primitive Technology: Iron prills - Creating Iron prills from scratch

Did the Amazons really exist?

AdultsHistoryWomen
It was long assumed that Amazons, the fierce and fearsome women warriors of Greece, were imaginary.

How one scientist averted a national health crisis - Andrea Tone

AdultsHealthHistoryWomen
In 1960, Frances Kelsey was one of the Food and Drug Administration's newest recruits. Before the year was out, she would begin a fight that would save thousands of lives - though no one knew it at the time.

Are We All Related?

AdultsGeneticsHistoryHuman...
In part 3 of our special series on human ancestry, we investigate how closely related we all really are.

Are Birds Modern-Day Dinosaurs?

AdultsAnimalsHistoryNature...
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago devastated the dinosaurs. But today's birds are proof there were a few survivors.

Which is stronger: Glue or tape? - Elizabeth Cox

AdultsHistoryScience
The oldest glue in the world is over 8,000 years old and comes from a cave near the Dead Sea.

What causes headaches? - Dan Kwartler

AdultsHealthHistoryNeuroscience
In ancient Greece, the best-known remedy for a long-standing headache was to drill a small hole in the skull to drain supposedly infected blood.

Time: The History & Future of Everything - Remastered

AdultsHistoryHumanWorld
The History & Future of Everything

A day in the life of an ancient Athenian

AdultsHistorySociety
It's 427 BCE, and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its fourth year.

The myth of King Midas and his golden touch - Iseult Gillespie

AdultsHistoryReligionSociety...
In Greek mythology, King Midas is known as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and irritated the Gods.

The myth of Thor's journey to the land of giants - Scott A. Mellor

AdultsHistoryReligionMythology...
Thor - son of Odin, god of thunder, and protector of mankind - struggled mightily against his greatest challenge yet: opening a bag of food.

The coin flip conundrum - Po-Shen Loh

AdultsHistoryMathProblem-Solving
When you flip a coin to make a decision, there's an equal chance of getting heads and tails.

How Evolution works

AdultsBiologyGeneticsHistory...
The theory of evolution explains how the enormous variety of life could come into existence. How it is possible for primitive life forms to spawn the millions of different creatures, that exist today.

The rise and fall of the Inca empire

AdultsHistorySocietyCulture
It was the western hemisphere's largest empire ever, with a population of nearly 10 million subjects.

Ugly history: The 1937 Haitian Massacre - Edward Paulino

AdultsHistoryLifeSociety...
When historians talk about the atrocities of the 20th century, we often think of those that took place during and between the two World Wars. But two months before the Rape of Nanking in China, and a year before Kristallnacht in Germany, a horrific ethnic cleansing campaign occurred on an island between the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Edward Paulino details the 1937 Haitian Massacre.

Why Cities Exist

AdultsCitiesHistoryIndustry...
More than 90% of the richest countries population lives in the cities. Here is why?