Unbelievable Myths From The 1980s DEBUNKED!
Adults History
What crazy things did we believe back in the 1980s?
Why is Aristophanes called
Adults History
Aristophanes, often referred to as the Father of Comedy, wrote the world's earliest surviving comic dramas.
A day in the life of an ancient Egyptian doctor
Adults History
It's another sweltering morning in Memphis, Egypt. As the sunlight brightens the Nile, Peseshet checks her supplies.
Did the Amazons really exist?
Adults History
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
Adults History
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?
Adults History
In part 3 of our special series on human ancestry, we investigate how closely related we all really are.
Are Birds Modern-Day Dinosaurs?
Adults History
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago devastated the dinosaurs. But today's birds are proof there were a few survivors.
This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like?
Adults History
If we didn't have neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible.
What causes headaches? - Dan Kwartler
Adults History
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
Adults History
The History & Future of Everything
A day in the life of an ancient Athenian
Adults History
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
Adults History
In Greek mythology, King Midas is known as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and irritated the Gods.
10 Strangest Mysteries That Remain Unsolved
Adults History
What do you think happened?
The coin flip conundrum - Po-Shen Loh
Adults History
When you flip a coin to make a decision, there's an equal chance of getting heads and tails.
How Evolution works
Adults History
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
Adults History
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
Adults History
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.