The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods
Adults History
I'm thankful for science. And also pie.
How the sandwich was invented
Adults History
Today, it is estimated that 50% of Americans eat at least one sandwich every day. And while it's all but impossible to imagine a world without them, sandwiches have only been around since 1762.
Plato's best (and worst) ideas
Adults History
Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today's thinkers like Plato. He created the first Western university and was teacher to Ancient Greece's greatest minds, including Aristotle.
How much of human history is on the bottom of the ocean?
Adults History
Sunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren't just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean's surface, there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time.
How coffee got quicker
Adults History
For the 64% of Americans that drink coffee daily, an expedient cup is practically essential. But preparing coffee hasn't always been easy.
Real life sunken cities
Adults History
Though people are most familiar with Plato's fictional Atlantis, many real underwater cities actually exist. Peter Campbell explains how sunken cities are studied by scientists to help us understand the lives of our ancestors, the dynamic nature of our planet, and the impact of each on the other.
Why the metric system matters
Adults History
For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren't exact and varied from place to place.
Why Salt & Pepper?
Adults History
They sit with us at every meal, but why?
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's unsung hero - Claudio L. Guerra
Adults History
The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in human history.
How North America got its shape
Adults History
North America didn't always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried deep in Rodinia, a huge supercontinent that lay on the face of the Earth.
What Happened Before History? Human Origins
Adults History
Humans. We have been around for a while now. When we think about our past we think about ancient civilizations, the pyramids, stuff like that. But this is only a tiny, tiny part of our history.
Celsius Didn't Invent Celsius
Adults History
Celsius never devised nor used the scale that now bears his name.
Did The Past Really Happen? Vsauce
Adults History
Greece is full of wonderful new things and wonderful old things. But when WE become old things, will our ruins also be tourist attractions?
A History of Pizza in 8 Slices
Adults History
Pizza might be an Italian invention, but it is a worldwide phenomenon. Pizza has managed to evolve from a simple, rustic food item to something much more impactful.
Which Fish Did We Evolve From?
Adults History
Today's oceans are full of fish with fins that couldn't evolve into limbs like ours. So, who are our ancestors and where did they go?
The Deadliest Ice Age Ever
Adults History
Minute earth talks about the deadliest ice age ever.
Mass Extinctions
Adults History
How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?
Why are some people left-handed?
Adults History
Today, about one-tenth of the world's population are southpaws. Why are such a small proportion of people left-handed -- and why does the trait exist in the first place? Daniel M. Abrams investigates how the uneven ratio of lefties and righties gives insight into a balance between competitive and cooperative pressures on human evolution.
Four sisters in Ancient Rome - Ray Laurence
Adults History
How did the young, wealthy women of Ancient Rome spend their days? Meet Domitia and her sister Domitia and her sister Domitia and her sister Domitia. Ray Laurence sketches the domestic life of leisure that these young girls lived, despite little recorded information on women from this otherwise well-documented era.
Vampires: Folklore, fantasy and fact - Michael Molina
Adults History
The myth of the bloodsucking vampire has stalked humans from ancient Mesopotamia to 18th-century Eastern Europe, but it has differed in the terrifying details. So, how did we arrive at the popular image we know, love and fear today? And what truly makes a vampire...a vampire? Michael Molina digs up the science and the superstition.
The TRUTH About GHOSTS!
Adults History
In folklore, mythology, and modern media such as literary fiction, a ghost (sometimes known as a spectre [British English] or specter [American English], phantom, apparition, spirit, spook, or haunt) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living.