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TIME Europe
February 8, 2010
Tim McGirk |
Archaeology in Jerusalem: Digging Up Trouble When scientists find a cracked, oversize skull in the Valley of Elah, it can be hard to resist the thought that it might have belonged to Goliath   |
Popular Mechanics
January 21, 2010
Cassie Rodenberg |
The Full Story of Newton's Falling Apple Revelation For the first time, Britain's Royal Society recently opened online access to an 18th-century handwritten manuscript detailing Sir Isaac Newton's life, including his inspiration for the theory of gravity, to mark the institution's 350th anniversary. |
Humanities
Jan/Feb 2010
Meredith Hindley |
The Spanish Ulcer: Napoleon, Britain, and the Siege of Cadiz When the dust settled on the Napoleonic Wars, Cadiz held the distinction of being the only city in continental Europe to survive a siege by Napoleon. |
Humanities
Jan/Feb 2010 |
Curio A collection of letters on life in the Ozarks during the Civil War, a new book on Language Anxiety: Conflict and Change in the History of English, and the francophone towns on the St. John River are explored. |
Humanities
Jan/Feb 2010
Lifson & Scanlan |
Statements Vignettes about artist Esphyr Slobodkina's work, Mexican muralists, and Jewish pioneers in the old west. |
Humanities
Nov/Dec 2009
Courteney Stuart |
The American History Guys' Backstory If you'd asked historians Brian Balogh, Peter Onuf, and Ed Ayers five years ago how they'd feel about becoming popular radio personalities, they would have laughed it off as a joke. |
HHMI Bulletin
November 2009
Aaron Levin |
Where Past Meets Future Winston Anderson filled his garage with objects and documents tracing the history of African slaves and their American descendants. Now anyone can see his collection at the Sandy Spring Slave Museum and African Art Gallery |
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