Old Articles: <Older 1661-1670 Newer> |
|
AskMen.com Tijo Salverda |
Family Crest: Status Symbols The status of the surname may be diminished, but, for better or worse, there's still emphasis in the upper echelons on proof of a "good" name." Elites still tend to marry elites, not working-class maids or coal miners -- even though they may share the same ancestors. |
Fast Company September 14, 2011 Rachel Z. Arndt |
Legoland To celebrate Lego and all of toyland, we take a nostalgic look at the last century in popular playthings. |
National Defense October 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Should Think Twice Before It Cuts Ground Forces, Historians Warn In the wake of every conflict since World War II, ground troops have been declared obsolete. And each time, the prognosticators have been wrong, says military historian John C. McManus. |
AskMen.com |
The Boys of Stasi A new photo exhibition in Berlin, "Pictures from the Secret Stasi Archives" reveals actual photos Stasi agents took of themselves in disguise. In other words, this is how one in 10 people actually dressed in East Germany during the 1970s. |
Chemistry World May 24, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Coin isotopes unravel ancient inflation riddle Bringing together isotopic and trace element studies is very clearly a way forward for the investigation of ancient and historic coinages and the economies that they served. |
Sports Central May 2, 2011 Charles Coughlin |
Chronicling the NFL Draft: A 10-Yr. History The NFL draft began in 1936. Having founded the Eagles in 1933 and dealing with stark financial struggles, Bert Bell had become convinced that the health of the league depended on competition. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2011 Joseph Calamia |
Bits of History Artifacts from the first 2000 years of computing at the Computer History Museum. |
The Motley Fool March 15, 2011 Cliff D'Arcy |
Revisiting the 1995 Kobe Earthquake Just 16 years ago, Japan dealt with a tragic earthquake that caused mass casualties and crippled the economy. What can we learn from the country's response back then? |
Chemistry World March 2011 |
60 years of innovation To celebrate the international year of chemistry, James Mitchell Crow looks back at some of the discoveries and developments made by chemists over the past six decades |
BusinessWeek February 25, 2011 Eric Spitznagel |
The Civil War Reenactors Rise Again The 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War will make 2011 a banner year for the reenactment business. Civil War nostalgia has grown into a micro-industry, with specialty stores across the country looking to sell everything from muskets and haversacks to tents. |
<Older 1661-1670 Newer> Return to current articles. |