Hiero of Syracuse calls Archimedes to fortify the city. By Sebastiano Ricci. The Context of the Siege By 213 BCE, the Second Punic War was raging, and Rome was embroiled in a life-or-death struggle with the Carthaginian general Hannibal, who […]
Since the publication of Part 1 of this article, some additional qualifications have been added to the job description of electable female candidate. The electable female candidate doesn’t throw her hat into the ring. She delicately places it into the
QUICK FACTS Name: Indian Ocean geoid low Location: Laccadive Sea, southwest of India Why it’s incredible: The huge gravity hole formed on the site of a prehistoric ocean. The Indian Ocean “gravity hole” is the site of the deepest dent
An earwig with eggs Marshal Hedin / Flickr Few people are fond of earwigs, with their menacing abdominal pincers—whether they’re skittering across your floor, getting comfy in the folds of your camping tent or minding their own business. Scientists, too,
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
SHOW NOTES: Sources: Long Live the New Flesh! Or, Why Video Stores With Real Employees Will Always Win, By Ross Scarano, Matt Barone, Complex.com, Nov 06, 2013 Teen Sexploitation –The Young Girls Talk: Movies by Kristine Mckenna, Laura Daltry Los
There’s a powerful fantasy in American society: the fantasy of the ideal mother. This mother is devoted to her family above all else. She raises the kids, volunteers at the school, cleans the house, plans the birthday parties, cares for
Trial of a sow and pigs at Lavegny. The Rationale Behind the Madness The notion of arraigning a barn swallow or bovine may seem utterly ludicrous today, but to medieval minds steeped in religious doctrine and folklore, it was a
Once she became the nominee, I expected Vice President Kamala Harris to win the 2024 presidential election. More exactly, I expected ex-President Donald Trump to lose. What did I get wrong? My expectation was based on three observations and one
Jackson ArnThe New Yorker’s art critic I don’t know what Werner Herzog is up to these days, but if he’s between projects, I humbly suggest that he make a documentary about Luna Luna, the Hamburg amusement park that took more
