The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University has unveiled a groundbreaking exhibition, Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain, showcasing the rich cultural and artistic heritage of the Umayyad caliphate in tenth-century […]
This rock contains the first of the newly discovered fossils: It is a portion of a fossil lake shore that preserves very fine details of ripples produced by waves, on which a small reptile left behind footprints of its legs
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: “A Time Bomb Named Robert Blake Re-Explodes As Baretta” by Lois Armstrong, People April 28, 1975 “The Ins and Outs of ‘Boxing Helena’” by Anne Thompson NYTimes, July 5, 1992 “Boxing Helena Rated NC-17” by David J.
References to God and Christianity are sprinkled throughout American life. Our money has “In God We Trust” printed on it. Most presidents have chosen to swear their oath of office on the Bible. Christian nationalists want more. Christian nationalist beliefs
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William A. Pinkerton with railroad special agents Pat Connell (left) and Sam Finley (right) from the Library of Congress. Even if you’ve only watched a handful of “Wild West” films or TV shows, you’ve probably encountered the Pinkertons. These hired
To the disbelief of gaping onlookers in the packed stands at El Toreo, Mexico City’s largest bullring, American rodeo performer Bill Pickett clung to the horns of a massive Mexican bull ironically named Frijoles Chiquitos (“Little Beans”). Watching from a
Phineas Gage in the time after his accident. Phineas Gage is perhaps the most famous neurological patient in modern history, called one of the “great medical curiosities of all time” and a “living part of medical folklore.” Malcolm MacMillan of
The other night, a friend came over. A dear friend. A friend who has helped me out when I’ve been sick, and who brought over takeout when I had just given birth. Still, before he arrived, I vacuumed. I thought
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz, a former Obama Administration official, was six years old when she became, as she puts it, “a card-carrying Indian”—an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, from whom she is descended on her mother’s side.
