As the Second World War intensified, the Mediterranean became a critical theatre of operations for both the Axis and Allied powers. Control of the sea lanes in this region was vital for the supply lines of the British Empire and […]
Out goes a Florida man, in comes a Florida woman. Hours after Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, withdrew from consideration, the president-elect last night announced that he will nominate Pam Bondi to lead the Justice Department. Bondi,
When Kamala Harris announced her candidacy, the flurry of excitement created the impression that a social movement was afoot. Thousands of people joined phone calls to raise money and to establish networks focussed on supporting her. Tens of thousands of
The engraved plaquettes sport grid-like patterns that researchers think represent fishing nets. Robitaille et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 After analyzing 15,800-year-old engraved stones from a campsite in western Germany, archaeologists have concluded that the rocks’ criss-crossed lines and
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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
The sleeper hit of late 1979 was Blake Edwards’s sex farce 10, a comedic vivisection of a male midlife crisis, which turned 23 year-old California girl Bo Derek into a controversial cultural phenomenon. Derek’s early fame was framed in the
American lawyer and consumer activist Ralph Nader, whose book ‘Unsafe at Any Speed’, led to the passage of improved car safety regulations. He is at a Senate hearing at Washington triggered by his publication. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption
Four Against the West by Joe Pappalardo is a thrilling true saga of legendary Texas figure Judge Roy Bean and his brothers―and their violent adventures in Wild West America. Read on for a chapter excerpt from Four Against the West that
Othniel Charles Marsh & Edward Drinker Cope. Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope: From friends to enemies The participants in this unusual conflict came from very different backgrounds and had many differences. Othniel Charles Marsh was born on October
