Category Archives: History

Three surprising burial sites across the UK with Alice Roberts | Country Living UK

Alice Roberts speaks to Country Living UK about three surprising burial sites across the UK. We ask familiar names how they live the life and bring slow, simple, sustainable values into their areas of expertise and everyday routines. #archaeology #ancienthistory … Continue reading

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Cecilia Payne

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The Indian astronomer whose innovative work on black holes was mocked at Cambridge | Aeon Videos

When scientific pursuits are subject to human shortcomings: the Indian scientist made to wait 50 years for his Nobel Prize In the early 1930s, the Indian-born physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-95), who was then studying at the University of Cambridge in … Continue reading

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School failed me…

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In 1907, a British sailor is seen unshackling an enslaved man who had been chained for three years.

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When London Got Invaded

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When Ancient People Changed Their Own DNA

[…] Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations – a thing we sometimes call culture – we have become the ultimate niche builders. […]

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The First Indian To Publish In English

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The billion dollar pun.

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Pharaoh Ramses II’s passport

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