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What Was Life Really Like For A Medieval Peasant?
What Was Life Really Like For A Medieval Peasant? Watch the full episode of ‘Going Medieval: Those Who Work’ on History Hit TV: https://access.historyhit.com/going-m… In the Medieval period, peasants made up roughly 80% of the European population. But what was … Continue reading
When Elephants Got Weird
This extinct elephant relative had the entire garden shed on its face. This is the Platybelodon. [..]
Quaternions are Amazing and so is William Rowan Hamilton!
Quaternions are amazing, they made modern vector mathematics. But how were they created and how do they work? In order to explain all that I am providing both a fun biography of Hamilton AND a biography of quaternions and the … Continue reading
Holocaust Memorial Day – ‘Never forget what happened’
The 27th of January marks Holocaust Memorial Day which remembers the genocide of six million Jews during World War Two. Actress and Supporter of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Dame Joanna Lumley delivers a message of solidarity from Central London … Continue reading
Radar Technology Discovers Intricate Ancient Mayan Civilization | My Modern Met
By Madeleine Muzdakis on January 15, 2023 Mayan sites and causeways in the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin (MCKB). (Photo: Hansen et al.) The 2,000-year-old network is 964 settlements connected by causeways. The ancient Maya of Central America created incredible civilizations. With … Continue reading
The 1918 Pandemic Never Ended
[…] The 1918 pandemic infected over 500 million people, but the virus that caused it didn’t stop in 1918. Hosted by: Stefan Chin […]
In Flow of Words
Three interpreters from a war-crimes tribunal recount their painful experiences acting as a silent channel of communication between witnesses, victims, and perpetrators in Eliane Esther Bots’s “In Flow of Words.” The story behind the film: newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/in-in-flow-of-words-war-crime-interpreters-tell-their-own-stories
What If We Just…Stopped Working?
[…] Ever think about how the average person is orders of magnitude more productive than workers of the past, and yet our work week hasn’t gotten any shorter? What’s the deal? In this week’s episode we’re looking at the idea … Continue reading
