Soviet Mass Rape in WWII Europe
Philosophy: When Science Was 'Natural Philosophy'
Mount Vesuvius 79 AD: Warnings People Ignored
Wojtek the Bear in World War II
Julius Caesar, the Ides of March, and the Death of the Roman Republic
The Odyssey: The Strange Power of Guest-Friendship
Antikythera Mechanism: Ancient Greece's Computer
1947–1948 and the Creation of Israel
Wars of the Roses
The Emu War: When Australia Fought Emus
Chernobyl Cleanup That Still Isn't Over
Himeji Castle: The Fortress Built Like a Maze
Pearl Harbor: Why Japan Attacked
Tulip Mania: Why the Rarest Tulips Were So Valuable
Fire and the Cooking Hypothesis in Human Technology
Artifacts Lost in the Destruction of Athens
Why Disease Killed More Soldiers Than Battle
Mitochondrial Eve: What She Really Means
Why Religion Is So Hard to Define
Africa: Pirates, Slaves, and a Naval Chase
Idaho Beaver Drop: When Beavers Parachuted Into the Wild
Human Settlement Abandonment
Human History: The Industrial Revolution—The Second Great T
Auschwitz in WWII: The Largest Mass Murder Site