A Brief History of London
Almost 2000 years ago, after conquering most of the island of Great Britain, Roman forces established a settlement at a strategically narrow point on the Thames River. Since its establishment, the cit...
17 Jul 202313min
The Silurian Hypothesis
The universe is billions of years old. If, in the future, humanity were to explore the galaxy and visit other planets around other stars, we might be visiting places where at one time, an advanced ci...
16 Jul 202313min
Titanium
Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. However, titanium is not even remotely close to the ninth most common element in industrial or commercial use. In fact, despite bein...
15 Jul 202313min
The Greatest Concert of All Time
On December 22, 1808, concertgoers in Vienna, Austria, witnessed a significant event in music history. Ludwig van Beethoven held a concert where he debuted several of his greatest works in one progra...
14 Jul 202314min
The History of Blue Jeans (Encore)
Unquestionably, the most popular clothing innovation of the last 150 years has been blue jeans. They can be found all over the world, yet they have become synonymous with American culture. While mod...
13 Jul 20239min
Emperor Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as Claudius, was the fourth Emperor of Rome. Of the emperors that came before him and all those who came after him, he was the most unli...
12 Jul 202313min
Could There Be Extraterrestrial Life In Our Solar System?
One of the biggest questions that humanity has asked is, “Are we alone in the universe?” The possibility that there are other civilizations that we could one day communicate with has tantalized people...
11 Jul 202314min
The Dead Sea Scrolls
In early 1947, a teenage Bedouin herder was looking for a lost goat from his flock when he came upon a cave near the Dead Sea. Randomly, he threw a stone into the cave and was surprised to hear not t...
10 Jul 202313min
