The Zimmerman Telegram
In 1917, British Intelligence intercepted a diplomatic telegram between Germany and Mexico. The contents of the telegram contained information that had the potential to change the course of the first ...
27 Feb 202112min
Cathedrals
If you have ever traveled in Europe, odds are you have visited at least one major cathedral. These massive religious buildings were and still are, the architectural centerpieces in most cities. Yet, m...
26 Feb 202111min
Mountweazels
Copyright is what protects creators from having someone copy and make money off of their work without compensation. However, there are some things like directories or maps which have information that ...
25 Feb 20219min
A History of Mars Exploration
Ever since humans looked up at the stars they noticed that a few of them were different from the others. They moved. These moving points of light were planets. One of those points of light was, of cou...
24 Feb 202115min
The London Beer Flood
Early 19th century London was a dangerous, dirty, dingy place with tons of poverty and a lot of drinking. Alcoholism was common and excessive drinking, especially amongst lower-income people in London...
23 Feb 20217min
Base Units of Measurement
Every day we are constantly using measurements. We have ways of measuring distance, temperature, time, light, pressure, energy….everything. Yet, why do we measure everything the way we do? Why is a se...
22 Feb 202111min
Mitochondrial Eve
On January 1, 1987, a paper was published in the journal Nature which rocked the world of anthropology. Researchers Allan Wilson, Mark Stoneking, and Rebecca Cann used the then-new science of genetic ...
21 Feb 202110min
The Elevator
Some of the things we use every day were invented in the distant past. Other things were invented quite recently. However, there is a category of inventions that have been known forever, but no one ev...
20 Feb 202110min
