A century on, why are we forgetting the deaths of 100 million? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/25/spanish-flu-pandemic-1918-forgetting-100-million-deaths?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece
Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece via Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece — Documented Wanderlust
Paleontology and western bias
Paleontology, like much else in the cultural landscape, has a strong western influence and bias. Students are more likely than not to be given textbooks and external readings from Europe and North America no matter where they are in the world. I often think about my own experiences as a paleontology student in France now… via …
Sailing into the Industrial Revolution
Economists have long seen the Industrial Revolution as a transformation of belching coal stacks and fiery furnaces. That’s not wrong, but it misses the sweeping changes that occurred across the British economy, setting the stage for our modern world. Two economists from the University College Dublin wanted to see how 18th century British advancements were… via …
500 Years Ago, One Man Changed the World – Forever!
Five hundred years ago, on Oct. 31, 1517, the small-town monk Martin Luther marched up to the castle church in Wittenberg and nailed his 95 Theses to the door, thus lighting the flame of the Reformation — the split between the Catholic and Protestant churches. Luther’s act is taught as one of the cornerstones of… via …
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How the gramophone changed everything
Superstar economics: How the gramophone changed everything - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39443187
The Incredible Journey of Thousands of Lost Robert Capa Negatives
Mexico City, 1995: At an exhibit of photographs of the Spanish Civil War, a man tentatively approaches Jerald R. Green, a professor of Spanish and Mexican art. He tells Professor Green that he believes he has more than two thousand negatives by Robert Capa, who has been dead for over forty years. For decades Cornell… via …
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Chocolate
The Bittersweet History of Chocolate - http://time.com/4693048/chocolate-history-museum/
On This Day in 1966 We Got the First Picture from the Moon – Lights in the Dark
On Feb. 3, 1966 the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft made the first successful robotic soft landing on the Moon. Seven hours later it transmitted its first images of the lunar surface back to Earth. The image above is Luna 9 lander’s first view—the first time humans had ever seen a picture from the surface of …
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The Northern Herper 