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Six recent discoveries that have altered our understanding of our beginnings
Scientific study of human evolution historically reassured us of a comforting order to things. It has painted humans as as cleverer, more intellectual and...
House of Dragons is a primer on the stories and British history that inspired the Westerosi beasts.
Dragons have inspired awe and wonder since the beginning of human imagination. Most recently, these fire-spitting flying creatures – in modern western culture at...
The Sandman: how dream and nightmare representations have evolved over time
As Netflix’s new series, The Sandman, notes, we spend a third of our lives in sleep and dream. In popular culture, The Sandman is...
How we answered the centuries-old enigma of the Black Death’s origins
It is not an exaggeration to say that the question of where and when the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic ever, originated is one...
How Elizabethan law once shielded the poor from high living costs — and ushered in unprecedented economic development
In the closing years of Elizabeth I’s reign, England saw the emergence of arguably the world’s first effective welfare state. Laws were established which...
