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The fad diets popular in the 20th century
Fad diets certainly aren’t a 21st-century obsession. In fact, they were also a popular way for people throughout the 20th century to slim down...
How Crisco made Americans believers in industrial food
Perhaps you’ll unearth a can of Crisco for the holiday baking season. If so, you’ll be one of millions of Americans who have, for...
This woman’s ideas are at the root of Socrates’s philosophy.
Aspasia's ideas about love and transcendence inspired Socrates to formulate key aspects of his thought.
Interference with Central Banks. Not a good idea!
Governments and lawmakers in Turkey, the U.K., India and elsewhere have been steadily eroding the bedrock idea that a central bank should be left alone to manage the economy based on evidence and data – not political goals.
Mathematics is changing how we interpret history
The study of history traditionally brings to mind images of dark, winding archives and the smell of dust; visions of academics poring through piles...
