As the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now called Tall el-Hammam went about their daily business one day...
Everyone loves a good story, especially if it’s based on something true. Consider the Greek legend of the Titanomachy, in...
The story of tobacco is the story of the modern age. On 12th October 1492, within hours of his first...
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” ― Victor Hugo There’s something inherent...
As we reported last month, on May 8th the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy broadcast a very thought-provoking online seminar...
In a pivotal scene of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, the young adventurer Franz d’Epinay visits the apparently...
The Shining Ones: Did the Egyptian pyramids produce reflections that illuminated other sacred sites?
Those who have visited the pyramids of Giza in person are always awe-struck by their size (particularly Khufu’s and Khafre’s...
The Antikythera Mechanism is one of the great enigmas of the ancient world: a complex, multi-geared device that acted as...
