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What Motivates People to Move Megaliths?
Stonehenge from a distance -- Noushin Nabavi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Andrew Califf How humans moved large rocks to...

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3 days ago8 min read
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The Evolution of Humanity’s First Voice: How Drums Shape the Human Story
From ancient rituals to modern beats, the drum has echoed through every era as a vessel of rhythm, culture, and connection. A collection...

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7 days ago7 min read
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It’s Time to Consign NATO to the Dustbin of History
By Biljana Vankovska As NATO’s next summit looms – against the backdrop of an escalating proxy war in Ukraine and a genocidal horror in...

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Jun 34 min read
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José ‘Pepe’ Mujica: The Revolutionary Who Never Surrendered His Ideals
José ‘Pepe’ Mujica in 2023 -- Pablo Valadares/Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Ali Abutalebi In his condolence...

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May 153 min read
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Vietnam Celebrates Fifty Years of the End of Its Colonial Period
Image from the victory celebrations April 30 cropped via X By Vijay Prashad Fifty years ago, on 30 April 1975, the revolutionary forces...

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May 125 min read
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Archeologists Join Geologists in the Quest to Define the Age of Humans
A new archeology is being developed based on evidence of human activity in the Earth’s sedimentary record, and archeologists are helping...

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May 107 min read
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Eighty Years On: Remembering the Defeat of Fascism – or Witnessing Its Return?
Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin -- JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska As we...

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May 85 min read
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How Decision-Making Is Affected by Social Conformity
By Marjorie Hecht The rapid growth of digital technologies in the last quarter-century has multiplied the number and types of possible...

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May 46 min read
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The World’s Greatest Long Hikes
For those willing to brave extended treks in nature, the world’s best long hikes offer challenges and amazing rewards. A hiker on the...

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May 48 min read
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Three Mind-Blowing Indie Film Festivals That Show Actual Good Movies
Truly independent cinema is alive and well in North America. Here’s why it matters. Screenshot image via the CUFF website By Damon Orion...

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May 35 min read
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Russian Communists Rally Progressive Forces at Second International Anti-Fascist Forum in Moscow
Gennady Zyuganov speaking at the forum -- image via the CPRF By Shiran Illanperuma On 22 April, the 155th birthday of Vladimir Lenin, 164...

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Apr 306 min read
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As History Erasure Intensifies, Independent Internet Archives Are Helping Fortify the ‘Digital Preservation Infrastructure’
These online resources hold crucial information on history, social issues, and activism. Public domain image By Damon Orion Despite...

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Apr 256 min read
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People’s Movements and the Bandung Spirit: A View from Sri Lanka
Indonesian poster for the Bandung Conference, 1955 -- public domain image via the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia By Shiran...

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Apr 236 min read
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China’s Response to Bullying: The Historical Lessons Learned
At the Hong Kong Museum of History, Yuet Man Lee (李月文), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska A friend from another...

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Apr 224 min read
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Inspired Labour - Tales of Soviet Women Workers for Peace, 1951 #2
From the Soviet Press, 1951 Saida Akhadova "All the women employed at the Stalinabad Textile Mills unanimously signed the Stockholm...

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Apr 211 min read
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Uroscopy: Medieval Medicine’s Obsession with Urine
For centuries, physicians used urine to diagnose disease, predict death, and even determine sexual history—analyzing its color,...

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Apr 1911 min read
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Archaeology Can Now Tell Us How People Have Muffled and Challenged Economic Inequality Across History
By Gary M. Feinman Without archaeology, there is no way to truly examine economic inequality, its causes, and its consequences over very...

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Apr 194 min read
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Lustrous Surfaces: Easy on the Eyes, Easy on the Nervous System
The attraction to luster is rooted in our evolutionary history and has persisted among prehistoric artifacts, ancient civilizations, and...

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Apr 119 min read
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What Will Tech Moguls Do With Their Wealth?
Tech billionaires are embedding themselves in U.S. economic systems while experimenting with new ways to manage their fortunes. Lacking...

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Apr 27 min read
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Investigating a Bronze Age Mystery: A Cemetery Full of Princes, but No Palaces in Sight
Başur Höyük in Türkiye By Brenna R. Hassett Perched on the edge of a river near the city of Siirt, Türkiye, is an archaeological site...

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Mar 295 min read
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