The Mayan calendar is revered for its impeccable accuracy. Now, a recent excavation in Guatemala reveals how the system developed over time.
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Dozens of mummified cats were dug up this week. This isn’t as shocking as you might think.
Bending, breaking, & blending: How humans remake the world. Neuroscientist David Eagleman on creativity.
A new paper suggests population size and migration explain the sudden bursts of innovation seen 50,000 years ago.
Sotheby’s will auction off 380 pieces from Bowie’s collection later this year. The collection is “eclectic, unscripted, [and] understated,” according to Sotheby’s European chairman Oliver Barker.
When David Bowie played Andy Warhol in the 1996 film Basquiat, he wore Warhol’s actual wig and glasses. Bowie met Warhol in his travels through the art world and even […]
A few weeks ago I highlighted some videos made by Michael Wesch and his students at Kansas State University. If you haven’t seen them, I encourage you to do so. […]
Michael Moore is in a class by himself when it comes to generating news attention, advance publicity, and box office for his documentary films. For example, when I was in […]
When we asked author and Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff what’s he thought the future held for Rupert Murdoch, he came right out with it: “The future for Rupert himself […]
The second week of Britain’s General Election campaign ended with many commentators – and even more voters – yawning and complaining that this is fast becoming the most boring General […]
Seldom are these conversations actually anti-racist.
Memorial day is a time to remember veterans killed in the line of service. These spaceflight heroes deserve to be remembered, too.
Rather than sending serial killer art to auctions, it should be sent to abnormal psychologists for research.
These composers channeled the horror of the Holocaust and Hiroshima while honoring those who lived through it.
Reading classic books can inform you as much about the present as the past.
One hypothesis: “gossip traps.”
What is Captain America doing in ancient Mesopotamia?
Studying the display of personal wealth across time can help us better understand the history of socioeconomic inequality.
From politics to culture, we blame “tribalism” for humanity’s problems. This explanation is entirely wrong.
Advances in ancient DNA analysis gave researchers a new way to trace the movements of peoples across Eurasia.
From gamification to VR, here are 10 ways to make learning fun and engaging.
There are dozens of instructional design models, but most learning designers rely on a select few. Here are four of the most common.
“Politics is weird. It’s the only business in the world in which you take a really, really important position, and you give it to someone with no qualifications.” —Tony Blair
Nikolaas Tinbergen’s concept of “supernormal stimulus” explains why humans are attracted to a heightened version of reality.
It may depend on whether you’re an “easily empathetically embarrassed” person.
Most cities reeked of death, defecation, and industrial waste. Still, focusing only on stench means turning a blind eye (or nose) to the many other smells that helped shape human history.
From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here’s a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.
In the shadow of the Shard, the mosaics help paint a picture of Roman London.