History Magazine

Paperblog Editor's Pick

• Chemical Ghosts in the Machine

  

  If we think deeply about evolution, we eventually will ask questions not about the origin of species but about the origin of life. For some theistic... Read more

  The 12 February 2012 by   Cris
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• The Ancient Origins Of Plastic Surgery

  

  While the Egyptians did not practice extreme forms of plastic surgery on the living, they would often prepare their dead using principles of plastic surgery.... Read more

  The 10 February 2012 by   Gerard
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• Israel's Attack on Iraq's Nuclear Reactor, Osirak 1981. A Model for Iran 2012?

  

   Path of the Israeli jets on route to destroy the Osirak nuclear reactor on June 7, 1981. Late on the Sunday afternoon of June 7, 1981, sixteen Israeli F1... Read more

  The 09 February 2012 by   Kena
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• Black Death Bug Identified–Again

  

  Ring around the rosies, A pocket full of posies, Achoo! Achoo! We all fall down. This innocent sounding nursery rhyme dates to the Black Death and underscores... Read more

  The 08 February 2012 by   Dplylemd
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• Produce Crate Labels

  

  image credit Prior to World War II, produce was packed in wooden crates with attractive labels, designed to catch the buyer's eye, pasted on the ends. After th... Read more

  The 06 February 2012 by   Gerard
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• Best Super Bowl Ever for the Washington Redskins.

  

  John Riggins breaks tackle on route to 43-year touchdown run in Super Bowl XVII.It was the John Riggins, Joe Theismann, Joe Gibbs era. If any DC newcomer... Read more

  The 05 February 2012 by   Kena
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• 5 Terrible Inventions From Otherwise Great Inventors

  

  image credit After all the impressive additions they've given this world, it's easy to think of famous inventors as brilliant creators who can simply do no... Read more

  The 03 February 2012 by   Gerard
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• Misfires of Moral Psychology

  

  Over the past decade there has been a sea change in the way we assess moral reasoning, judgment, and behavior. The old view, developed and championed largely... Read more

  The 01 February 2012 by   Cris
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• Extraordinary Inventions: Victorian-Era Prank Machines

  

  image credit At the beginning of the twentieth century, 40 percent of American men belonged to a fraternal lodge, and they were hazing their newbies with... Read more

  The 31 January 2012 by   Gerard
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• 16 Of The Smartest Children In History

  

  image credit At the age most of us were playing with food and discovering our toes, child prodigies around the globe are learning complex languages and... Read more

  The 29 January 2012 by   Gerard
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