History Magazine

Paperblog Editor's Pick

• BIRTHERS: Some Creepy History, Part I.

  

  President Warren G. Harding in 1920. Does he look African-American to you? How strangely pathetic it's been this week to watch the Birthers, that... Read more

  The 28 April 2011 by   Kena
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• Tricksters, Selfishness & Altruism

  In evolutionary biology, few issues have caused more debate than altruism or what appears to be altruism. It is generally accepted that selection operates on... Read more

  The 16 April 2011 by   Cris
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• Oldest Readable Writing In Europe Discovered

  

  Marks on a clay tablet fragment found in Greece are the oldest known decipherable text in Europe, a new study says. Considered 'magical or mysterious' in its... Read more

  The 15 April 2011 by   Gerard
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• 'Evil' Dino Linked To First Carnivores

  

  A new dinosaur recently unearthed in New Mexico represents an evolutionary link between the world's oldest known carnivorous dinosaurs and later meat-loving din... Read more

  The 14 April 2011 by   Gerard
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• Civil War 150th Anniversary -- Quick Reality Check

  

  Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant (sitting third from right) with his staff at Cold Harbor, Virginia, where Grant would lose 7,000 soldiers killed or wounded... Read more

  The 12 April 2011 by   Kena
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• POLITICS: Government Shutdowns - Who Dreamed up This Crazy Idea?

  

  Jimmy Carter (above) and his Attorney General, Benjamin Civiletti (right), authors of the modern government shutdown.In all the drama and commotion last week... Read more

  The 11 April 2011 by   Kena
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• Gay Cavemen & Buried Shamans

  

  This past week, British newspapers carried sensational headlines about an archaeological find in Prague: “First Homosexual Caveman Found” (The Telegraph) and... Read more

  The 10 April 2011 by   Cris
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• Desperately Seeking Mona

  

  Yesterday, Tuesday, April 5, 2011, Italian researchers unveiled a plan to dig up bones in a Florence convent in hopes of identifying the remains of a Renaissanc... Read more

  The 06 April 2011 by   Thecleverpup
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• Planes Used During World War I

  

  image credit Although Kitty Hawk would become home to the first manned flight of human kind, the Germans would take these physical parameters into a whole new... Read more

  The 06 April 2011 by   Gerard
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• Tower Bridge Behind the Scenes

  

  The bascules of Tower Bridge are currently stationary. As part of the current renovation, the bridge will not be lifted until early April - unfortunate for... Read more

  The 28 March 2011 by   Carolineld
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