Who Was Collingwood Ingram and How Did He Save the Taihaku Cherry?
Collingwood Ingram was an English plantsman and ornithologist who reintroduced Japan’s lost Taihaku cherry in the early 20th century. He…
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Why the Khmer Rouge Killed Intellectuals and City Dwellers (And What It Meant)
The Khmer Rouge killed intellectuals and city dwellers because the movement embraced an extreme agrarian, anti-urban ideology that cast educated…
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What Happened to James Knight’s 1719 Northwest Passage Expedition?
James Knight’s 1719 Northwest Passage expedition wrecked at Marble Island in today’s Nunavut, where the survivors built a shelter and…
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Were People in the Middle Ages Shorter Than Today?
Yes. In Europe, people in the late Middle Ages and early modern period were on average shorter than people today….
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Berlin buried Hitler’s bunker, and that was the point
Walk down a quiet side street a few minutes from the Brandenburg Gate, past embassy blocks and the rippling field…
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The Island That Ate Itself: Nauru’s Highs and Ruin
The Island That Ate Itself: Nauru’s Highs and Ruin From the ring road you can look inland and see a…
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The overpacked flight that quietly changed Spain’s future
The suitcase was packed with braid and ceremony. On a bright July morning in 1936, a light aircraft clawed at…
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When Light Became Ordinary: A Century of Electrifying Lives
On a spring evening not so long ago in the sweep of history, an American farmhouse went bright for the…
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The Scholar Who Seized China and Rewrote Its Past
In the autumn of 23 CE, as rebels surged into the imperial capital of Chang’an, the emperor who had promised…
