history

“so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice rats, and bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof--hence the saying "It's raining cats and more...

“The network of links between peasants who farmed a region of small region of south west France called Lot between 1260 and 1340 have been reconstructed”

If it’s true that “on the Internet nobody knows if you’re a dog”, how do you convince people that you’re a prince? Richard Fernandez looks at the renewed importance of reputation when your entire life history is just a Google more...

“the first spam ever”

On the pedestal these words appeared:"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

“Deep inside this mound there is an ex-to-be-very-secret Russian neutrino lab. It belongs to the Russian Nuclear Research Center and was build to explore the neutrino particle properties.”

“"You are not expected to understand this" was intended as a remark in the spirit of "This won't be on the exam," rather than as an impudent challenge.”

Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor McCay, 1914) Laid out with exquisite detail in a manner that would only be matched during the heights of Walt Disney's cartoons of the 1930s, the star of McCay's groundbreaking animated film Gertie the Dinosaur is more...

Google's Search History feature, which was switched on as a default option for many Google searchers in February, has now been renamed Web History to reflect how it has expanded to track what Google users do as they surf the more...

Listen on law, bush, 911, power and history...

“build your own fully functional Enigma machine.”