How the Tudors dealt with food waste
During the Tudor period, religious beliefs shaped people’s attitudes towards food and food waste.
March 14, 2024 • ~6 min
Hispanic health disparities in the US trace back to the Spanish Inquisition
Early modern societies in Latin America and Spain saw a convergence of traditional medical knowledge and the professionalization of medicine. The resulting differences in access to care endure today.
March 5, 2024 • ~10 min
The tools in a medieval Japanese healer’s toolkit: from fortunetelling and exorcism to herbal medicines
In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism or sidestepping harm in the first place by avoiding inauspicious days.
March 1, 2024 • ~8 min
Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit park honors labor and environmental history
On March 7, workers at the Ford Rouge River plant marched for better working conditions, sparking America’s labor movement. Almost a century later, a quiet park honors their memory.
March 1, 2024 • ~8 min
We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958
Enthusiasm for the capabilities of artificial intelligence – and claims for the approach of humanlike prowess –has followed a boom-and-bust cycle since the middle of the 20th century.
Feb. 29, 2024 • ~8 min
RSPB at 120: the forgotten South American pioneer who helped change Victorian attitudes to birds
A group of determined women founded the RSPB, but they had great support behind the scenes by a little-known Argentinean naturalist.
Feb. 27, 2024 • ~7 min
What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure
Agricultural sustainability is as much about power and sovereignty as it is about soil, water and crops.
Feb. 26, 2024 • ~11 min
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