Polluting shipwrecks are the ticking time-bomb at the bottom of our oceans

As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the environment.

Fraser Sturt, Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton • conversation
Dec. 11, 2024 • ~8 min

Forensic science cracks the ‘unsolvable’ case of a World War I soldier’s identity, enabling his re-burial

Pfc Charles McAllister will finally be laid to rest in his home town on Seattle.

Jay Silverstein, The Department of Chemistry and Forensics, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Aug. 8, 2024 • ~7 min

Study offers clues to how climate affected 1918 pandemic

A new study of ice-core data shows that an unusual, six-year period of cold temperatures and heavy rainfall coincided with European deaths during the 1918 Spanish flu.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 5, 2020 • ~7 min

10 misconceptions about the 1918 flu, the 'greatest pandemic in history'

The so-called 'Spanish flu' didn't actually come from Spain. What else do people often misunderstand about this famous crisis?

Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University • conversation
March 17, 2020 • ~9 min

WWI helmet beats modern ones at shock wave protection

The French Adrian military helmet from WWI outdid modern helmets in shock wave tests—a surprising result that could improve today's military equipment.

Ken Kingery-Duke • futurity
Feb. 18, 2020 • ~6 min

How Einstein’s work survived ‘scientific nationalism’ of WWI

A historian explains how war and politics almost overshadowed Albert Einstein's work and why Veterans Day should remind us of the threat of nationalism.

Robert Polner-NYU • futurity
Nov. 7, 2019 • ~2 min

New book revives ‘Western Front’ author’s lost WWI stories

A new book brings readers eight forgotten short stories by famed German war writer Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front.

Niv M. Sultan-NYU • futurity
Jan. 22, 2019 • ~1 min

How black World War I vets shaped the civil rights movement

"World War I was in many ways the beginning of the 20th-century civil rights movement."

Jarret Bencks-Brandeis • futurity
Nov. 9, 2018 • ~1 min

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