How the shipping container changed the world
Nearly everything we consume is transported by ship. The biggest container ships in the world are...
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Neanderthals: meet the relatives
Developments in new technology such as DNA sequencing have transformed our understanding of the...
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Cavalry and code-breaking: The Polish-Soviet war
A Russian army stands at the gates of the capital of another country, a country that Russia has...
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How we work: redesigning the office
The pandemic has made us all rethink how we work. Where once millions of people used to travel...
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When money died: The world's worst inflation
In the summer of 1946 inflation in Hungary reached 41.9 quadrillion per cent. That’s 41.9...
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The writer Rachel Carson who fought insecticide wars
Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring has probably done more than any other to raise concerns...
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Why do we divide our lives into 7-day chunks? Unlike the day, month or year, there’s no natural...
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Forugh Farrokhzad: a trailblazing voice for women in Iran
Forugh Farrokhzad burst into the public consciousness with a series of poems that sent shock...
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The Cynics: Counter-culture from Ancient Greece
Today’s counter-culture and alternative movements question mainstream norms, such as putting too...
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Calories are fundamental to the way many of us view food and our own bodies - you’ll find them on...
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Belarus: The crossroads of Eastern Europe
Belarusian lands have seen dramatic upheavals throughout the twentieth century and today, like...
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Margaret Sanger: Mother of birth control
Activist Margaret Sanger is responsible for one of the most significant medical and social...
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Alice Guy: the first female movie mogul
In the late 19th century, when the motion picture camera was invented and cinema was born, a...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: a quest for immortality
Unearthed from the ruins of ancient cities in modern-day Iraq, the reconstruction of the epic...
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Uruguay 1930: The first football World Cup
As the spotlight falls on Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, we tell the story of how the world's...
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Moths: the story of the butterfly of the night
The moth is an insect that’s almost 200 million years old. Throughout human history, its...
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The end of civilisation: Bronze Age collapse
More than 3,000 years ago a group of powerful and intricately connected Mediterranean kingdoms...
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From Straw Poll to Opinion Poll
Today, we can’t imagine an election without an opinion poll gauging public opinion on who’s...
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Süleyman the Magnificent: longest-reigning Ottoman sultan
The 46-year reign of Süleyman the Magnificent across central Europe, the Mediterranean and the...
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William Cobbett: Champion of rural workers
William Cobbett was a 19th century English writer, politician and campaigner, at a time when...
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