Month: November 2026

With wars raging in Ukraine and across the Middle East, commentators increasingly ask whether we’re sliding toward a third world war. But what makes a war “global”?This post was originally published on this site

Scientists spend their careers trying to understand the world, but a new study suggests they have surprisingly different ideas about what science itself is. The study, published in Royal Society Open Science, found that scientists […]

We’re deep in the Middle Ages. In the mind’s eye, monks stagger past, flagellating themselves to cleanse their sins and demonstrate their humility before God and creation. This was a time when humility—humilitas—was considered one […]

In the 18th century, a clay tobacco pipe could reveal more than you might think. Its length, quality and condition, as well as the way it was used, could signal social status. In a new […]

Something funny happened at work, and there is one person you really want to tell. You stare at their name in your contact list. You know that if you call, no one will answer. They’re […]