Is Widespread Drug Use to Thank for the Inventions of the Classical World?
At least one scholar's research indicates drug use was fairly common in ancient Greece and Rome.
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Historical Revisionism
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Eat Your Vegetables
Did our ancestors really have healthier diets? The evidence isn't very convincing.
Exploring Grays in a Black-and-White World
Two new books explore the intersection of race and identity in America by investigating families whose biracial members might — or might not — "pass" as white.
Digital Disappearance
Never has the world historical and cultural record been more accessible — or more fragile.
Stalin’s Revival in Russia
Russia wrestles with rehabilitating its great Soviet-era wartime leader and homicidal maniac.