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In 1830 at a clothing store near the Boston Harbor, David Walker carefully stitched a pamphlet into the lining of a sailor’s coat. The volume was thin enough to be...
“It’s the 4th century BCE, and Aristotle has just written a critique of arguments that take the truth of their conclusion for granted.” “It’s still the 4th century BCE, and...
What, you want my milkshake? Here. “It’s 1819. As the United States Congress prepares to make Missouri the 24th state in the Union, Representative James Tallmage Jr. delivers a speech....
On the plains of the Serengeti, a dung beetle rolls his perfectly sculpted ball of dung away from competitors. In this Canadian river, a beaver rushes to reinforce her dam...
Baking apple pie? Discount orange warehouse has you covered! A fruit’s a fruit, right? It’s 1988, and scientist James Hansen has just testified to the United States Congress that global...
Ah, a witch hunt. Humans are tireless in their pursuit of reason. “It’s 1950. Following threats from the communist governments of the Soviet Union and China, anti-communist sentiment in the...
Oh the humanity! Ah… humanity… It’s a trainwreck, but I can’t look away. It’s 1843, and a debate is raging among physicians about one of the most common killers of...
tIn 2010, a parrot that spoke with the same British accent as his owner went missing. They were reunited four years later, but the intervening time left a conspicuous mark:...
The annals of Ancient Egyptian king Thutmose III described a marvelous foreign bird that “gives birth daily.” Zoroastrians viewed them as spirits whose cries told of the cosmic struggle between...
Penguins have long captured the imagination and the hearts of people the world over. But while popular culture depicts them as clumsy, adorable birds with endlessly abundant populations, the truth...
