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How Photographs Have Shaped Our View of the National Parks
There were two prominent types of landscape photographs in the 1860s: Civil War battlefields strewn with the dead, and sweeping vistas of the West. By Allison Meier.
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People enhanced the environment, not degraded it, over past 13,000 years
Human occupation is usually associated with deteriorated landscapes, but new research shows that 13,000 years of repeated occupation by British Columbia’s coastal First Nations has had the opposite effect, enhancing temperate rainforest productivity. Andrew Trant, a professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, led the study in partnership with the University of Victoria and the Hakai Institute. The research combined remote-sensed, ecological and archaeological data from coastal sites where First Nations’ have lived for millennia.
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Six maps that will make you rethink the world
The typical world map that hangs on the walls of classrooms is essentially obsolete, says the author of a new book.
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Medieval graffiti brings a new understanding of the past
All of us can imagine the medieval world. Our imagination was created by our upbringing, the books we read, and the films we saw. Imagining the Middle Ages is an act that usually starts in childhood, and changes slowly as we grow older. From the brightly coloured pages of a child’s history book to the visceral panoramas of the latest season of Game of Thrones, how we see the Middle Ages changes. In most cases, however, the fundamental perspective remains the same: it’s an elite view of the medieval past, a Middle Ages composed of princes and kings, of knights and fair damsels in distress.
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The epic volcano eruption that led to the ‘Year Without a Summer’
The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 caused catastrophic loss of life and cooled the globe three degrees. By Jack Williams. (June 10, 2016)
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The History of Barcelona, in 26 Interactive Maps
Watch the city evolve from 150 A.D. to 2010.
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How to Stop Robocalls … or at Least Fight Back
As intrusive pre-recorded calls to your home phone and smartphone reach record highs, Joanna Stern looks at how you can try to fight back with services like Nomorobo and Hiya
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The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature
The more one knows of its peculiar history, the more one realizes that wilderness is not quite what it seems. Far from being the one place on earth that stands apart from humanity, it is quite profoundly a human creation—indeed, the creation of very particular human cultures at very particular moments in human history. It is not a pristine sanctuary where the last remnant of an untouched, endangered, but still transcendent nature can for at least a little while longer be encountered without the contaminating taint of civilization. Instead, it’s a product of that civilization.
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The Tale of a Wild Coast-to-Coast Road Trip … in 1903
In 1903, two men spent 71 days driving a Packard Model F across the US—before most of the West even had paved roads.
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A complete history of New York City fire escapes
When a safety measure turns into a safety hazard, and other notes on the ubiquitous urban building feature.
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Shakespeare: The strange way people looked at food in the 16th Century
It may seem a peculiarly 21st Century preoccupation, but people in Shakespeare's England were also obsessed with food, writes Dr Joan Fitzpatrick.
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How to Write a History of Video Game Warfare
EVE Online’s historian reflects on the largest war ever fought on the Internet. By Robinson Meyer.
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The World’s Most Powerful Corporation
The East India Company was vast and powerful, hiring thousands across the world. But what was it like to work there? And are there parallels with today’s multinationals?
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Capitalism’s Capital: The Man Who Built New York
Jackson Lears reviews “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” by Robert Caro.
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Meet the Badass Women Cartographers of Early North America
The first part in a series exploring little-seen contributions to cartography.
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Early photojournalism captures life on the streets of Victorian London
Photographer John Thomson and journalist Adolphe Smith created some of the very first socially concerned documentary photography.
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Long Hours, Crowded Houses, Death by Trolley: America in 1915
The presidential campaign is replete with allusions to better times and eclipsed golden ages of American greatness. But in a new review from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economist Carol Boyd Leon paints a sociological portrait of America as it was 100 years ago, when technology was meager, financial ruin was one downturn away, war was ongoing in Europe, and the choices that Americans have come to expect—in their cars, clothes, food...
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This Haunting Animation Maps the Journeys of 15,790 Slave Ships in Two Minutes
Usually, when we say “American slavery” or the “American slave trade,” we mean the American colonies or, later, the United States. But as we discussed in Episode 2 of Slate’s History of American Slavery Academy, relative to the entire slave trade, North America was a bit player. From the trade’s beginning in the 16th century to its conclusion in the 19th...
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Maximizing Food Flavor by Speeding Up the Maillard Reaction
“By the addition of baking soda, I had changed the outcome of an otherwise trivial and everyday chemical reaction, and the result seemed interesting from a gastronomic perspective!” By Martin Lersch. (June ’12)
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Peering inside Pompeii's victims: CT Scans reveal unprecedented detail
Archaeologists have spent the past year carefully restoring and scanning the preserved bodies of 86 Romans who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted in Pompeii in 79AD.
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5 Ingredient Slow Cooker Macaroni & Cheese - Homemaking Hacks
There is no denying the ultimate comfort that a good bowl of macaroni & cheese offers up.
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An Incredibly Detailed Map of the Roman Empire At Its Height in 211AD
The map above is one of the most detailed and interesting maps of the Roman Empire you'll likely find online. It shows what the Empire looked like in 211 CE (aka 211 AD) at the end of the reign of Septimius Severus.
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The Lost Empire that Ruled the Silk Road
Today, the city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan is relatively remote, known mostly for its magnificent medieval ruins. But over a millennium ago, it was one of the richest cities on the infamous trade route known as the Silk Road. Back in the 600s CE, that route was called simply "the road to Samarkand."
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Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraska
This interactive website explores the development of towns and cities on the Great Plains through the lens of a murder case in the 1890s that evolved into a fascinating story that drew the attention of nearly everyone in town and people from across the region and country.
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Castle and Camels
This is one shot which was captured in the morning in Kumtag Desert. Kumtag Desert is the 6th largest desert in China. It became National Park in 2002. Photo location: Shanshan, Xinjiang, China. (Photo and caption by Mei Xu/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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How to Build an Upside-Down Fire: The Only Fireplace Method You'll Ever Need
Total reading time: 9 minutes. How would you like to light a fire perfectly and have it burn for 3-7 hours without touching it or putting on more wood? It can be done, every time, but it requires forgetting everything you've learned about starting fires...
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A global guide to the first world war - interactive documentary (2014)
Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens. Using original news reports, interactive maps and rarely seen footage, including extraordinary shots of troops crossing Mesopotamia on camels and Italians fighting high up in the Alps, the half hour film explores the war and its effect from many different perspectives. Watch the documentary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic or Hindi.
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14 fabulous loop hikes in America
Loop hikes are considered to be the pinnacle hiking experience. With fresh views at every step, none of your time or energy is wasted.
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The Best Backpacking Tent Review
What's the best backpacking tent? In a multi-year backpacking bonanza, we tested over 23 of the best two-person tents on the market.
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Pack Packing - How To Pack A Backpack
NOLS Field Staffing Director and senior NOLS Instructor Marco Johnson walks us through how he packs his backpack. When packed properly, a backpack can hold much more than it would appear and can be comfortable despite weight. Achieve comfort and efficiency by following the A-B-Cs.
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