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Scientists Find New Clue In Collapse Of Ancient Civilization

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: History, Video, Field Museum, Trade, Maya Civilization, Gary Feinman, Science, Science News, Archeology, Maya Collapse, Maya History, Science News

Maya history--and the civilization's "collapse"--continue to occupy the minds of archeologists. Some research points to a series of droughts as play...

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PHOTOS: This Week In Science History

Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: This Week in Science History, History, Video, Inventors. Historic Experiments, Science History, Space, Historic Events, Slideshow, Science News

You know John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth--his Mercury capsule circled the Earth three times before splashing down in the Atlantic...

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Harvard's Experiment on the Unabomber, Class of '62

Jonathan D. Moreno | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Unabomber, History, Harvard University, Human Experiments, Lsd, Culture News

The news that Ted Kaczynski was included in the 50th anniversary alumni directory has roiled the class reunion. Better known via his nom de plume (or ...

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Cave Artifacts Push Dawn Of Human Creativity WAY Back

Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: History, Merry Christmas Humans, Video, Early Human, Early Music, Musical Instrument, Science, Ancient Human, Science News, Ancient Flute, Bone Flute, Caveman, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 05/24/2012 01:46 PM EDT on LiveScience Early modern humans could have spent their evenings...

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'Swamp People': Willie Grabs An Alligator By Its Jaws

Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: TV Canada, History, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Louisiana, Swamp People, Tv Replay, Alligator Hunting, Alligators, Bayou, TV News

The alligator hunters featured on "Swamp People" (Thu., 9 p.m. ET on History) often take risks, but Thursday night Willie risked his life in the heat ...

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DNA Study Solves Mystery Of Mysterious Mixed-Race People

AP | TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Mixed Race, Dna, History, Video, Melungeon, Race Relations, Melungeon Ancestry, Heritage, Science, Science News, Melungeon Origins, Interracial, Science News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once...

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Kevin Costner & Bill Paxton Preview 'Hatfields & McCoys'

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Moaba | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: TV Canada, History, Video, Kevin Costner, Hatfields Mccoys Kevin Coster Bill Paxton, Bill Paxton, Hatfields and Mccoys, TV News

Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton star opposite each other in "Hatfields & McCoys" (premieres Mon., May 28 at 9 p.m. ET on HIST), a three-part miniseries ...

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How Would History Have Been Different if Richard Nixon Had Won the 1960 Presidential Election?

Quora | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Alternate History, u.s. History, History, President Nixon, American History, Richard Nixon, Nixon, Politics News

An interesting question for sure! This is the stuff that comes to mind, in no real order -- but really, after '76 all bets are off.

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On the Merits of an Arranged Marriage

Dora Levy Mossanen | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Tradition, Arranged Marriage, Marriage, Habib Levy, Iran, Dora Levy Mossanen, Divorce, Women, Jewish Quarter, Farsi, Historian, History, The History of the Iranian Jews, Tehran, Courtesan, Superstition, Harem, The Last Romanov, Mahaleh, Culture News

Was theirs an arranged marriage? It certainly was. Were they different in every imaginable way? You bet. Yet they managed to build a relationship based on love and trust. I wonder whether that was possible only because divorce was not an option at the time.

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A Sea of 'Happiness' Without Memory

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: History, Vitality, Memory, Depression, Memorial Day, Positive Psychology, Memorial Weekend, Healthy Living News

I'm using a part of this holiday coming up to remind myself about how going through tough feelings can be a much more grounded and sane way of resolving conflict than gliding above it all.

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'Pawn Stars': How Much For A Piece Of Cold War History?

Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: TV Canada, History, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Pawnbrokers, Pawn Stars, Tv Replay, Berlin Wall, Pawn Shops, Las Vegas, TV News

The "Pawn Stars" (Mon., 10 p.m. ET on History) held a piece of mid-20th-century history in their hands Monday night. A seller approached them with ...

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'Ax Men' Season Finale: A Close Call For The Big Gun Loggers

Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: TV Canada, History, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Logging, Tv Replay, Ax Men, Big Gun Logging, Lumberjacks, TV News

The two-hour Season 5 Finale of "Ax Men" (Sun., 9 p.m. ET on History) saw the men of Big Gun logging have a dangerously close call. A piece of equi...

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Putting Irish Science on the (Google) Map

John Lee | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Tourism, History, Tech, Johnleemedia, Pete Hamill, Nature, Belfast, Science, Digital, Travel, Ireland, Dublin, Google, Newgrange, Media News

It's a digital, interactive, online, tricked-out Google map called The Atlas of Ingenious Ireland. Dedicated to "Putting Irish Science on the Map," it locates and annotates key science, tech and natural history landmarks.

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'Swamp People': Don't Pull The Gator On The Boat Until It's Dead

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: TV Canada, History, Video, Reality TV, Troy Landry, Swamp People, Mitchell Guist, Tv Replay, Mitchell Guist Dead, Chase Landry, Alligator Hunting, TV News

Fans of "Swamp People" (Thu., 9 p.m. ET on History) mourned the loss of Mitchell Guist alongside the latest episode, which kicked off with a tribute t...

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Possessed: Voodoo's Origins and Influence from the Blues to Britney

Debra Devi | Posted 05.16.2012

This was the religion of many slaves brought from West Africa to the Americas and the Caribbean. Vodun was brutally repressed by slave-owners, yet its powerful beats, ethics and aesthetics endured. We owe our concepts of cool, soul and rock and roll to it.

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How Could the Sinking of the Titanic Have Been Prevented?

Quora | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Boat, History, Cruise, Rms Titanic, Cruise Ships, Titanic Anniversary, Titanic, Titanic 100 Year Anniversary, Titanic Sinking, Cruises, The Titanic, Boats, Cruise Ship, Travel News

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Chris O'Regan, Amateur Titanic enthusiast from Brisbane 1. Titanic could have been constructed with...

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'Ax Men': Shelby Is Grossed-Out By Davi's Toenails

Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: TV Canada, History, Canada Tv, Video, Louisiana, Shelby Stanga, Logging, Tv Replay, Ax Men, Davi, Lumberjacks, Bayou, TV News

On "Ax Men" (Sun., 9 p.m. ET on History) Sunday night Shelby Stanga's new helper Davi had a rough day. First, Davi got stuck in a tree and dangled...

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Crew Members of the USS Monitor: Solving the Mystery of the Skeletons in the Turret 150 Years Later

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Ironclad, Dna, History, Military, Bones, Civil War, Memorial Day, Sailors, Mystery, Forensics, Genealogy, Genetics, Maritime, Navy, USS Monitor, Shipwreck, Culture News

Who doesn't love a good history mystery? You don't have to be a Civil War buff to be fascinated with the attempt to identify the two skeletons found in the turret of the USS Monitor when it was raised from the ocean floor a decade ago.

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Bring Up the Bodies: A Review and Interview With Booker Prize-winning Author Hilary Mantel

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: England, History, Anne Boleyn, Bring Up the Bodies, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Tudors, Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize, Henry VIII, Adultery, Books, Violence, Author Interviews, Books News

In Bring Up the Bodies, the sequel to the Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel weaves a richly textured world that is at once deeply foreign and entirely relevant.

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Scientists' Theory About 'Alien Abductions' Gets New Support

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: History, Video, Dreams, Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, Alien Dreams, Alien Abduction, Science, Psychology, Science News, Alien Encounter, Abducted by Aliens, Science News

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 05/07/2012 03:49 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Hundreds of thousands or millions of Americans believe they hav...

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'Ax Men': Shelby Finds Historically Significant 'Monster Log'

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: History, Reality TV, Video, Historically Significant, Log Rafts, Logging, TV Canada, Tv Replay, Ax Men, Historic, TV News

Logging is one of the most storied professions in Americana, and Shelby is a definite enthusiast on "Ax Men" (Sun., 9 p.m. ET on History). The trade h...

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'Swamp People': Who's Ready To Fight Two Gators At Once?

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Two Gators, Reality TV, History, Swamp People, Video, Two Alligators, TV Canada, Tv Replay, Alligator Hunting, Alligators, TV News

It's a dangerous enough job when hunting one alligator at a time. On the latest "Swamp People" (Thu., 9 p.m. ET on History), Austyn and Blake were sta...

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More to Cinco de Mayo Than Meets the Eye

Jim Noles | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: History, Mexico, Cinco De Mayo, Hispanics, Battle of Puebla, Cinco De Mayo History, Cinco De Mayo Origins, Culture News

Truth be told, I like ice-cold Corona as much as the next guy. And if the party happens to fall on a pleasant Saturday afternoon in May, so much the better. Nevertheless, if we let the light-hearted celebration obscure the origins, then we do the day a disservice.

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Imitation Outrage: Faking Concern for the Chinese Masses

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Population, Robert Scheer, Debt, History, Labor, Timothy Geithner, Trade, Economy, Wall Street, China, Hillary Clinton, Chen Guangcheng, Republicans, Politics News

Our leaders are no more serious about human rights in China than they are about such conditions in oil-rich Saudi Arabia, for the simple reason that we need what those nations have more than they need us.

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Historicizing 9/11

Jim Downs | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Orientalism, History, Connecticut College, Middle East, Connecticut, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, Decade After 9/11 - Remembering, College News

In the course, aptly titled, "Historicizing 9/11," students at Connecticut College, a small liberal arts college in New London, have put forth their own history of 9/11 by making a documentary based on oral histories that they conducted of New London residents.

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