The Nobel Prize is a yearly award that is made available in a number of fields, including literature, peace and…
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Dive into the defining events, eras, and turning points that shaped our world. The Histories category brings you short-form podcast episodes and articles that unpack complex moments in time with clarity and focus. Whether it’s ancient empires or modern revolutions, we make history easy to grasp — and hard to forget.
In today’s world organ transplants are surprisingly commonplace. While still a risky procedure whenever they are undertaken, advances in medical…
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The Hawaiian Islands had been discovered many hundreds of years before the English explorer James Cook landed on what he…
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Coming in at a mere 278 words, the Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches ever given by…
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Originally conceived as a way for the United States armed forces to communicate with each other effectively, the precursor to…
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The Gunpowder Plot, the attempt by thirteen young men to blow up the Houses of Parliament, is remembered and commemorated…
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The end of the Great War, now known as World War I, was the prelude to a decade of wealth and…
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During the Industrial Revolution and in the subsequent years before worker protection laws were put into place, it was a…
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Two hundred and sixty-two years ago, a very strange thing happened. Everyone in Britain and her North American colonies became…
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Frustrations with the way King Charles was ruling in England in the 1600s paired with religious oppression against non-traditional groups…
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