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Why Does a Week Have Seven Days? (Encore)
Episode 1415
Most of our major divisions of time are based on some sort of natural event.
A year is one orbit of the Earth around the sun.
A month is one orbit of …
1 year, 9 months ago
All About Viruses
Episode 1414
Inside you right now are most probably millions of, possibly even trillions of viruses.
Some viruses are extremely deadly, but the vast majority are …
1 year, 9 months ago
The Battle of Adrianople
Episode 1413
On August 9, 378, one of the most important battles in history took place.
While largely forgotten today, it was a critical battle that contributed t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Smuggling Silk Out of China (Encore)
Episode 1412
There was no product more important to the economy of the ancient world than silk.
Silk was transported thousands of miles to be purchased by people …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Anaconda Plan
Episode 1411
When the United States entered the Civil War, the Union needed a plan for conducting the war.
Its senior military commander, General Windfield Scott,…
1 year, 10 months ago
City Syndromes
Episode 1410
Psychologists have identified hundreds of different psychological disorders and conditions.
Some of them are rather common conditions that affect lar…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Phoenician Civilization (Encore)
Episode 1409
Sometime around 3,200 years ago, a new civilization became ascendent on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
This group wasn’t like the Empire…
1 year, 10 months ago
Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb
Episode 1407
During the Second World War, the United States established the highly secret Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb based on nuclear fission.
Whi…
1 year, 10 months ago
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori: 40 Years a Slave (Encore)
Episode 1407
In 1788, the son of the leader of the Confederation of Futa Jallon in West Africa was commanding his 2,000 troops against a neighboring military forc…
1 year, 10 months ago
All About Hair
Episode 1406
If you are listening to me speak these words and can understand what I’m saying, then you are a human being.
If you are a human being, you are also a …
1 year, 10 months ago