History

My generation of filmmakers shook up cinema forever. Where are history’s periodic surges of creativity taking us?

Renée Bergland’s 3 greatest revelations while writing Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science.

An accident of lighting uncovers Jewish, European, and Islamic origins.

A radical theory that pagan cults gave rise to early Christianity.

The surprising relationship between age and success in rebellions.

A 19th-century tale of hermaphrodite flowers, Charles Darwin, and women’s right to vote.

If you want to know what it takes to succeed in science, head to the Nobel Prize ceremony.

Here’s a hint: He didn’t eat processed foods and sugar.

David Gibbins on his 3 greatest revelations while writing A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks.

How a shared love of algae got a community of women hooked on marine science.

Charles I’s neck bone, Queen Victoria’s armpit, and other fabulously gruesome medical tales.

An inventor, a bird, and a plan to connect all the minds in the world.