Echoing Frankenstein’s story, the creation of the atomic bomb illustrates how scientific zeal can blind researchers to foreseeable dangers.
Heather Douglas | Nov 19
From jealous spouses to paranoid bosses, 19th-century pedometers quantified suspicion and reshaped the dynamics of surveillance.
Jacqueline D. Wernimont | Nov 14
From ancient Carthage to contemporary terror cells, violent ideologies have long plagued civilizations.
J.M. Berger | Oct 31
"We must see to it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision so that we never cross over that abyss. That is the abyss from which there is no return.”
Jennifer Holt | Sep 27
The author of “Whiteness” traces the evolution of race as a social and political instrument, from its beginnings in ancient hierarchies through European colonial expansion and into contemporary times.
Martin Lund | Sep 10
American bicyclists were some of the country’s keenest observers of landscapes, developing a new understanding and appreciation of the world around them.
Robert L. McCullough | Aug 28
"Mein Kampf" is both a manifesto of ideological hatred and a strategic guide for manipulation. Its tactics remain disturbingly relevant.
Albrecht Koschorke | Jul 18
Times Square's fame owes itself to a lucky twist of urban design and a charismatic promotional genius.
Lynne B. Sagalyn | Jul 8
Giovanni Aloi maps the ideological currents that led right-wing political exponents to protest and burn palm and banana trees in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo.
Giovanni Aloi | May 24
The Parisian Cabaret du Néant pioneered shock entertainment, using magic to conjure macabre illusions for its audience.
Mel Gordon | May 17
