History articles

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  Article

  Ill-gotten gains: how many museums have stolen objects in their collections?

  By Carl Franzen on May 13, 2013 01:30 pm + 71 comments

  The prestigious New York Museum of Metropolitan of Art made headlines earlier this month when museum Continue reading…

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  Article

  The Vergecast 077 - May 9th, 2013

  By Evan Rodgers on May 10, 2013 08:50 am + 12 comments

  Stand up, sit down, miss the chair, wonder how you did, look back, see your buddies, curse the sky, Continue reading…

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  Video

  Spitting image: inside the big business of searching for our ancestors

  on May 7, 2013 11:03 am + 6 comments

  Genealogy has its roots in early American history but recent developments in technology have made it Continue reading…

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  Article

  First ever website brought back to life at its original URL

  By Vlad Savov on April 30, 2013 04:33 am + 121 comments

  April 30th may seem as ordinary as any other date, but in 1993 it marked an important milestone in Continue reading…

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  Article

  Origins, unknown: where did the Maya empire really come from?

  By Amar Toor on April 25, 2013 02:00 pm + 65 comments

  Photo by Takeshi Inomata, University of Arizona The astronomy, calendar, and apocalyptic Continue reading…

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  Article

  Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell's voice recovered from 'unplayable' record

  By Carl Franzen on April 25, 2013 01:13 pm + 53 comments

  Alexander Graham Bell, the man widely credited with inventing the telephone as we know it (though Continue reading…

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  Feature

  'Could you poison your child?': images from a century of medical propaganda

  By Amar Toor on April 12, 2013 02:39 pm + 47 comments

  The US National Library of Medicine is much more than a library about medicine. Founded in 1836, the Continue reading…

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  Article

  Meet Harry Beck, the genius behind London's iconic subway map

  By Amar Toor on March 29, 2013 10:00 am + 150 comments

  © Ken Garland, courtesy of London Transport Museum You won't find Harry Beck's face on any coins Continue reading…

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  Article

  Samsung's militaristic culture and the leaders behind it

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 28, 2013 10:36 am + 17 comments

  At some of Samsung's Korean facilities you can find K-pop playing from speakers disguised as rocks, Continue reading…

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  Article

  'Recalling 1993' transforms Manhattan pay phones into audio time capsules

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 27, 2013 05:25 am + 4 comments

  New York City was a very different place twenty years ago. Recalling 1993 surfaces memories of Continue reading…