4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (158+ words) There's a version of history where Johannes Kepler is remembered not just for his laws of planetary motion, but for writing one of the earliest works of science fiction ever recorded " a book so strange and visionary that it described…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (172+ words) With all the recent talk of wiping out the entire civilization of Iran. It's a good time to remember that it wouldn't be the first time a whole civilization was wiped out. Here are 12 examples, along with descriptions of attempts…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (223+ words) FOSSILS ET AL. Neanderthal Males and Sapiens Females Mated Far More Frequently Than We Thought New genetic evidence suggests that interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was not random " Neanderthal Males and Sapiens Females Mated Far More Frequently Than We…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (587+ words) I used to be a practicing Wiccan in my younger years. I can tell you that when I would do these rituals and incantations they would yield real results, not just weird feelings " I used to be a practicing Wiccan…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (80+ words) Sometimes you don't have the right words to explain how you feel. But then you hear a song " and suddenly, everything makes sense. It's like someone out there felt the same thing and turned it into music. Music becomes a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (349+ words) When we try to explain civilization, we often end up talking about institutions and culture. How did states emerge? How did religion organize society? How did markets and laws develop? These explanations are important. But they describe what happens within…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (270+ words) Global Literary Theory (ISSN 30498724) brings world literatures & cultures into comparison. We elucidate the aesthetics of politics and the politics of aesthetics, and support writers around the world. Medium's only quadrilingual publication. We support Palestinian liberation. What Do Creators Owe Their…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (318+ words) It's incredibly clear that the way popular women are treated is vastly different from the way men are treated. More often than not, men get a pass for criminal behaviour, whereas women are turned into colossal monsters over minor perceived…...

4+ week, 17+ hour ago  (532+ words) The town lay quiet beneath the dim glow of lantern light. Narrow streets stretched between old stone buildings, their windows dark and shuttered as if the entire place had fallen into a deep and uninterrupted sleep. The air held a…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1199+ words) For centuries, we have been told that the Great Pyramid of Giza was a silent tomb for a dead King. But as a researcher who looks at the world through the lens of biological and chemical systems, I see something…...