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fromNature
1 day ago

Student dilemma: physical science or physical education?

Practical physics classes were competing with the allure of sports in the 1800s, and top tips for the best-smelling garden, in this week's peek at the Nature archives. 100 years ago doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00297-2 This article features text from Nature's archive. By its historical nature, the archive includes some images, articles and language that by twenty-first-century standards are offensive and harmful. Find out more.
Science
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 days ago

Century-old love letters found at stately home reveal tale of forbidden romance

The Independent funds on-the-ground, paywall-free journalism while English Heritage uncovered century-old love letters revealing a forbidden affair at Witley Court.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Towns lag behind the switch to standard time

In 1875 some English locations used local mean time, and Niels Bohr presented the latest developments in quantum theory; historical materials may include offensive language.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Glenn Beck Has Been Hoarding More Than a Million Artifacts in Tornado-Proof' Mountain Vaults Across the Country

For nearly two decades, I have been collecting the physical evidence of America's soul. The documents, the letters, the artifacts that tell the true story of who we are, announced Beck in a video, boasting that his hoard of well over a million documents and items had become the third-largest private collection of founding documents in the world, surpassed only by the Library of Congress and the National Archives.
Right-wing politics
LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
7 months ago

All Issues of the San Francisco Bay Times to Be Available Online by the End of 2025 - San Francisco Bay Times

Every issue of the San Francisco Bay Times from May 1978 to June 2012 will be digitized and made freely available by 2025.
History
fromIrish Independent
7 months ago

Almost 200,000 new historical records released to mark 103rd anniversary of Four Courts fire

The release of 175,000 records commemorates the 1922 Dublin fire, offering insights into Irish history, particularly before and after the Great Famine.
SF LGBT
fromsilive
8 months ago

Alice Austen's historic photo collection returns to Staten Island home after 80 years

Alice Austen's extensive photographic archive is returning to her Staten Island home after 80 years, emphasizing her impact on early American photography.
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