The long history of the figurative 'literally'—and eight great writers who used it ~humanities.languages Article 1521 words, published Mar 20 2023 2 votes
Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan has been barred from the UK after threatening to burn a copy of the Quran in Wakefield religion Article 6 votes
Why did Denmark gain land after WW1 despite being neutral? ~humanities.history Video 3:23, published Apr 25 2022 4 votes
Shaka, When the Walls Fell - ChatGPT tries to speak a contextual minimalist conlang ~humanities.languages Video 18:58, published Mar 8 2023 5 votes
Scientists have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark ~humanities.languages Article 413 words 6 votes
Cosmic rays reveal 'hidden' thirty-foot-long corridor in Egypt's Great Pyramid ~humanities.history Article 824 words, published Mar 2 2023 8 votes
This guy shares cool maps of the world every day on Facebook ~humanities.history Article 320 words 5 votes
The rich have their own ethics: Effective altruism and the crypto crash philosophy ethics Video 41:34, published Feb 24 2023 11 votes
In the oppression olympics, don’t go for the gold ~humanities.history Article 1433 words, published Oct 24 2021 13 votes
The blast furnace - 800 years of technology improvement ~humanities.history Article 4624 words 5 votes
How should we think about our different styles of thinking? Article 4644 words, published Jan 9 2023 4 votes
Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’ ~humanities.history Article 1453 words 2 votes
These masks brought shame to gossips, drunks, and narcissists ~humanities.history Article 860 words, published Feb 17 2023 10 votes
How codebreakers decrypted a trove of long-lost letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots ~humanities.history Article 1387 words 7 votes
What happened to the old Norwegian flag? ~humanities.history Video 8:00, published Aug 12 2022 3 votes
What happened to the old Finnish flag? ~humanities.history Video 15:53, published Jan 13 2023 4 votes
Vikings brought their animals to England, research suggests – experts find evidence at Derbyshire cremation site of horses and dogs originating from the Baltic Shield ~humanities.history Article 616 words 6 votes
Anglish: English without the 'foreign' bits ~humanities.languages Video 17:13, published Jan 21 2023 6 votes
The mystery of the world’s oldest billboard ~humanities.history Article 749 words, published Jan 20 2023 3 votes
Navigating the ethics of ancient human DNA research archaeology anthropology ethics Article 2434 words, published Jan 19 2023 1 vote
An overview of how, and why, Taiwan’s Kuomintang dictatorship willingly embraced democracy ~humanities.history Video 12:48 5 votes
Intact ancient papyrus scroll uncovered in Saqqara, the first in a century ~humanities.history Link 5 votes
Denmark has managed to anger the Evangelical Lutheran Church and hundreds of thousands of Danish voters – all because of a public holiday religion Article 928 words 6 votes
US pilot shot down four Soviet MiGs in thirty minutes – and kept it a secret for fifty years ~humanities.history Article 1508 words 8 votes
World's oldest runestone found in Norway – 2,000-year-old inscription is among the earliest examples of words recorded in writing ~humanities.languages Article 476 words 9 votes
Much of what you've heard about Carter and Reagan is wrong ~humanities.history Article 1424 words 11 votes
Crippling Hitler's navy – the battle that knocked out 50% of the Kriegsmarine's destroyers in Norway ~humanities.history Video 11:42, published Dec 25 2022 4 votes
A shared celebration of Orthodox Christmas deep in the Arctic, undimmed by war and the round-the-clock polar night religion Article 1037 words 6 votes
Archaeology and genetics can’t yet agree on when humans first arrived in the Americas. That’s good science and here’s why. ~humanities.history Article 5505 words 3 votes
Archaeologists with the Nordjyske Museer in Denmark have found the remains of a large, thousand-year-old homestead, which they believe may have been a Viking hall ~humanities.history Article 299 words 6 votes
'Hallowed space': Canadian divers pull 275 artifacts from 2022 excavation of Franklin ship ~humanities.history Article 914 words, published Dec 19 2022 3 votes
The year woke broke: A brief history of a contested word ~humanities.languages Article 6300 words, published Dec 20 2022 2 votes
Norwegian Jehovah's Witnesses no longer registered as religious community – due to exclusionary practices when someone breaks religious rules religion Link 7 votes