Watch as Lance Geiger, The History Guy, explores the ancient origins of “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” tracing it back to 3rd-century China during the Han Dynasty. The game, called Ishin (hand commanding), featured gestures symbolizing animals: a thumb for a frog, a pinky for a centipede, and an index finger for a snake. The game reflected […]
Check out this video from The Paint Explainer featuring all the last known isolated tribe in just 8 minutes!
Fifty years before the architecture for the web was created, Jorge Luis Borges had already imagined an analog equivalent. Sophie Bassouls/Sygma via Getty Images Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis How will the internet evolve in the coming decades? Fiction writers have explored some possibilities. In his 2019 novel “Fall,” science fiction author Neal Stephenson […]
In a world where reckless drivers are a growing concern, one planet’s government has proposed a radical solution: assigning driver credit scores to monitor driving behavior. By installing cameras and microphones in vehicles, the government plans to reduce accidents and reward safe driving—but at the cost of individual privacy. Drive safely? Your score goes up. […]
From Andrew Dobson: So much of geek/nerd culture has been shaped by women over the years, and yet people often overlook it all. They’ve not part of some new “SJW agenda,” they’ve been there since the beginning. [Source: Andrew Dobson]
Forget the flapper dresses and Charleston dances—this video takes us back to the 1920s to uncover a side of women’s history rarely explored! While the world was busy dancing, some women were busy fighting—literally. Suffragettes used jiu-jitsu to defend themselves during protests (because why just march when you can armbar your way through?) and everyday […]
Carl Sagan at his Cornell University laboratory in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1974. Santi Visalli, Inc./Archive Photos via Getty Images Jean-Luc Margot, University of California, Los Angeles On Nov. 9, 2024, the world will mark Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday – but sadly without Sagan, who died in 1996 at the age of 62. Most people remember […]
Henry VIII’s reign was a rollercoaster of drama, power moves, and lavish feasts. Famous for his six marriages, the larger-than-life king left his mark in ways that went well beyond romance. From costly banquets featuring peacock and swan, to dramatic showdowns with France, Henry’s rule was as extravagant as it was ruthless. He even changed […]