Stories by benbreen

Should we move to a system where every scientist gives grant money away?

In Search of Zoroastrian Manuscripts in Iran

On the Women’s Petition Against Coffee of 1674

Medieval villagers mutilated the dead to stop them rising, study finds

Graffiti from Pompei

The Big Dig: Istanbul’s city planners have a problem: too much history (2015)

Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones tell a different story

Exploring how deaf people ‘hear’ voice-hallucinations

The Mind in the Whirlwind

Imperial Airship Scheme

Killing a Program That Brings History to Life

Author Says Hitler Was 'Blitzed' on Cocaine and Opiates During the War

James Baldwin, the Art of Fiction No. 78 (1984)

Lieutenant Nun (2013)

Decades after a Cold War experiment, a scientist lives with secrets (2012)

Benvenuto Cellini’s Encounter with the Spirits (2013)

Recipe found in medieval mystic’s writings was probably for 'dragges'

Are We Different People in Different Languages?

Evidence that ancient Japan was more cosmopolitan than previously thought (2016)

The First Global Empire (2015)

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