Stories by benbreen

Solar storms, ice cores and nuns' teeth: the new science of history

Just Live

What do we get wrong about the Byzantine Empire?

Hex Marks the Spot

An Asteroid Wiped Out Dinosaurs. Did It Help Birds Flourish?

The long-running joke of a moon made of cheese

How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?

Catch Me Who Can

John Locke's recipe for Pancakes (2021)

Evidence of the intentional use of black henbane in the Roman Netherlands

Margaret Mead's LSD Memo

The (history of) spice must flow

History by Numbers (2022)

William Dampier, Revered and Reviled (2022)

The 100-Year Extinction Panic Is Back, Right on Schedule

Drug history is a backdoor to cultural history

Colophon for Psymon.com (1998-2021)

Pedestrianism

Martello Tower

Clear Shadows (1867)

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