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… of unparalleled proportions. Our reliance on unsustainable dietary choices and agricultural systems is causing problems … of our planet. Solutions from lab-grown food to vegan diets to strictly local food consumption are often … the last 200 years to explore how we developed our current diet heavy in meat, wheat, and sugar. He’ll explore how the …

… The catastrophe in San Diego is not entirely a natural one. As with Katrina, it’s … humans. This week, two massive wildfires ignited in the San Diego County backcountry and began their march toward the … are offering time, money and supplies. Inter-agency communication is decidedly better. And the city owns a …

… we shove into our mouths has shaped our cultures, our bodies, and our planet. ( Image Source )   … we shove into our mouths has shaped our cultures, our bodies, and our planet. So stay tuned.   Dr. Helen Veit   I am … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at …

… reward for reasonable risk. We're talking about the dot-com industries of the '90s, aren't we? Not this time. We're … investors didn't know the difference. The crash, the "big die-off," came the winter of '86-87. A harsh winter after a …

… had a vision of Ukraine’s future. Born in Crimea , he studied political science in the western city of Lviv and came … protests became more violent, people who did not want to wield weapons or face off with the police created nonviolent … just as quickly as these initiatives were organized, they died off when they were no longer necessary.   But these …

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … public land in the West that resulted from Powell’s report died a slow procedural death. Events proved Powell right, of … we busted,” so the expression went at the time. The rains stopped again in the 1930s and created the environmental …

… given the chance to travel back in time to the 1960s and stop Kennedy’s assassination. Born a generation after the … events of November 22, 1963, in Dallas. Conservative radio commentator Bill O’Reilly’s best-selling nonfiction book … The End of Camelot (authored with Martin Dugard, 2012) comes to life in a docudrama on the National Geographic …

… is available at https://origins.osu.edu/read/heroes-never-die-ukraine. Video production by Svetlana Ter-Grigoryan, … Heroes Never Die: The Legacies of Euromaidan …

… hibernation. The return of the problem today has been accompanied by its earlier logic. There is a striking … insisting that “the great principle is the right of every community to judge and decide for itself, whether a thing is … News Service. He is author, most recently, of "Henry Steele Commager." …

… violence. By the end, a few thousand Spaniards under the command of Hernando Cortés fighting alongside many times … modern world, the seat of the Aztec Empire. Written by Diego Javier Luis. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. … Diego Javier Luis … Indigenous Communities …

… Assassination Records, and now the files of the 9-11 commission. Decisions about access to these materials should … Collins of Maine, chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and a Republican, noted in Weinstein's … democracy and secrecy, right now secrecy is winning. Jon Wiener, a contributing editor of  The Nation , is the author …

… violence. By the end, a few thousand Spaniards under the command of Hernando Cortés fighting alongside many times … people in the early sixteenth century. For a Spanish soldier fighting with Hernando Cortés named Bernal Díaz del … superior quality to Indigenous peoples in the Americas toppled a tyrannical empire. This Cortésian fable resonated …

… from the priesthood in February 2019.  All of these tragedies are tinged with a sense of déjà vu. Similar patterns of … changing sexual mores since the 1960s. Occasionally, commentators have referred to an insular institutional … his readers of the term’s origin in mafia culture. The octopus has long been used in anti-Catholic cartoons to depict …

… the stories they tell about themselves?  In Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War Viet Thanh Nguyen, a professor of American Studies at USC and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, reflects … who view the dead and choose to remember them. This is a complex work.  Equal parts philosophical treatise, …

… orders. But while clerical abuse has only recently become a news item, it has a much longer history. This month, … Rhodes speak with two experts on the Church  — Professors Wietse de Boer  and Alexander Stille .    What makes the … The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse, Then and Now  by Dr. Wietse de Boer. Interested in more coverage of the Church? …

… Russian translations and interpretations. To See Paris and Die by Eleonory Gilburd tells the story of the Soviet … One of Gilburd’s key arguments is that this Soviet audience made sense of books, films, and paintings through the … from viewers and readers and more than 6,000 entries in comment books from exhibitions—Gilburd gives voice to Soviet …

… of ergot that would later be dubbed lysergic acid diethalyamide: LSD. Written by Dr. Benjamin Breen. Narration … of ergot that would later be dubbed lysergic acid diethalyamide: LSD. …

… On 20 November 1975, Spanish General Francisco Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of … On 20 November 1975, Spanish General Francisco Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of …

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Thomas McDow Welcome to pandemics past, present and future. Coming to you … and science. Historians at OSU and elsewhere, have long studied pandemics, taught their lessons and preached …

… 78 whales restranded the following day, and at least 100 died. Although the exact cause of the stranding remains … and tied to ropes and anchors off the bay, left to decompose within the ecosystem. Europeans who lived in the … large and significant one. In 1577, Flemish artist Jan Wierix engraved  Three Beached Whales , which depicts three …

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome, everyone, to "The Global History of HIV," brought to … recalling the 38, the 32 point 7 million people who have died from HIV and its related illnesses in the near, the …

… atmosphere. The second fact will be relearned in the coming weeks as we emerge from our shock at this tragedy and … of space is not how many astronauts and cosmonauts have died, but how few. Though there have been several close calls, no one has actually died in space. Far more people died during the early years …

… someone discussing the importance of fresh and local ingredients.  Many cookbooks published in past ten years promise … like a recent fad, but in fact concerns about local ingredients and simple cooking methods began centuries ago.  … debates about food in the Enlightenment.  These books combine descriptions of food and ingredients with innovative …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … This month, our Best in History Online highlights a website that allows scholars, students, teachers, and the … 7,500 works of art from the Met’s extensive collection. The website “is a reference, research, and teaching tool …