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… Australia has water troubles. For at least the past nine years, the people "down under" … is a self-reinforcing event. How, we should ask, has it come to all this? Australia's water woes are, in part, a … parts of Australia every few years and major droughts come at least once per generation. The Big Dry is one in a …

… Prologued is a serial podcast from Origins that performs in depth discussions of historical roots that have … the history of a major issue society is facing, in an effort to not only explain how we got here, but to reveal a path forward.  Season 1 will analyze the myth of the women's …

… In societies that have undergone major political transformations—away from systems of oppression and towards … politicians, arms dealers, and bureaucrats, among others, committed heretofore underappreciated crimes in the waning … proposal dressed up as public diplomacy” in 1985 and who visited the country the following year. When approached in …

… No disaster scenario more challenges human hopes to overcome nature’s forces than the sudden and unpredicted strike of a giant … they wanted to determine if a guest from outer space had visited. Yet their commitment to empirical research …

… into law on April 3, 1948. The Marshall Plan, as it’s more commonly known, was intended to revive the economies of … Italy, and West Germany, the program was an ambitious foreign aid effort and an unprecedented display of U.S. … However, in underscoring its accomplishments, the latest references to the Marshall Plan neglect its more …

… On December 17, 1969, the United States Air Force concluded Project Blue Book, its investigation into … investigating reports of UFOs. To this end it instituted a comprehensive study of UFOs.  This study, known as Project … Study of UFOs UFO Study: Condon Group Finds No Evidence of Visits from Outer Space …

… but the game itself made no money. Men’s college basketball commenced with a similarly obscure contest.  In 1895 at … national football championship made a nifty $549 million for the teams and their conferences.  Division I men’s … by poorly compensated, short-term contract, adjunct, and visiting professors. Employees Who Don’t Get Paid For over a …

… Espionage produces information. Its analysis generates intelligence. The process … spy. Since then, as this list shows, espionage became more complex and increasingly valuable. The times change, but … in a forward hospital. French officials let Mata Hari visit him in exchange for her agreement to spy on Germans. …

… Arabic, European, and Persian architectural styles, the complex embodied purposefully Egypt's place at the … as the group settled down to talk. After a brief back-and-forth about Israel, Mubarak turned to Iraq. "My dear … Little was known of the man beyond the fact that he had visited a website associated with radical Islam—but his name …

… World War . Or so the story goes. In January 1918, after forty-one months of combat, Allied troops were ready for a ceasefire, but they … been touched by death. Oftentimes, there was no grave to visit and no body upon which to perform funereal rights that …

… were exhausted, and all but the Oatman family opted to stay for at least a few weeks to recover.  The Oatmans, led by … Olive remade herself into a proper Victorian lady, complete with a child (the couple adopted) and a beautiful … transitions. For more information on Mifflin and her work, visit: …

… from Akin's, and President Barack Obama reiterated his commitment to not make "health care decisions on behalf of … and congressional races. And state legislative efforts to restrict abortion access are currently under way in … grown more widely available. As the professionalization and commercialization of medicine began, more abortion options …

… American immigration policy has always toggled back and forth between seeking immigrant labor and restricting entry … they simply never made enough to do so. “Many Chinamen have come; few have returned. Why is this?” representatives of … U.S. immigration document. Upon his return from a temporary visit to China in 1895, Wong was denied re-entry to San …

… feared on the battlefield and the conqueror of new lands for his empire. When Süleyman was made sultan, his kingdom encompassed the peoples and territories of the Balkans, … is still a popular destination for Istanbul residents and visitors today. [Photo by author] The Sultan often reflected …

… The war between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary militia Rapid Support … because SAF leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, … settlers and southern tribes. Armed with the latest weapons, the Arab militias carried out destructive …

… in 1945, the United States took control of Earth’s destiny for the first time. After the Truman administration dropped … postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long …

… he lived in France and traveled widely through Europe. But for all his wanderlust, his most vivid memory stemmed not … total solar eclipse . Dating to 1223 BCE in Syria, it was accompanied by the appearance of  Mars in the sky and … also took credit for this apparent miracle. Whatever the latest eclipse portends, 2024 is a pivotal if ominous year …

… more importantly, it is the only treaty of WWI still in force today. Lausanne marked the end of a long and … Ottoman rule for centuries. The Balkan Wars saw atrocities committed against civilians on a massive scale. The … were forcibly resettled in a “homeland” most had never even visited.  The overall perception of Lausanne’s bloodless …

… the new generation of bullet trains are all emptier than before, for they are the dreaded paths that the coronavirus … future when “some evil spell” had settled on our communities, when “mysterious maladies swept the flocks of … But that cannot be the real story, for COVID-19 is only the latest in a long series of world-shaking epidemics , and at …

… fireworks light the sky and effigies burn. The celebration commemorates an event from 1605, when authorities discovered … James I ascended to the throne, hope spread among Catholics for religious toleration, in no small part because the new … English Heritage . N.D. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/real-story-of-bonfire-night/ Sharpe, J. A. …

… The perfect companion to nearly any summer activity is a good book. And, … your interests, there is certainly no shortage of options for those who love history. Here are ten books to put on … of socialism and post-socialism in Eastern Europe. In her latest work, Second World, Second Sex, Ghodsee turns her …

… Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins .   Patrick Potyondy   And … hard work of ordinary, everyday people, and so if people visiting the museum or people in who take our classes, take …

… Invasion (PDF File) (June 6, 1944) was the supreme joint effort of the Western Allies in Europe in World War II and … thousand casualties on the first day of the invasion. To commemorate the battle, Origins offers ten of the most … celebrations commemorating the invasions draw thousands of visitors. Heads of state from the United States, the United …