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… continues to our day. Do these Church actions prove the incompatibility between science and religion? What lessons can … into trouble. A geocentric model of the solar system (top) compared to the heliocentric model (bottom) Galileo … In February-March 1615, one Dominican friar filed a written complaint against him, and another one testified in person …

… the history of science, Jacob offers a series of case studies looking at Avignon, Alchemy, early stock markets, … Republicans. This allows her to easily skim over the often complicated inter-relations between politics, science, and … and rather then explaining this she slips into complicated discussions of the comparative political …

… history of a city that has long sat at the crossroads of competing powers, and it still looms large in the … became a U.S. possession. Victorious American soldiers atop a rampart in Intramuros. Later, the American … Manila as the “Pearl of the Orient,” borrowing a nickname coined by a Spanish Jesuit. The central districts displayed …

… the department to upgrade other decorations that soldiers have received in action to the Medal of Honor. They … whether there is an inadvertent subjective bias amongst commanders that has contributed to the low numbers of awards … Robert Gates to report back to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees next March.   The standards for this …

… single kilometer. Although the only electric vehicle at the competition, the Jeantaud handily beat its gasoline-powered competition at the Parc Agricole d’Achères outside Paris. … were superior to gasoline cars. If they beat the gasoline competition before, perhaps one day they’ll dominate again. …

… World War I, President Woodrow Wilson established the Committee on Public Information, led by journalist George … Radio messages carried word of the American commitment to audiences around the world, largely through the format of … Miami University, Ohio, and a writer for the History News Service. …

… cultures, and belief systems. In the Late Antique and medieval eras, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Islam, and … only after St. Nino spent an entire night praying for it to come back. From its bark, once it was grounded, flowed holy … He recruited several family members from Martkopi for service in Egypt and sent back money to finance various …

… fireworks light the sky and effigies burn. The celebration commemorates an event from 1605, when authorities discovered … “Jack” Wright (1568-1605), and Guy Fawkes—a seasoned soldier who had fought for Catholic Spain and possessed crucial … of Parliament, killing King James I, the Lords, and the Commons in one stroke. The conspirators hoped the chaos …

… All of those meanings are now reflected in the Jewish community’s ambivalent view of the Middle East conflict. … Mideast peace. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. … History News Service …

… 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 …

… threat to public health: the specter of a pandemic, and the complacent American response. The so-called "Spanish" flu … million people around the world, more than the number who died in World War I battles. In the United States it killed … Dakota State University, and a writer for the History News Service. …

… in the moment. Some, however, really do represent something completely new in American political history, and not always … involving a federal election commission, railroad subsidies, and the renewed threat of regional violence, Hayes was … named Wendell Willkie. Willkie had no record of public service, and had been registered as a Democrat until 1939. …

… capital city, Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Emperor was accompanied by battle-tested companies of Patriot guerilla fighters (the Arbanyoch). … Orde Wingate led Gideon Force and an assorted mix of Commonwealth fighters from Egypt , Sudan , and Kenya . …

… this region has also been central to Ukraine’s complex journey to define itself. In the Soviet era and in … build a national movement with those they viewed as their compatriots living in imperial Russia , rich and often … of life in the rapidly changing Russian empire.  Even a common religious foundation eluded these groups, with …

… No disaster scenario more challenges human hopes to overcome nature’s forces than the sudden and unpredicted strike … so too can a homo-apocalypse. This miniscule possibility becomes all the more unnerving because increasingly scientists … but there is also little confidence that we would see one coming. In April 2018 , for instance, an undetected asteroid …

… August 19, 14 CE, the most influential man in Roman history died. Augustus began his career by fomenting a civil war, … forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. … powers back to the people of Rome and merely offering his services to the state should they need it. In his …

… him, believes that his only responsibility to the team comes on game day. Other anti-heroes, such as Michael … our pity more than our admiration. To be sure, heroes come from many different backgrounds and are as diverse as … William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money Pitcher: The Tragedy …

… was promptly arrested and imprisoned, where he would die of tuberculosis in 1918. But while the assassin’s fate … lives and change the face of the planet for generations to come. Gavrilo Princip Legend tells that shortly before his … II Yugoslavia, he came to embody the values of socialism, becoming a people’s hero of anti-imperialism who had liberated …

… the 1700s, European smallpox epidemics seem to have been comparatively mild, with minimal death rates. But thereafter … in the Punjab in Western India (now Pakistan) 47 percent died. As recently as 1972, an epidemic broke out in a … of Independent Scholars and writer for the History News Service. …

… financial titans who amassed riches while pushing their companies and the American economy over the cliff. But will … outrage over the abuses of fat-cats is often short-lived. Complaints appear frequently during hard times but are less … culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… antiwar movement, Black Power, and the generation gap had come even to Ohio. As the iconoclastic journalist I.F. Stone … Guard moved on campus and pushed students from the central Commons back toward the dorms. Having done so, the Guard’s … back at the Guard. Some chucked rocks; others jeered the soldiers. Many students described the atmosphere as almost …