Dec 11, 2018 | Science & Technology
By Brittany Ward Paleoclimatologists are digging into the connections between the collapse of Mayan Civilization and extreme droughts. Over 1,000 years ago, droughts plagued the Yucatan peninsula. The Yucatan was home to the Classic Lowland Maya Civilization, of...
Jun 29, 2017 | Arts & Culture
By Marcus Wilson Marcus Wilson compares the characters of Donald Trump and the Emperor Claudius. How Suetonius would have loved Mr. Trump! As biographer of the Roman emperors, Suetonius had a sharp eye for the matching and mismatching of personal character with the...
Jun 20, 2017 | Science & Technology
Simon Holdaway talks to Maria Armoudian about how we’ve changed and how our ancestors have dealt with past disasters and changes in the climate. Simon Holdaway is a Professor in Anthropology and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of...