Culture

Flawed thinking can lead us into a lifetime of pointless arguments and bad decisions. Fixing the problem won't be easy — but we know...

1600s 1620: The Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 male passengers aboard the Mayflower, creating the first framework for self-governance in the area that would become...

Major events 1916: Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. 1917: The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government in Russia, marking the start of the...

by Tom Kertscher / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch July 30, 2025 Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims....

Darius Tahir July 16, 2025 One of the world’s biggest genetic databases comprises DNA data donated over the years by more than a million retired military...

Major Historical Events 1620: The Mayflower Compact Signed Forty-one male passengers on the Mayflower signed the Mayflower Compact. 1783: First Untethered Hot-Air Balloon Flight Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis François...

Key Historical Events 1783: George Washington resigns as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. 1912: An assassination attempt is made on the Viceroy of India,...

By Anthony Acciavatti Historians often speak of “contingency”, by which they mean something like “things could have been otherwise”. But is this even true? It can...