They’re all gone now, the Mercury 7. John Glenn died in late 2016, and knowledge of the first rides taken…
The Apollo program captured the world’s imagination. And it seemed to all that a golden age of human exploration had…
When veteran astronaut Scott Kelly was selected for NASA’s first year-long mission in orbit, he opted to read the book Endurance:…
In Sapiens, historian Yuval Noah Harari recounts the history of Earth’s most dominant species. History began, he asserted, with the cognitive…
Once upon a time, I began a project to read a book on every president from George Washington through Bill…
Most people say that history began 10,000 years ago, when humans began writing things down. If Ancient Aliens is to be…
Peter Ackroyd has written about the history of England from William the Conqueror through the Regency of Prince George. His…
They are not the most popular monarchs in British history, especially in America. Queen Elizabeth II has even expressed disdain…