Slavery was inherently cruel and unjust, and it was cruel and unjust to different people in different ways. Today, Clint Smith teaches you about the experience of enslaved women, and…
Continue ReadingToday we’re going to take a closer look at these beautiful but dangerous landforms as we explore the different types of volcanoes and trace the patterns of volcanic activity around…
Continue ReadingOne of the ways that the US Constitution baked the institution of slavery into the very core of the new United States was through the fugitive slave clause. The clause…
Continue ReadingCrowds have gathered in huge numbers outside Tokyo’s Olympic stadium as the opening ceremony takes place. Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/3idrdLH "Thousands of people now pack the…
Continue ReadingAerial images capture the scale of floods in China’s Henan province, showing stranded cars and roads still substantially under water. Twelve people were killed after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway…
Continue ReadingVisitors now need a special #COVID pass to ride up the Eiffel Tower or visit #French museums or movie theaters, as new rules came into effect Wednesday following a government…
Continue ReadingCliffs and canyons, beaches and dunes, floodplains and river valleys, plateaus and mountains — these are all products of a restless Earth. In today’s episode we’re going to take a…
Continue ReadingToday we’re going to tell the story of a quiet revolution in the 1960s that shifted our entire understanding of how the Earth works. We currently believe that the Earth’s…
Continue ReadingThe drafting and adoption of the United States Constitution recalled many of the high ideals of liberty and freedom that were espoused during the Revolutionary War. But the compromises that…
Continue ReadingWhen we talk about the American Revolution and Revolutionary War, the discussion often involves lofty ideals like liberty, and freedom, and justice. The Declaration of Independence even opens with the…
Continue ReadingThe #UnitedStates expects to finish withdrawing its #troops from #Afghanistan by the end of August, officials said Friday, after announcing all American and NATO soldiers had left the conflict-scarred nation’s…
Continue ReadingFrom towering mountains to pebbles along a river, the Earth is made of a huge variety of rocks. In today’s episode, we’re going to follow the rock cycle of a…
Continue ReadingNew #coronavirus cases popped up in cities across #Australia on Monday, prompting local authorities to impose #restrictions in areas not used to living under strict Covid-19 rules. Australia has been…
Continue ReadingSajid Javid, the newly appointed Health Secretary, returns to the dispatch box as he delivers his first Covid-19 update to MPs on Monday afternoon. Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube…
Continue ReadingNearly every environment on Earth — and that includes animals — is home to some kind of parasite. Today we’re going to talk about parasites not just because they’re an…
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