(Phys.org)—Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States –­ ­a radical alternative to established textbooks when it was first published in 1980 – has today become a standard source in how ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 24, 2012 3 / 5 (10) 13

For the second time, Penn State University scientists Alan Walker and Pat Shipman together have won a national book award. A book they coauthored, The Ape in the Tree, A Natural and Intellectual History of ...

Biology - Evolution

Sep 29, 2009 4 / 5 (1) 0

Students who have trouble staying awake in history class now have a new way to learn about the Civil War and other topics: an interactive video game where they try to stop a band of evildoers from changing the past.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Jun 04, 2009 1.5 / 5 (2) 0

Modern microscopy technology has allowed two scorpion biologists, Carsten Kamenz of the Humboldt University in Berlin and Lorenzo Prendini of the American Museum of Natural History, to study and document what ...

Biology -

Jan 12, 2009 4.3 / 5 (4) 0