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The Electronic Arts Story: Part One

2013-05-27 TechStuff 0

Who is the founder of Electronic Arts? What was the company’s philosophy about making games? Why did the founder leave the company? Tune in to [Read more]

Heaven on Earth: the Brook Farm Community

2013-05-27 Stuff You Missed in History Class 0

In the 1840s, Boston’s West Roxbury suburb — which was completely rural at the time — was home to an experiment in transcendentalist utopian living: [Read more]

A history of the world and a second Norman Conquest

2013-05-23 History Extra podcast 0

Arne Westad discusses the challenges of writing global history, while Sean McGlynn describes how a French invasion nearly overthrew King John

Russia’s Vladimir the Great

2013-05-22 Stuff You Missed in History Class 0

Vladimir I is often credited with bringing Christianity to Russia, though he actually embraced paganism first as Grand Prince of Kievan Rus. Wishing to unite [Read more]

Printing a Gun

2013-05-22 TechStuff 0

How powerful is the 3D-printed gun designed by Cody Wilson? Why is the gun so controversial? Is a plastic gun really undetectable? Learn more about [Read more]

TechStuff Gets Fit

2013-05-20 TechStuff 0

What are fitness trackers? What sort of sensors does a typical tracker contain? Do fitness trackers really help you lose weight or get fit? Tune [Read more]

India’s Karni Mata Rat Temple

2013-05-20 Stuff You Missed in History Class 0

Though it’s most famous for its rats, the story of this temple starts with Hindu goddess Durga and Karni Mata, a 15th-century mystic believed to [Read more]