Happy Fathers of the Internet Day
What was ARPANET? Who was on the team that designed the basic infrastructure for the Internet? What was the first message sent over the ARPANET [Read more]
Podcast
Let Us Make Adam 11 Moses the Mystery of Baphomet
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Let Us Make Adam 11 Moses the Mystery of Baphomet PDF
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The Scottish military
Edward Spiers explores Scotland’s military history, while Malcolm Chase tells us why 1820 was a year of great importance.
The Death of Poe
In 1849, Edgar Allan Poe disappeared for five days before he was found semi-conscious outside of a saloon. He died four days later, presumably from [Read more]
The Future of Search
Today’s internet users are only a web search away from accessing a mind-blowing amount of information, and the story’s not over yet. Search 1itself is [Read more]
TechStuff Plays the Slot Machines
How did the earliest slot machines work? How do modern slot machines use random number generators? Where are you more likely to find slot machines [Read more]
William Kidd: A Pirate’s Rep for Me
William Kidd had settled down by 1695, but privateering was still in his blood. He struck up a plan to attack pirates plaguing English ships [Read more]
Alchemy 05 The Secret of Azoth
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The subcontinent
Antony Beevor talks to us about his new history of the Second World War and Sarah Ansari discusses the subcontinent since partition.