National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions with Christopher Warner.
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Research identifies the earliest bone weapon in the Americas
The bone fragments were embedded in a mastodon rib found during excavations at the Manis site in north-west Washington in 1977-1979.
Classical currents: Antiquity and America
The presence of ancient Greece and Rome can be felt in many places in the early history of the United States of America. Lucia Marchini speaks to Sean Burrus and Emilie Johnson to find out how Americans like Thomas Jefferson were putting antiquity to use as a new nation was forged.
Cuban Missile Crisis: how one man saved the world from nuclear war
John Lock resumes his occasional series on the ‘Butterfly Effect’ by examining another event that might have had unforeseen consequences. This time, he turns his attention to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the dramatic Cold War stand-off that led the world to the brink of disaster.
Museum review: Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions with Christopher Warner.
How the Americans defeated the British in the Revolutionary War
William V Wenger offers a forensic analysis of the American victory, apparently against the odds, in the war of 1775-1783.
Footprints offer early evidence of human occupation in North America
These tracks could offer concrete evidence that humans reached North America before glacial advances closed the ice-free corridor and Pacific Coastal Route
16th-century Spanish objects in Mississippi
Many of the objects found had been repurposed by the Chickasaws into tools and ornaments
Facing the Mountain: the forgotten heroes of the Second World War
The most highly decorated combat unit in the history of the United States Army is the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, with its distinctive motto ‘Go for Broke’ – a reference to a term in gambling meaning that one stakes all…
Assessing the impact of industrialisation on our gut health
In this month’s ‘Science Notes’, we are looking at a recent study from a team of researchers led by Aleksandar Kostic from Harvard Medical School, which analysed examples of palaeofaeces, or coprolites, from the Americas.
MHM Letters – April/May
Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.
Chancellorsville, 1863: A case of nerves, the moon, and mistaken identity
John Lock looks at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 in the first of a series of articles looking at the Butterfly Effect – where small incidents have significant consequences.
Why We Fight – The Battle of Russia
Like all the Why We Fight films, it is a highly charged, emotional account, always looking to create maximum impact.
What’s in the Box? Plymouth’s new museum opens
The large and ambitious opening exhibition, entitled Mayflower 400: legend and legacy, tells the story of the voyage and assesses the impact of the settlers’ arrival on the indigenous population.