US National Archives
Nara: Prologue Magazine: War of 1812: Stoking the Fires
According to this very interesting article, it seems that the United States was just as culpable as Great Britain when it came to impressing sailors to serve on their ships. Read about the story of Charles Davis, a British citizen, who...
Other
Flickr: The Lives and Times of the Hell Fire Club
A article on the Hell-Fire club, its history, what they did, and the people involved with it, including possibly Benjamin Franklin. Published in BEYOND magazine in 2008.
Time
Time: Bacteriologist, Alexander Fleming
Time Magazine offers a detailed account of Alexander Fleming's work in the field of bacteriology with penicillin. View a timeline of Fleming's most noted accomplishments and answer the "pop" quiz question to see if you really the...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Desert Shell Game
Howard Youth's article, "Desert Shell Game," examines information related to the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. Topics covered include Fast Times for a Desert Ancient, The Tortoise and Its Lair, and more.
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Time Magazine: The Time 100, Pablo Picasso
Article that appeared in Time magazine June 1998 about the famous Spanish artist.
Scientific American
Scientific American: Einstein's Hot Time
This article, published by Scientific American (September 2002), re-publishes a short paper by Albert Einstein which "explains" relativity to the layman the pretty girl/hot stove abstract.
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Time Archives: Richard Nixon's Long March to Shanghai
1972 Time magazine article written after Nixon's return from China. Discusses the events and future effects of the visit.
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Simulations
Simulations are useful research tools for scientists and save a lot of time and money. Some of the ways they are used are described in this article. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few...
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Magnet Quench
A magnet quench, explained here, is a routine event that happens within a particle accelerator that can require the accelerator to be shut down for a period of repair, losing valuable research time. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an...
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Time: Bill Gates Software Strongman
This site from Time Magazine provides a Time 100 article on his Bill Gates' works. Includes a timeline. Very thorough.
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Time: Bill Gates Software Strongman
This site from Time Magazine provides a Time 100 article on his Bill Gates' works. Includes a timeline. Very thorough.
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Time: Bill Gates Software Strongman
This site from Time Magazine provides a Time 100 article on his Bill Gates' works. Includes a timeline. Very thorough.
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Time 100: A Brief History of Relativity
"An easy primer by the world's most famous living physicist," this is a readable, understandable, an absolutely authoritative text on relativity from TIME magazine. A five-page article.
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Time 100: A Brief History of Relativity
"An easy primer by the world's most famous living physicist," this is a readable, understandable, an absolutely authoritative text on relativity from TIME magazine. A five-page article.
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Time 100: A Brief History of Relativity
"An easy primer by the world's most famous living physicist," this is a readable, understandable, an absolutely authoritative text on relativity from TIME magazine. A five-page article.
First World War
Satrical Magazines of the First World War
Read about the "Humor," magazines of the Great War and their role in the conflict. The site includes illustrations from the publications and views of various scholars about them. A bibliography follows the article. Site by First World...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: On Waterdogs, Mudpuppies, and More
Alex Hawes's article, "On Waterdogs, Mudpuppies, and the Occasional Hellbender" looks at the range of creatures within the classification of Amphibian. He does not spend time discussing frogs or toads in depth, but focuses on the rest of...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Magazine: First City in the New World?
An account about Caral, Peru that suggests there was a civilization present in Peru much earlier than was previously thought. The article describes Caral as an ancient city that was flourishing at the same time the Great Pyramids were...
Other
Tripod: The New Ellis Island, 1898
Text of 1898 article in New York Times Magazine by Charles de Kay in which he expresses his thoughts on the design for new Ellis Island buildings. The new buildings were to replace those destroyed in a fire.
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Time Archive: Adolfo Suarez Cover
The 1977 image of the Time Magazine cover illustrating Suarez's democratic victory after the fall of Franco. The article is available by subscription only to Time Archive.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Questioning the Text
In this magazine article originally featured in Instructor, the reading strategy called "questioning the text" is explained by the renowned literacy consultant and staff developer, Stephanie Harvey. The steps included for questioning the...
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The New York Times: Heroine Worship Virginia Woolf
An article from "The New York Times Magazine" that provides perspective in examining the role of Woolf in women's literature and lives.
Intel Corporation
Intel Worldwide: Andrew Grove
Biography of Andrew Grove, a tour of his office at the Intel Santa Clara, California office, transcripts of speeches he has given, and article reprints on Andy in "Time" Magazine and "Upside" Magazine.
Remedy Health Media
The Body: When Did Aids Begin?
This site from The Body provides an article summarizing recent research that traces the origins of the HIV virus possible back to the 1940s in Africa. Original resource from 1998 Times Magazine.