From roughly the end of the US Civil War until the late 1950s, the United Kingdom was one of the biggest shipbuilders in the world.

The besieged Palestinian enclave has the world's highest number of child amputees per capita.

Palestinians are clearing rubble from archaeological sites, but restoration is hampered by Israeli restrictions on building materials.

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Podcast transcript The Second World War saw the development of many new weapons. Perhaps none was more terrifying than the development of long-range strategic rockets.  Rockets had been used in combat for centuries, dating back to their development in ancient…

When we think of our advanced information technology, we immediately marvel at how advanced our science and engineering have become and how far we have progressed. But Marshall McLuhan argued that it really makes us more primitive. Some say this is a good thi…