A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news.
- What’s in your belly button? (Hint: ewww…gross.)
- The forgotten history of 20th century drugs.
- The history of female genital mutilation.
- The nautical roots of the modern tattoo.
- The troubled history behind the stolen babies of Spain.
- 1860s fundraising efforts for emancipated slaves.
- 18th century woodworking shop discovered.
- 100 years later, scientists hope to solve the “Piltdown Man” hoax.
- Early Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale discovered.
- Archeologists discover ancient evidence of cheese-making. (Mmmm…ancient cheese.)
- What’s the best history book of 2012? You can vote on the finalists.
- Just for fun – Historical reenactors caught off-guard.
- The tragic story behind one woman’s struggle with persistant genital arousal disorder.
- Did slave labor play a part in creating the Smithsonian Castle?
- The War on Christmas – circa 1912.
- Controversial MLK inscription to be removed.
- Human-Neanderthal sex is a tricky thing to prove.
- The history of AIDS.