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University of Maryland history professor Michael Ross discussed the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial about teaching evolution and its cultural significance in 1920s America. This is the second of a …

University of Maryland history professor Michael Ross discussed the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial about teaching evolution and its cultural significance in 1920s America. This is the first of a t…

University of Maryland Professor Christopher Bonner taught a class about the concept of “power” in antebellum slave societies. He explored the different ways owners and enslaved people exert…

Michael Ross spoke about Reconstruction and the origins of the 14th amendment. His course is titled U.S. Constitutional and Legal History Since 1860. Andrew Johnson was a Tennessee Democrat …

Katarina Keane talked about how modern advertising, with executives, brand slogans, and product packaging, emerged in the early 20th century. She described the evolution of advertising and m…

University of Maryland professor Robyn Muncy talked about the lives of American women in the period after World War II through the late 20th century, focusing on their experiences in the lab…

Louis Friedman, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Planetary Society, addressed the plenary session of the Twelfth Annual International Mars Society Convention. He spoke about the futu…

John Mather talked about the future direction of Mars exploration missions. Topics included manned and unmanned missions, international collectives, the James Webb Space Telescope, the early…

The panel talked about the future exploration of Mars. Topics included the viability of private exploration, the state of research on Mars, the current knowledge of Martian topography, and t…