Dans le Smithsonian : Quand les piétons règnaient sur les rues. Comment l’industrie automobile a changé leur comportement. Brillant!
Un Texte de Clive Thompson
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Histoire de la valise depuis 120 ans
« When Phileas Fogg decides to circle the globe in Around the World in 80 Days, the 1873 novel by Jules Verne, he doesn’t take a suitcase. “We’ll have no trunks,” he says to his servant Passepartout, “only a carpet bag, with two shirts and three pairs of stockings for me, and the same for…
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Le métier risqué des femmes journalistes incognito au 19e siècle.
« Writing under pseudonyms, the so-called girl stunt reporters of the late 19th century played a major role in exposing the nation’s ills » Un article du Smithsonian: These Women Reporters Went Undercover to Get the Most Important Scoops of Their Day
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La complaisance journalistique des années 1920-1930 envers deux dictateurs: Mussolini et Hitler.
« Journalists were aware that they could only criticize the German regime so much and maintain their access. When a CBS broadcaster’s son was beaten up by brownshirts for not saluting the Führer, he didn’t report it. » Un article du Smithsonian: How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler: Reports on the rise of fascism in…
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Découverte récente sur l’autisme
Un article de John Donvan et Caren Zucke pour The Smithsonian L’autisme est un phénomène récent et s’explique par quelque chose qui s’est produit au XX siècle? Pas du tout. Un article Smithsonian Institute prouve qu’il est beaucoup plus ancien.
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Les finalistes du concours annuel de photographies du Smithsonian Institute
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Smithsonian : Seriously Amazing
Seriously Amazing, the Smithsonian’s erudite and engaging Q&A website, will provide trivia-minded readers with hours of entertainment. Are you curious about how to entertain an otter? Do you ever wonder how many cables it takes to hang a 5-ton airplane? Would you like to know what ancient work inspired Shakespeare’s famous star crossed lovers? Click…
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The Heartbreaking History of Divorce
Historian Amanda Foreman explores the other side of love and marriage Smithsonian (…) The fact is, in the United States the probability of a first marriage lasting for 20 years has decreased to about 50-50. (Before anyone blames Western decadence for the breakdown of the family, it should be pointed out that the Maldives occupies…
