HNN Science Blog -- Rick Shenkman

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  Nov 12, 2014 12:11 am
  

  This study claims how we worship may be dependent on the environment

  by Rick Shenkman

  What's exciting is not so much the conclusion, but the evidence. 
  

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  Nov 9, 2014 9:50 pm
  

  It Happened a Long Time Ago -- A Really Long Time Ago

  by Rick Shenkman

  Historians think in short bursts of time.  We need to take in the really long perspective to do our jobs right. 
  

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  Oct 29, 2014 5:18 pm
  

  How bad can an El Niño be? This bad.

  by Rick Shenkman

  Could empires have fallen, in part, because of changes in the weather? 
  

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  Jun 2, 2014 5:17 pm
  

  What You're Missing If You're Not Watching Cosmos

  by Rick Shenkman

  Neil deGrasse Tyson shows that scientists first issued an alarm about climate change in the late 19th century.   
  

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  May 29, 2014 1:47 am
  

  What Can a Classics Professor Teach Us About Climate Change?

  by Rick Shenkman

  What a drought in 1200 BC can teach us.