Who Decided It Was Bad to Be Fat?
Westerners have long shunned obese people, and this attitude now pervades much of the globe. Was this always the case?
Stephen E. Nash
Stephen E. Nash is a historian of science and an archaeologist at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. He studies a wide range of subjects, including dendrochronology (tree-ring dating), the history of museums, the archaeology of west-central New Mexico, and Russian gem-carving sculptures by Vasily Konovalenko. Nash has published numerous books, most recently Stories in Stone: The Enchanted Gem-Carving Sculptures of Vasily Konovalenko and An Anthropologist’s Arrival: A Memoir. He lives in Denver with his wife and three boys. Follow him on Twitter @nash_dr.
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What Google Maps Don’t Show You
The long history of Native American tribes is nowhere to be found on modern maps. So the Zuni decided it was time to create their own kind of cartography.
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The Skeletons in the Museum Closet
Can natural history museums justify their collections of human remains?
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How Do We Know Which Historical Accounts Are True?
For many years, scholars believed oral history was no more accurate than mythology. It turns out they were wrong.
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Why Are Some Caves Full of Shoes?
An archaeologist explores how shoes have embodied our identities through the ages.
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Is Cyclical Time the Cure to Technology’s Ills?
We can continue our obsessive, harried pursuit of new technology, or we can relax and enjoy life more—but we can’t do both.