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Erin Blakemore

In a historic first, a U.S. president has been impeached twice. Here's what happens next.

14 January 2021. By Erin Blakemore

Calls to replace Trump via the 25th Amendment are growing. Here’s why it’s never happened before.

8 January 2021. By Erin Blakemore

The contentious history of U.S. presidential pardons—from the Whiskey Rebellion to Watergate

8 January 2021. By Erin Blakemore

Why historians disagree about the origins of Boxing Day, the post-Christmas British holiday

22 December 2020. By Erin Blakemore

First Human Embryos 'Edited' — Get the Facts

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Human-Pig Hybrid Created in the Lab—Here Are the Facts

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

The Strange 100-Year History of Daylight Saving Time

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Amazon Jungle Once Home to Millions More Than Previously Thought

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Where did football start Archaeology weighs in.

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Headless Pompeii Victim Wasn't Crushed to Death, After All

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Chocolate Could Be 5,300 Years Old

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Aboriginal Australians

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

The Rohingya People

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

History

Race and ethnicity, explained

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Environment

Human migration sparked by wars, disasters... and now climate

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

New clues to the lost tomb of Alexander the Great discovered in Egypt

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Surprising DNA found in ancient people from southern Europe

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Culture

Learn about the history—and future—of the Japanese monarchy

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Culture

Ancient hallucinogens found in 1,000-year-old shamanic pouch

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Environment

The Chernobyl disaster: What happened, and the long-term impacts

5 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore