History articles from across Nature Portfolio

Practical physics classes were competing with the allure of sports in the 1800s, and top tips for the best-smelling garden, in this week’s peek at the Nature archives.

In 2016, the first direct observation of gravitational waves was reported. The measurements by the LIGO detectors gave astronomers a new way to observe the Universe.

A call to replace problematic pesticides, and ways to measure climate changes of the past, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

Deep Maniot Greeks preserve Y-DNA and mtDNA from Bronze-to-Roman Age Greece, largely untouched by later migrations. Genetics reveal historical demography, settlement patterns in southern Greece, and the emergence of their unique clan system

Media representations depict cities in illuminating ways. This study finds that representations of cities in Soviet-era newsreels grow more than expected with city size and are further biased in favor of some specializations and geographical locations.

Practical physics classes were competing with the allure of sports in the 1800s, and top tips for the best-smelling garden, in this week’s peek at the Nature archives.

All-action archaeologist Daniel Davenport unpacks the country’s complex past from inside its vast national parks.

In 2016, the first direct observation of gravitational waves was reported. The measurements by the LIGO detectors gave astronomers a new way to observe the Universe.

A call to replace problematic pesticides, and ways to measure climate changes of the past, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

A book about witches casts a spell, and arguments about whether blue-green algae should be called blue-green bacteria, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

Remembering the life and work of the geologist George Poulett Scrope, and salmon stories in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.