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Op-ed
How telephone communication contributed to the emancipation of women, but automation eventually took their jobs away
February 01
How Pupinisation and Triodes Helped Spread Telephone Networks across the Globe
January 26
How the first telephone arrived in the Russian Empire—mistakenly delivered instead of a crate of wine
January 24
How a public-private partnership helped create the telephone network in Germany
January 10
How left-wing populists in the Fifth Republic nationalised the telephone service, stalling its development for years
January 10
How the British government tried to regulate and nationalise the telegraph and telephone, and the results of their efforts
November 22, 2023
How the small Bell Telephone Company battled both patent trolls and the giant Western Union corporation over patent priority
October 16, 2023
The challenging life of late 19th-century start-ups, or an MVP for the Queen
September 04, 2023
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Spotlight

How fan creations are reshaping cultural canons

August 19, 2022

Sociologist Svetlana Mareeva describes 'typical Russians' and discusses some of the opportunities, risks and inequalities in Russian society

August 01

Poor spelling and punctuation are not a major factor in the perception of intelligence

August 01