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The Vulgar Mechanic and His Magical Oven

A Renaissance alchemist pioneers feedback control.

April 7, 2014
History

The Glassmaker Who Sparked Astrophysics

His curious discovery, 200 years ago, foresaw our expanding universe.

March 5, 2014
History

How the Cold War Created Astrobiology

Life, death, and Sputnik.

February 3, 2014
History

Here’s Our Cutting-Edge, Crowdsourced Imaginary Time Capsule

January 30, 2014
History

Vikings—They’re Just Like Us! Social Networks in Norse Sagas

January 21, 2014
History

What Would You Put in a Science Time Capsule?

January 15, 2014
History

Did Cars Save Our Cities From Horses?

Debating a modern parable about waste and technology.

November 1, 2013
History

The Code of the Conch

How the science of sound explained an ancient Peruvian oracle.

October 10, 2013
History

The Underdogs of Fame

September 25, 2013
History

Medical Terms That Still Bear the Mark of the Third Reich

September 19, 2013
History

Monsters, Marvels, and the Birth of Science

How the unlikely and unexplainable, strange and terrifying, spawned the age of science.

July 25, 2013
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How Science Helped Write the Declaration of Independence

July 3, 2013
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