During the 17th century, as knowledge of the Universe and its contents increased, so did speculation about...
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In the 19th-century, society began to grapple with an emerging problem: How do you prove people are...
How early modern science’s fascination with unfamiliar objects helped a new chapter of Scottish folklore. This article,...
How artists and scientists around the world once made sense of the night sky. While we all...
The earliest humans had and passed on knowledge about plants and animals to increase their chances of...
Exploring scientific work and thought in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, India, and China. Introduction The...
Exploring forms of image making which pushed the boundaries of 17th-century book printing. This article, “More Lively...
CRO (Contract Research Organization) companies can vary in size from global companies to small specialized groups. CRO...
A brief tour of some of the astronomical ideas and models from ancient Greece. Introduction As the...
Exploring a time when science emerged as a new way of gaining knowledge about the world. Introduction...
They improved ways of doing things that influenced the Scientific Revolution in Europe centuries later. Introduction In...
Exploring discoveries and inventions made by the Chinese between about 200 and 1400 C.E. Introduction Over the...
He argued with Newton, and both were partially right. Introduction Groundbreaking discoveries in science often come with...
Geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean. Introduction...
Franklin was born a century ago, and her X-ray crystallography work crucially contributed to determining the structure...
The increased study of plants for artistic purposes during the Renaissance led to the development of the...
Van Helmont was an heir of Paracelsus’s thought and movement who went to lengths in later years...
Journeying through South America, Alexander von Humboldt sought nothing less than “the unity of nature.” Alexander von...
The story of two Renaissance mathematicians whose jealousies, intrigues, and contentious debates led to a discovery. By...
Examining what drugs were available in Russia and the great diversity of drugs traded in early modern...
From magic bowls to holy shirts, Muslim cultures used various devices to protect the user from harm...
Looking at how people thought about science and religion in the past can inform the contemporary world’s...
We need to take people on their own terms, not on ours. And Roebling’s terms were the...
China continues to be active in astronomy, with many observatories and its own space program. Introduction Astronomy...
“Enlightenment is the human being’s emancipation from its self-incurred immaturity.” By Santana Juache Introduction The Enlightenment stemmed...
Roger Bacon believed people should test their beliefs rather than accepting what they’re told. Introduction It seems...
Among the earliest inventions were the abacus, the “shadow clock,” and the first flying machines. Introduction The...
Kircher’s investigation can be seen as an important early step to understanding contagion. This article, “Invisible Little...
How to turn language, the core operating system of the humanities, into numbers. Stephen Mitchell suffered from...
Success did not come easy to Einstein. It took six minutes, fifty-one seconds for Albert Einstein to...