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Cecilia Payne would overcome the adversity that faced women in academia at the turn of the century to blaze a trail through physics and become one of the most important figures in astrophysics.
People

Who is Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The Woman Who Knew The Stars

July 16, 2024
People

The Story of Hugh Everett III: The Father of the “Multiverse’ and Parallel Worlds

July 15, 2024
History

Who was Elizabeth Báthory: the Blood Countess and Hungary’s own female Dracula

January 23, 2024
People

How Einstein stood up for a ‘canceled’ Marie Curie in her darkest hour

September 29, 2023
People

Emmy Noether: the woman who developed one of the most beautiful theorems in physics

September 21, 2023
Features

Leonardo da Vinci inventions and studies that changed the world

February 17, 2023 - Updated on April 29, 2023
Mind and Brain

What was Albert Einstein’s IQ?

January 12, 2023 - Updated on April 9, 2024
Matter and Energy

Who really discovered electricity?

January 10, 2023 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Hypatia inspired numerous artists, scientists, and scholar. Here: The play Hypatia, performed at the Haymarket Theatre in January 1893, was based on the novel by Charles Kingsley.
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International Women’s Day: Ten Women in Science Who Aren’t Marie Curie

March 8, 2022 - Updated on October 16, 2023
People

Stanislav Petrov – the man who probably saved the world from a nuclear disaster

March 1, 2022 - Updated on May 2, 2023
Cosmology

Annie Jump Cannon: the legend behind stellar classification

February 18, 2022 - Updated on May 2, 2023
People

Meet Islam’s Da Vinci: Al-Biruni, father of geodesy, anthropology, and master of pharmacy

November 27, 2020 - Updated on May 6, 2023
People

How Galileo Galilei’s discoveries helped create modern science

November 18, 2020 - Updated on May 6, 2023
People

21 experts you should follow if you want to make sense of the pandemic (and a bonus)

September 29, 2020 - Updated on May 6, 2023
Marie Curie's tale is one of sacrifice and suffering for science and of unparalleled dedication to unlocking nature’s secrets.
People

Marie Curie: The Price of Knowledge

June 18, 2020 - Updated on May 6, 2023
People

Meet the Internet’s unsung heroes: Wikipedia’s human collaborators

May 5, 2020 - Updated on May 7, 2023
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis,
People

The tragic story of the doctor who first endorsed hand washing

April 22, 2020 - Updated on May 6, 2023
Standard of Ur mosaic, 26th century BC. Wikimedia Commons.
People

Meet Enheduanna: Sumerian princess, priestess, and the world’s first known author

March 2, 2020 - Updated on May 6, 2023
Credit: Public Domain.
History

Who really invented the light bulb — according to experts

April 18, 2019 - Updated on October 10, 2023
Sketch of Valentina Tereshkova by Phillip J Bond.
People

The First Woman in Space: The Story of Valentina Tereshkova

September 7, 2018 - Updated on May 5, 2023
Vlad Tepes.
History

Who was Vlad the Impaler, the original Dracula?

August 13, 2018 - Updated on May 4, 2023
Marie Curie - Physicist
People

From paleontology to radioactivity: 5 Amazing Women Scientists

January 22, 2018 - Updated on May 4, 2023
Etching of Einstein by F. Schmutzer.
Offbeat

What Einstein thought about God, the Universe, science and religion

October 26, 2017 - Updated on May 4, 2023
Pineapples had recently been cultivated for the first time in Europe, but the fruit grew abundantly in the wild in Suriname. Merian made this the first plate of the Metamorphosis, noting that this was because the pineapple was ‘the most outstanding of all edible fruits’. This image shows the pineapple in flower, accompanied by the cockroaches that fascinated Merian as much as the exotic plant. Image credits: Royal Collection Trust
Art

Celebrating women scientists — Maria Sibylla Merian, a pioneer in both art and science

March 8, 2017 - Updated on May 1, 2023
Archimedes
People

Archimedes’ legacy: inventions and discoveries

May 27, 2016 - Updated on February 14, 2024
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People

Louis Pasteur, Spontaneous Generation, and Germ Theory

May 19, 2016 - Updated on May 11, 2023
Environment

George Adamson — the man who lived with lions

May 18, 2016 - Updated on May 3, 2023
Hemingway
People

Why is Ernest Hemingway Important? The Most Interesting Man in the World

April 18, 2016 - Updated on July 5, 2023
Marie Curie's manuscript. A book to die for. Literally.
Image credits The Wellcome Trust.
History

A radioactive couple: the glowing legacy of the Curies

March 28, 2016 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford. Photo Credit: Library of Congress.
Features

Henry Ford’s legacy: The Model T and other historical facts

November 12, 2015 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Computer Science & IT

She was the first woman to get PhD in Computer Science – and she was a nun

October 29, 2015 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Louis Pasteur
Features

5 Ways Louis Pasteur Changed the World

May 11, 2015 - Updated on April 29, 2023
Zbigniew Religa after a 23 hour heart transplant, watching his patient's vital signs.
Great Pics

The history of a picture that changed the world

February 4, 2015 - Updated on May 8, 2023
Thomas-Edison
Inventions

Thomas Edison’s legacy: inventions and discoveries

January 25, 2015 - Updated on May 8, 2023
Thales of Miletos
People

How Thales of Miletus Changed the World

January 23, 2015 - Updated on May 8, 2023
Bizarre Stories

The Woman who was struck by a meteorite

January 14, 2015 - Updated on April 29, 2023
Bizarre Stories

The man who gave up money and lives in a cave in Utah

April 17, 2014 - Updated on April 28, 2023
Features

Girl that doesn’t age baffles scientists: a 16 year old is an infant

June 24, 2009 - Updated on April 28, 2023
People

The man who got his head into a particle accelerator

October 6, 2008 - Updated on May 4, 2023
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