Historian of Science, Technology, & the Environment
Today marks exactly one-hundred years since a nineteen-year-old Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. The assassination led directly …
Last week, scientists announced that they had discerned new historical details about one of the planet’s most famous waterways, the Strait of Gibraltar. After analyzing core samples from the Gulf of Cádiz, they confirmed …
The entire planet is buzzing with excitement now that the World Cup has finally kicked off. And what a kick it was. No, I’m not talking about Clint Dempsey’s legendary goal during …
Scientists have long cited polar bears as exemplars of evolution. They explain that brown fur would obviously do the bears little good on the snow-bleached Arctic sea ice, and that …