From our Humor Department:Pierre Simon Laplace wrote an equation on the blackboard. He turned to the class and pronounced, "Now it is obvious that
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This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Permanent Life of Tissues.IntroductionThis series is about early
The Bi Li Shu Biao Logarithm Tables
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Scientific Mistakes
by Jack Le MoineWhat does a rational scientist do with an impossible result? Today we turn to something from the history of science. - The
Probe Lands on
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First Discoveries of Copernicus
Introducing Copernicus Revolutionizes Astronomy,serialized in two easy 5 minute installments.So, does the universe revolve about the Earth or
The First Airplanes
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Origins of Powered Flight.IntroductionBefore the Wright Brothers’
The First Railroad
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Better Locomotion Needed.IntroductionThis story by Samuel Smiles has the
Benjamin Franklin Experiments With Electricity
Introducing Franklin and the Kite,serialized in five easy 5 minute installments.Benjamin Franklin made two important discoveries in electricity: