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    NIELS STENSEN: MEDICI PHYSICIAN AND FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY
    Michael Gott
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 4 min
    History of Science

    NIELS STENSEN: MEDICI PHYSICIAN AND FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY

    Used Shark Teeth to Argue for Sedimentation in Rock Creation Niels Stensen (or, Nicolas Steno, 1638-1686) was a Danish anatomist who...
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    FRANCISCA ROJAS: GUILTY BY FINGERPRINT
    Julia Chen
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 3 min
    History of Science

    FRANCISCA ROJAS: GUILTY BY FINGERPRINT

    First use of Forensic Fingerprinting in Buenos Aries, Argentina Fingerprinting was first used as a means of perpetrator identification in...
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    JAPANESE TEMPLE GEOMETRY
    Michael Gott
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 3 min
    History of Science

    JAPANESE TEMPLE GEOMETRY

    Japanese temple geometry refers to the practice of carving verbal geometrical problems, theorems, and shapes into wooden tablets and...
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    Wingfoot Express Airship Disaster, Chicago 1919
    Dana Rovang
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 2 min
    History of Science

    Wingfoot Express Airship Disaster, Chicago 1919

    Almost two decades before the disaster of the LZ 189 Hindenburg Zeppelin (1937), Chicago witnessed the horrific destruction of the...
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    Bushnell's Turtle
    Dana Rovang
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 2 min
    War History

    Bushnell's Turtle

    The American Revolutionary War marked a period of great expansion in martime history. One of the most significant developments was the...
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    Valentine Greatrakes and the Year of Wonders
    Dana Rovang
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 2 min
    History of Science

    Valentine Greatrakes and the Year of Wonders

    In 1666, Great Britain was hit with an outbreak of the plague, the Great Fire of London, and it survived an attack by the Dutch. This...
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    John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Comet of 1680
    Dana Rovang
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 3 min
    History of Science

    John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Comet of 1680

    In 1680, The Royal Astronomer, John Flamsteed, gathered observational data about a massive comet that passed Earth. At this time,...
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    FUGO: Japanese Fire Balloons
    Michael Gott
    • Jul 16, 2015
    • 5 min
    War History

    FUGO: Japanese Fire Balloons

    THE FIRST INTERCONTINENTAL WEAPON PIGGYBACKED ON THE DISCOVERY OF THE JET STREAM The Fu-go “Windship Weapon” project was a World War II...
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    The Illusionists of El Alamein
    Dana Rovang
    • Jul 8, 2015
    • 10 min
    War History

    The Illusionists of El Alamein

    DECEIVING ROMMEL'S AFRIKA KORPS “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using...
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    LITTLE ICE AGE
    Brendan Wolfe
    • Mar 13, 2015
    • 3 min
    Environmental History

    LITTLE ICE AGE

    Climate Change was Important Even at Jamestown The Little Ice Age is what scientists call a period that lasted from about 1300 to 1750....
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    "The Amazing" GRACE HOPPER
    Julia Chen
    • Feb 25, 2015
    • 4 min
    Women's History

    "The Amazing" GRACE HOPPER

    COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, MATHEMATICIAN, & NAVY REAR ADMIRAL Grace Hopper (1906-1992) was a pioneer in computer programming who worked on the...
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