It’s one of the worst diseases in history. Smallpox spent millennia as the scourge of…
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On 12 April, 1961, Baikonur Cosmodrome in what is now Kazakhstan picked up a transmission…
In February, 1865, an Augustinian friar stood up before a small crowd in the Moravian…
The “Spanish” flu pandemic was the single worst disease episode in modern world history. In…
“He could have added fortune and fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and…
Frederick Sanger might not be a household name, but it’s a rare household today that…
Who do you think of when you hear the words “father of the atomic bomb”?…
“No one has been a greater botanist or zoologist. No one has written more books,…
History is a delicate endeavor. It tends to remember those who make a lasting impact…
What is the first name that comes to mind with the mention of electricity? Thomas…
Today’s protagonist is universally recognized as one of the greatest science fiction writers in the…
The name “Alfred Russel Wallace” probably doesn’t mean much to you, but it really should.…