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Ippolito Caffi's Eclisse di sole alle Fondamenta, Nove 1842, a solar eclipse and people standing on a shore looking up at it
Solar Eclipses in American History
Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat aboard his Jeantaud electric car, 1899.
The Historical Dominance of the Electric Car
the planet Mars
Mariner 9: Our 1st Steps to Mars
women Labeling and packing Iletin brand insulin, 1924, National Museum of American History, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED
The First Insulin Injection for Diabetes
The Statue of Liberty during the June 10, 2021 solar eclipse.
Solar Eclipses in American History
Count Gaston aboard his Jeantaud electric, 1899.
The Jeantaud Electric Car Land Speed Record
The ruins of Cassino, May 1944 - a wrecked Sherman tank and Bailey bridge in the foreground, with Monastery Ridge and Castle Hill
The Nature of World War II
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin salutes United States Flag while standing on the moon
Fly Me to the Moon
Frankenstein's Monster
The Origins of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"
polar bear stepping off the ice
Killing the Arctic – Human Impact on the Arctic
cars on a highway
Sweet Fuel: The Remarkable Story of Brazilian Ethanol
Copernicus
Copernicus, Galileo, and the Catholic Church
Artist representation of data security and privacy. Large eye peeks through an open window.
These Machines Know Too Damn Much
image of Mendeleev with periodic table of elements in background
Mendeleev's Periodic Table
Two vials of modern insulin named Actrapid (left) and NovoRapid (right) by the manufacturers.
The First Insulin Injection as a Treatment for Diabetes
Kismet is a robot that can produce a range of human facial expressions.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ghosts of Ned Ludd
Multicolored hanging telephones
From the Transatlantic Telephone to the iPhone
Cover of Science under Fire Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America by Andrew Jewett.
Science Beseiged
A nuclear power plant located on the Rhine at night.
The Unkept Promise of Nuclear Power
A red AIDS ribbon outlined in candles
The Global History of HIV
Employees operating a testing center at the Walmart Supercenter in Elizabethville, PA, August, 2020.
Licenses to Ill: Health Passes and Surveillance
Bird on rock outcrop in Galapagos Islands
What’s “Natural” on the Galapagos Islands?
MTA digital message campaign recognizes "Heroes moving Heroes," frontline employees who help other essential workers get to and from their jobs, 2020.
Work and Life after COVID-19
Thai epidemiologists conduct active case investigations for COVID-19 during the Ramadan fasting period.
Pandemics: Today and Yesterday