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Three former directors of the Global Smallpox Eradication Programme read the news that smallpox had been globally eradicated, 1980.
The WHO and the Eradication of Smallpox
Image of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft taken on July 13, 2015.
Discovering Pluto
Albert Hofmann holding model of LSD, background is bright color collage
Albert Hofmann and the Discovery of LSD
view of the site of the explosion in Tunguska
The Tunguska Mystery Explosion
Hollywood Movie store in Hong Kong, 2010.
Film, Television, and China’s (New) Cold War
One of the McMinnville UFO photographs. Skeptics have concluded that the UFO was a small model suspended by wires or string from the power lines visible at the top of the photo.
The Air Force Investigation into UFOs
Olympic Broadcasting Services covering the men's 10 kilometre marathon swim at the 2012 Olympic Games.
The Big Game on the Small Screen: The Televised Transformation of Sport
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