Archeology
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Pompeii – Conquered, Buried, Rediscovered
Pompeii was an ancient city in Campania on the Gulf of Naples, which like Herculaneum, Stabiae and Oplontis was buried…
Astronomy
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Shoemaker-Levy 9 hits Jupiter
On July 22, 1994, the last parts of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the largest planet within our solar…
Biology
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Alfred Kinsey and his Scientific Interest in Sex
On September 14, 1953, Dr. Alfred Charles Kinsey published the second of his controversially discussed and provoking reports entitled ‘Sexual Behaviour…
Botany
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Conrad Gessner’s Truly Renaissance Knowledge
On March 26, 1516, Swiss naturalist and bibliographer Conrad Gessner was born. His five-volume Historiae animalium (1551–1558) is considered the…
Chemistry
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Modern Chemistry started with Antoine Lavoisier
On August 26, 1743, French nobleman and chemist Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier was born. De Lavoisier is considered as one…
Computer Science
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Scott Fahlman and the Origin of the Emoticons :-)
On September 19, 1982, Scott Fahlman posted the first documented emoticons 🙂 and 🙁 on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin…
Economics
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Black Thursday – The Wall Street Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash and the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began…
Geology
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Louis Agassiz and the Ice Ages
On May 28, 1807, Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, and geologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was born, who is considered a prominent…
History
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Black Thursday – The Wall Street Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash and the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began…
Mathematics
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What’s your Erdös Number? – The bustling Life of Mathematician Paul Erdös
On September 20, 1996, Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdös passed away. He published more scientific papers than any other mathematician in…
Medical Science
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Alexander Fleming and the Accidental Discovery of Penicillin
On September 3, 1928, Scottish pharmacologist Alexander Fleming by chance and because of his notorious untidyness discovered Penicillin. “One sometimes…
Paleontology
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Mary Leakey and the Discovery of the false ‘Nutcracker Man’
On July 17, 1959, British paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovered the first fossil of the Paranthropus boisei at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Mary…
Philosophy
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Theodor W. Adorno’s Critical Theory of Society
On September 11, 1903, German philosopher and sociologist Theodor W. Adorno was born. Adorno is known for his critical theory…
Physics
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James van Allen and the Weather in Space
On September 7, 1914, astrophysicist and space pioneer Dr. James Van Allen was born. The Van Allen radiation belts were…
Politics
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Emmeline Pankhurst and the Suffragette Movement
On July 14, 1858, British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement Emmeline Pankhurst was born, who helped…
Psychology
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The Undiscovered Self – C. G. Jung and Analytical Psychology
What is the driving force behind our motivations and ambitions? Is it pure reasoning? Hardly, as famous psychiatrist Carl Gustav…
Women in Science
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Eleanor J. Gibson and the Visual Cliff
On December 7, 1910, American psychologist Eleanor Jack Gibson was born. Gibson focused on reading development and perceptual learning in infants…
Zoology
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Libbie Hyman and the Invertebrates
On December 6, 1888, U.S. zoologist Libbie Henrietta Hyman was born. Hyman wrote two laboratory manuals and a comprehensive six-volume…
