History of Science

Many of the early Pre-Raphaelite paintings may have paint made from dead Egyptians. Considered to be a highly variable pigment between raw umber (almost greenish brown) and burnt umber (a ruddier brown), Mummy Brown was a transparent brown good for mixing.

Poor people will suffer the most, unless the world exploits vanishing opportunities to adapt

These 10 animals are just a few of the species to have been lost to extinction but still can be seen via old photographs

Archaeologists hope that a funding and conservation boost can halt wall collapses and other erosion occurring at the ancient city on Italy's Neopolitan coast

In the early days of scientific societies (i.e. the 17th century), scientists would share their experimental results with each other at meetings, and receive feedback about their experiments in person.

March 23, 1769 marks the birthday of pioneering stratigrapher William Smith, who is also credited with creating the first useful geological map, however like many other great accomplishments also Smith’s idea of depicting the distribution of rocks on a topographic map didn’t materialize out of nowhere.

Narratives about the heroic scientist are not what got me interested in science. It was (and still is) hard for me to connect with a larger-than-life figure when my own aspirations have always been pretty life-sized.

Has the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy failed in its mission to create alternative energy breakthroughs? 

Virtual “telescopes” for big data make it possible to see through the deluge

Science has long advanced in part due to its rejection of religion as it uncovered information inconvenient for believers and their institutions

France Cordova takes the helm of the National Science Foundation at a time of tight federal budgets for science

Ice sheets trapped ancient Americans in refuges on land now under the Bering Strait