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The Calorie-Counting Count’s Cannon
#26 Science in History 25 January 1798 On this day in 1798, Count Rumford, presented his new idea about heat. Count Rumford, AKA Sir...
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Jan 25, 20231 min read
Röntgen's X-Ray Show: The First Public Demonstration of "X-Radiation"
#25 Science in History 23 January 1896 On this day in January 1896, Röntgen made the first public presentation, and demonstration, of...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read
Britain’s Test-Tube Triplets
#24 Science in History 21 January 1984 Today in 1984, Britain's first test-tube triplets made headlines. The triplets were delivered, by...
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Jan 21, 20232 min read
From Cornwall to Cape Cod: The First Transatlantic Radio Greeting
#23 Science in History 19 January 1903 On this day in 1903, history was made as King Edward VII of England and President Theodore...
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Jan 19, 20231 min read
The Virus-Fighting Superstar
#22 Science in History 16 January 1980 On this day in 1980, a team of scientists at a Boston-based research facility announced a major...
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Jan 16, 20231 min read
The Telephone's Crowning Moment: Bell Demonstrates his Device to Queen Victoria
#21 Science in History 14 January 1878 Today in 1878, Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, demonstrated his invention to...
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Jan 14, 20231 min read
Women with the Right Stuff: NASA's first Female Astronaut Candidates
#20 Science in History 13 January 1978 On this day in 1978, NASA made history by selecting six women as their first female astronaut...
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Jan 13, 20232 min read
Uranus' 'King' and 'Queen' Discovered
#19 Science in History 11 January 1787 On this day in 1787, William Herschel discovers the two largest moons of Uranus, six years after...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
Davy's Safety Lamp used for the First Time
#18 Science in History 09 January 1816 On this day in 1816, the Davy safety lamp was trialled at Hebburn Colliery in North-East England....
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Jan 9, 20231 min read
The Discovery of Superfluidity
#17 Science in History 08 January 1938 On this day in 1938, the journal Nature publishes two articles describing the superfluidity of...
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Jan 8, 20232 min read
Francium Becomes the Last Naturally Occurring Element to be Discovered
#16 Science in History 07 January 1939 On this day in 1939, French scientist Marguerite Perey reveals, in an entry made in her notebook,...
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Jan 7, 20231 min read
The Tragic Tale of the Pyrenean Ibex: The First Mammal to Go Extinct… twice!
#15 Science in History 06 January 2000 On this day in 2000, the Pyrenean ibex became the first mammal species to go extinct due to human...
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Jan 6, 20231 min read
Spirit of Mars: A Rover's Tale
#14 Science in History 03 January 2004 On this day in 2004, Spirit successfully lands on Mars. The Mars rover ‘Spirit’ was sent to...
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Jan 3, 20231 min read
The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
#13 Science in History 26 December 2004 The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami were one of the largest natural disasters ever...
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Dec 28, 20221 min read
The Tragic Tay Bridge Disaster
#15 Science in History December 28th, 1879 The Tay Bridge Disaster was a devastating event that caused the collapse of the Tay Rail...
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Dec 28, 20221 min read
The HMS Beagle Sets Sail on a Historic Voyage
#14 Science in History 27 December 1831 HMS Beagle leaves Plymouth harbour on December 27th 1831 under Captain Robert FitzRoy. Its 73-man...
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Dec 26, 20221 min read
Edmond Halley's Prediction is Confirmed
#12 Science in History 25 December 1758 Astronomer Johann Georg Palitzsch spots the comet's return On Christmas Day 1758, Johann Georg...
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Dec 25, 20221 min read
The Remarkable Discovery of the Coelacanth
#11 Science in History 22 December 1938 The 'Living Fossil' that provides insight into evolution The discovery of the coelacanth is one...
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Dec 22, 20221 min read
The Hoax That Fooled the World: Piltdown Man
#10 Science in History 18 December 1912 The ‘fossil’ that fooled scientists for over 40 years. It's 1912 and a Palaeolithic human fossil...
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Dec 17, 20221 min read
The Wright Brothers Take to the Skies in the First Powered Flight
On this day in 1903, the Wright brothers make their first successful flight in a powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Dec 16, 20221 min read
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