#36 Science in History 12th February Today is Darwin Day, an annual celebration of the life and work of British naturalist and scientist...

#35 Science in History 11th February 1922 On February 11, 1922, a research paper was published in the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical...

#34 Science in History 10th February 1840 On this day in 1840, Queen Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha....

#33 Science in History 6th February 1886 On this day in 1886, the element germanium is discovered. In 1886, a German chemist, Clemens...

#32 Science in History 05 February 1974 Today in 1974, Mariner 10 sends back information about Venus’s cloud cover. Mariner 10 was...

#31 Science in History 04 February 1600 On this day, in 1600, the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler arrived in Prague...

#30 Science in History 02 February 1046 On this day, in 1046, monks record the onset of a cold snap that may have heralded the onset of a...

#29 Science in History 01 February 1904 Today in 1904, “CQD” became the first international radio distress signal. The history of...

#28 Science in History 28 January 1986 On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing...

#27 Science in History 26 January 1905 On this day in 1905, a diamond of exceptional size and quality was discovered in the Transvaal,...