| A gallery of doctored cosmonaut photos | | Wired has a gallery of before-and-after photos showing how the Soviet Union airbrushed some cosmonauts out of history. These are absolutely fascinating, not just because of the uncovered lies—but because what was being lied about turned out to be much less horrible than anybody in the West had guessed. Former NASA scientist James Oberg explains: Western space enthusiasts, including me, event [..] Leer nota completa |  | Publicado 13-Apr-2011 por Maggie Koerth-Baker en historyscience
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| The saga of the Swindling Geologist | | For the better part of a decade—1884 to 1891—this man criss-crossed the United States, using a string of aliases and forged credentials to gain access to scientists and steal their valuable books and specimens. To this day, no one knows who he actually was. Here's what we do know: He was missing a hand, had a penchant for pretending to be deaf and mute, and knew enough about geology an [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 02-Mar-2011 por Maggie Koerth-Baker en historyscience
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| The original Hubble Telescope | | Yesterday, I spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, as part of a Physics Department speaker series. Dawn Erb, one of my hosts in the department, was kind enough to send me this awesome photo of Edwin Hubble's personal telescope, from before he finished his Ph.D. The photo came from, Todd Bensenhaver, a friend of a friend of Dawn's, who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, and owns the telescope [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 26-Feb-2011 por Maggie Koerth-Baker en historyscience
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| Women "computers" of World War II | | Before it came to mean laptops, PCs, or even room-sized machines, "computer" was what you called a person who did mathematical calculations for a living. That job was vitally important during World War II. And, like many vital jobs on the homefront, it was turned over to women, so that men could be sent into battle. After Pearl Harbor, the military recruited women to be computers, calculating thin [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 09-Feb-2011 por Maggie Koerth-Baker en historyscience
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| There's more than one way to wreck an airship | | Well. That looks a little off, doesn't it? The USS Los Angeles was a Navy airship, built as part of German war reparations from World War I. Early in her career, the Los Angeles was drained of hydrogen and refilled with non-flammable helium. Good idea, that. But it wasn't enough to make her accident-proof. This photo was taken on August 25, 1927, after a sudden change in the wind direction caught [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 03-Dec-2010 por Maggie Koerth-Baker en historyscience
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| The high school with seven Nobel prize winners | | Inside the Bronx high school that produced seven Nobel-winning physicists—despite having sub-standard physics education while most of them were in school. According to this article, what the Bronx High School of Science lacked in specific-subject resources, it made up by creating an engaging environment that got kids excited about science, in general, both in and out of the classroom.... [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 08-Nov-2010 por Maggie Koerth-Baker en historyscience
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