19th-century art form revived to make tactile science graphics for blind people "Everything I can see with my eyes, a person who is blind can feel with their fingers." ...

What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

THE story is worth telling, for whatever the ages may hold in store they can hardly deprive the nineteenth century of the distinction of having witnessed a progress in science without a parallel ...

A Canadian kid is proof that major scientific discoveries don’t always have to come from grizzled researchers with fancy equipment. Two years ago, then-8-year-old Lucas Atchison went on a family ...

– 19th century Opium Wars – In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire.

In a new article published in Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society, "Monstrosity in Medical Science: Race-Making and Teratology in the Nineteenth-Century United States," Miriam Rich ...

Did Hilma af Klint draw inspiration from 19th century physics? Diagrams from Thomas Young's 1807 Lectures bear striking resemblance to abstract figures in af Klint's work.

Archaeologists found an 800-ton Dutch merchant vessel lost in 1857 off the coast of South Australia, offering a rare look into the region’s maritime trade history.

This exhibition offers a comprehensive look at the city’s scientific advancements across various fields, including military, science, and industry, from the 19th century to the present day. On ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign English professor Gillen D’Arcy Wood’s Oceans 1876 project makes a treasure trove of 19th-century marine data accessible to help scientists better ...

On the other hand, there is a great deal in it from which scientific readers cannot fail to draw a very salutary lesson. Science and Scientists in the Nineteenth Century.