At 8:30 p.m. on the night of August 22, 1888, a "fireball" struck a hill near what's now Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. The blast damaged farmland, paralyzed one man, and left another one dead.

In the 19th century, an art form known as lithophanes was all the rage in Western Europe. These thin engravings were usually made from translucent materials like porcelain or wax.

Monstrosity in Medical Science: Race-Making and Teratology in the Nineteenth-Century United States. Isis , 2023; 114 (3): 513 DOI: 10.1086/726315 Cite This Page : ...

Lundgren noted a striking similarity between the abstract geometric shapes in af Klint's work and scientific diagrams in 19th century physicist Thomas Young's Lectures (1807).

The opening chapter of this book, “Science at the Beginning of this Century,” enables us to realise how immense the gain has been. The Story of Nineteenth Century Science. By Henry Smith ...

As Tiger Woods and Mariano Rivera can tell you, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears can prove to be a frequent and devastating injury among athletes, professional and amateur alike.

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

After unearthing and analyzing handwritten documentation from scientist Samuel Morton, a doctoral candidate drew a new conclusion about the infamous 19th-century collection: though Morton ...

Just as steampunk blends science-fiction technology with Victorian style, a modern field of physics that I call “quantum steampunk” unites 21st-century technology with 19th ... //journals .aps ...