Science History

Using chromosomal data drawn from genetic databases, a group of researchers were able to identify the surname of one in every eight people from a sample of 911 American men. Sometimes other private information could be determined, including their geograph ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 7 2013 - 12:19pm

William Beaumont: The Father Of Gastric Physiology And His Odd Experiment

Army physician William Beaumont was stationed at Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island in Michigan in the early 1820s, when it existed to protect the interests of the American Fur Company. The fort became the refuge for a wounded 19-year-old French-Canadian fu ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2013 - 11:00am

Build A Perpetual Magnet Woo Generator

How To Build A Perpetual Magnet Woo Generator "The general public sees perpetual motion inexactly. Probably they view each machine as a special case. The physicist or engineer, on the other hand, is very precise and classifies perpetual motion ma ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - May 5 2013 - 9:26am

Neil Armstrong's Heartbeat- EKG Up For Auction

Neil Armstrong's Heartbeat- EKG Up For Auction [edit] This article has been updated- please see: One Small Step- Two Small Strips (Or Maybe Three) RR Auction of Amherst New Hampshire has announced a 2013 Space and Aviation Autograph and Artifact Auct ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - May 14 2013 - 1:48pm

British Radar In WW2- By Sir Robert Watson-Watt

British Radar in WW2- by Sir Robert Watson-Watt I am pleased to be able to publish here in my blog a historical document of some importance: a short history of radar by Sir Robert Watson-Watt. The document- reproduced below these introductory comments- ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - May 6 2013 - 10:30pm

Two Armstrong EKG Readings- A Question Of Provenance

Two Armstrong EKG Readings- A Question Of Provenance [edit] This article has been updated- please see: One Small Step- Two Small Strips (Or Maybe Three) I recently posted an article: Neil Armstrong's Heartbeat- EKG Up For Auction. Unsurprisingly man ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - May 14 2013 - 1:49pm

One Small Step- Two Small Strips (Or Maybe Three)

One Small Step- Two Small Strips (Or Maybe Three) The news that Neil Armstrong's EKG is up for auction has been reported across the world. Having more than a passing interest in how language is used, I was looking at the different ways that write ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - May 7 2013 - 1:50pm

Richard Holmes- Falling Upwards

Richard Holmes- Falling Upwards Falling Upwards. What a wonderful title for a history of ballooning. As someone with more than a slight interest in the history of science and technology*, I intend to buy a copy of this new book. Falling Upwards is a wond ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - May 8 2013 - 5:00am

Civil War CSI: Did Stonewall Jackson Die From Pneumonia?

Legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson died 150 years ago but the actual cause of his death has been a subject of debate. And it was again at the 20th annual Historical Clinicopathological Conference in Maryland. Jackson got ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 11 2013 - 11:57am

Alfred Russel Wallace And The Inselaffen