Histories
The World’s Largest Clinical Study Is Examining the World’s Oldest Wonderdrug
Can Aspirin fight cancer?
A Tribute to Botanical Artist Marianne North on Her 185th Birthday
In a time when women were expected to be homemakers, Marianne North was a globetrotting adventurer.
Here’s How NASA Names the Spacecraft It Hurls Into the Void
Would the Apollo mission have been as sweet by any other name?
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The History of the Fedora
How the humble hat went from being a symbol of first-wave feminism to one of the douchiest things you can put on your body.
How a Victorian Astronomer Fought the Gender Pay Gap, and Won
That time a brilliant female scientist called bullshit on 'lady privileges.'
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This Documentary Explores the Life of Commodore Creator Jack Tramiel
The father of the best-selling personal computer built machines "for the masses not the classes."
The Future History of the Internet
'The Future Chronicles' is an investigation into the past and future of the internet.
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The Unheralded Genius of Automated Trains
The London Underground's Victoria Line was a coup of electrical engineering cleverness. .
The Term ‘Big Bang’ Came from Its Biggest Doubter
Fred Hoyle and the price of hanging on to wrong ideas.