Celebrations

The Two Newest Nobel Prize Winners Opened Up Pandora’s Box of Stem Cell Research And Cloning

Today’s Nobel Prize in medicine went to Shinya Yamanaka and John Gurdon for their work on stem cell research and cloning

October 8, 2012

Meet the National Zoo’s Newest Panda Cub

Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a panda cub at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

September 17, 2012

Remembering When JFK Sent Us to the Moon

President Kennedy bolstered American support for his mission to the Moon with a speech at Rice University in 1962

September 12, 2012

Happy 100th Birthday to John Cage, Who Made a Lot of People Angry

Sixty years ago, John Cage put on a performance of a piece called 4‘33” or “four minutes, thirty-three seconds.” Today would have been his birthday

September 5, 2012

Crazy Lies Haters Threw at Rachel Carson

Silent Spring turns 50 this month, but Rachel Carson’s ecological game-changer was not always the beloved green bible it is today

September 4, 2012

Playing Video Games At Home Turns 40

The Magnavox Odyssey went on sale 40 years ago, sparking the home video game revolution

August 29, 2012

Celebrating 1,447 Years of the Loch Ness Monster

August 23, 2012

Bill Gates’ Potty Mouth – His Eco-friendly Toilet Contest Hands Out $100,000 in Prizes

August 20, 2012

Today We Celebrate the Short, Unhappy Life of H.P. Lovecraft

“Weird fiction” fans toast today to the birth of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, aka H.P. Lovecraft

August 20, 2012

Elvis Died 35 Years Ago and the Fans Still Can’t Help Falling in Love With Him

The King is dead. Long live the King

August 16, 2012

Julia Child Loved Science but Would Hate Today’s Food

It’s her birthday today, and while the master chef loved science she would have hated today’s laboratory produced food

August 15, 2012

Happy Birthday to Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense

The master helped director shape both modern cinema, and the minds of a generation

August 13, 2012

Celebrating 80 Years of LEGO

Children and hobbyists rejoice - today is Lego’s 80th birthday

August 10, 2012

How Aldous Huxley, 118 Today, Predicted the Present Far More Accurately than George Orwell

One of the pillars of science fiction would have turned 118 today

July 26, 2012

World’s First Test Tube Baby Turns 34 Today

On this day 34 years ago, Louise Brown, the first “test tube baby,” was welcomed into the world

July 25, 2012

Today’s the Shared Anniversary of Ruin Porn Poster Children Detroit, Machu Picchu

July 24th marks double jackpot for the intrepid explorers of years past as well for as fans of the latest photographic trend, “ruin porn.”

July 24, 2012

Here’s What Nixon Would Have Said if Apollo 11 Hadn’t Returned

July 20, 2012

Fifty Years Ago, Lyndon Johnson Answered the First Satellite Phone Call

Telstar 1, which launched 50 years ago today, was the world’s first commercial satellite, and a testament to government-industry cooperation

July 10, 2012

This One Beautiful Video Sums Up All of Space Shuttle History

July 9, 2012

Today is Actually the 1700th Anniversary of the Bikini, not the 66th

July 5th, 1946 is classically regarded as the birth date of what we now call the bikini. But that version of history misses the long view

July 5, 2012