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On September 25, 1957, Karl Patterson Schmidt received a package from the Lincoln Park Zoo at his office in Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. Schmidt was one of the world’s most renowned herpetologists, known for personally traveling to the … Continue reading History Thread: Please Don’t Squeeze the Boomslang!
On September 18, 1954 a pair of Australian skin divers emerged from the water off Port Darwin. Kirke Dyson-Holland, aged 21, was a native of Victoria who was on leave from the Australian Navy. A handsome blond man, known affectionate … Continue reading History Thread: Don’t Toss the Octopus!
Today’s optional discussion prompt: Pseudoscience and its harms. Sometimes pseudoscience can be an eccentric but harmless set of beliefs. Other times, be it in the various iterations of racial science, Lysenko’s ridiculous (but state sponsored) ignorance of genetics, or the … Continue reading The Pseudo-Scientific History Thread
Putting up a quick History Thread this week in honor of I. challengeri, a South American cousin of the Spinosaurus known to paleontology as The Irritator. This annoying creature is so-named because the original (indeed, to date the only) specimen … Continue reading The Irritating History Thread
Of all the colorful figures in early paleontology, a special place has to be made for Franz Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvas. This Hungarian nobleman lived a truly bizarre life around the turn of the century: a traveler who spent years among … Continue reading The History Thread Forgot How To Love Each Other
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 31: Conclusion and Reflections
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 30: Predict the Future
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 29: Science and Politics
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 28: That Thing You Never Understood
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 27: Favorite Number, Equation, or Statistic
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day Challenge Day 26: Media Wildcard
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 25: Notable Women in STEM
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 24: Notable People of Color in STEM
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 23: Best Invention (20th Century and Beyond)
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 22: Best Invention (Pre 20th Century)
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 21: STEM Toys
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 20: Most Admired Scientist (Social Science)
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 19: Most Admired Scientist (Physical Sciences/Math)
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 18: Most Admired Scientist (Biology/Medicine)
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 17: What Sci-Fi Gets Wrong
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 16: What Sci-Fi Gets Right
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