history

MIT mathematical physicist Virginia Tower Norwood mans the Storm Detector Radar Set at the Army Signal Corps Laboratories in New Jersey in 1950.

Episode

393

Mother of Landsat

November 5, 2024

Illustration of a fossilized lower extremity of a presumed Megalosaurus femur

Episode

385

The First Dinosaur Fossil

September 10, 2024

Cast of a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Episode

383

Pompeii: The Resurrection

August 27, 2024

Pliny the Younger at Misenum, where Pliny the Elder's 17-year-old nephew, seated by his mother, is seen recording the events surrounding the eruption of Vesuvius

Episode

382

Pompeii: The Destruction

August 20, 2024

The Historic Entrance to Mammoth Cave

Episode

379

Mammoth Cave’s Rich History

July 30, 2024

Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin

Episode

374

Much More Than Absolute Zero

June 25, 2024

Firemen stand on a bridge over the Cuyahoga River in November 1952 to spray water on the tug Arizona

Episode

373

The Burning River

June 18, 2024

Entrance to Big Bend

Episode

372

Big Bend National Park is 80

June 11, 2024

Sketch from one of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks

Episode

365

Leonardo’s Rule of Trees

April 23, 2024

The Astroni volcanic crater includes a regional park surrounded by suburban neighborhoods

Episode

364

Life in the Fiery Fields

April 16, 2024

The Aqua Claudia

Episode

345

Roman Aqueducts

December 5, 2023

Drawings of progressive stages of an asteroid impact

Episode

330

Meteorite Victims

August 22, 2023

Moai at Rano Raraku

Episode

310

Easter Island Egg Hunt

April 4, 2023