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Jan 15, 2020
5 min

Soviet Spacesuits and the Dawn of Space Exploration

At the time, Leonov was wearing a modified version of SK-1 called the Berkut spacesuit. According to Mann, “his air supply was strapped to h

Jan 15, 2020
6 min

Emerging Stonehenge Research Supports Prehistoric Calendar Theory

In 2015, Lloyd Matthews and Joan Rankin proposed that Stonehenge “was, in fact, a complex and significant prehistoric calendar.” First, they

Jan 15, 2020
5 min

Space Art, Space Junk, and Space Cleanup

The frustration partly stems from the inconvenience aimless satellites pose to scientists working on obtaining data and images from space. A

Jan 15, 2020
4 min

The Oldest Book in the Americas is a Mayan Guide to Astronomy

The Maya Codex was found alongside other artifacts that were eventually verified as authentic, but, because it was recovered by looters unde

Oct 15, 2019
5 min

Interactive Storytelling Through Animated Technology: The evolution of animatronics

As it turns out, animatronics have a history that’s a story in and of itself, and it unofficially begins in 13th century Europe. Villard De

Oct 15, 2019
4 min

Cobots the Creators: Collaborative robots and the disruption of art

At the 2017 SXSW festival, a performer used Einstein’s equations to draw portraits of audience members from selfies they tweeted for the eve

Oct 15, 2019
5 min

Leonardo da Vinci’s Robots and Their Modern-Day Influence

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 — 1519) was a masterful artist and inventor, and it’s difficult to say which of his endeavors had the greatest impac

Oct 15, 2019
4 min

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab Are Using Origami to Creat

Once you swallow the pill, your natural body temperature will melt the casing and activate the tiny robot within, which will proceed to conf

Jul 15, 2019
4 min

Blond Didn't Come From a Bottle: A short history of hair color

In 1973, anthropologist Justine Cordwell wrote a paper titled “The Very Human Arts of Transformation” in which she explains her theory for w

Jul 15, 2019
5 min

Skin Seamstresses and Healing Tattoos of the Ancient World

Ötzi, known as the “Iceman,” is a heavily tattooed mummified male, who lived approximately 5,300 years ago in the Ötztal Alps. Scientific an

Jul 15, 2019
5 min

When Color Kills: Toxic Pigments Through the Ages

Orpiment, or King’s yellow, can be found on ancient Egyptian papyrus scrolls. The chemical name for this pigment is arsenic sulfide.

Jul 15, 2019
4 min

Through the Eyes of Maraini: Notable mentions of calligraphy from "Meeting With Japan" (19

“Ideograms, with their ancient history, are marvellous examples of abstract beauty, organisms of lines, of spaces filled and unfilled, of vi

Apr 15, 2019
4 min

How Evansville's Thunderbolts & Landing Ship, Tanks Helped the Allies in WWII

“Republic Aviation originally built the planes in Farmingdale, New York — before they were built in Evansville,” states Lonnberg. "Whe

Apr 15, 2019
4 min

The TWA Hotel: America's Aviation Icon Returns

Founded in 1930, guided by Howard Hughes (1905 — 1976) between 1939 and 1960, and plagued by serious financial issues throughout the 1980s a

Apr 15, 2019
5 min

The New York City Subway: A ludicrous concoction of clashes

While NYC awaits its newest train car fleet, it's hard not to think back to IRT's now-abandoned City Hall Station, where the storied

Apr 15, 2019
4 min

Revisiting The Golden Age of Railroad Advertising

Advertising is often about two things — competing, and responding to the times. Since the beginning of commercial railroad travel in the 183

Dec 28, 2018
4 min

The Extraordinary Life of Alfred Carlton Gilbert: Olympian, Magician and Inventor of ERECTOR sets

Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884 — 1961) was an incredible man of many talents. Although he was a record setting Olympic athlete, professional m

Dec 28, 2018
4 min

The Art of Imagination: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Sesame Street, and Barney and Friends

In almost every episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, a toy trolley brings the viewer to The Neighborhood of Make-Believe. This is a separ

Dec 28, 2018
4 min

Toys as a Defining Marker of Humanity

“The earliest-known written historical mention of a toy comes from about 500 BC in a Greek reference to yo-yos made from wood, metal, or pai

Dec 28, 2018
3 min

The Story Behind Margerie Williams' "The Velveteen Rabbit"

The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real, (1922) is a British children's book written by Margery Winifred Williams Bianco.

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