Vintage science & classic technology
How young Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto back in 1930
Clyde Tombaugh, a Kansas farmer, loved astronomy, and cemented his name in history by discovering Pluto. Here’s how he found it.
Clyde Tombaugh, a Kansas farmer, loved astronomy, and cemented his name in history by discovering Pluto. Here’s how he found it.
If you need a book, you used to need to look for the most important item in the library — the vintage card catalog.
Through observation, experimentation and genius, scientist Louis Pasteur was able to create the first rabies vaccine – even though he didn’t exactly know what caused the disease.
How did America get its name? The man from whom the continents got their names was an especially fascinating character of the late 15th century.
The way life is carried on now seems near discovery By Watson Davis, Director, Science Service Washington — One of the fundamental problems of living
In a bit of common soil taken from a Venezuelan field, Yale scientists have found a new and spectacularly successful weapon for the battle of man vs. microbes: Chloromycetin.
hen the last upheaval came, the whole bottom of the ocean was lifted skyward, and naturally the remains of all kinds of fish, etc., were taken along and left miles and miles inland from the water.
Photographic proof of the cancer germ Dr Gaston Odin, of Paris, tells how he found in the blood of cancerous persons a concealed germ that,
A scientist announced Saturday that he had positively identified the chemical makeup of genes, the tiny cells that govern heredity, despite Russian claims that the gene is a “figment of the imagination.”
Cemetery gives clue to ancient ailment by Walter C Alvarez, MD Recently, a remarkable cemetery was discovered near York, in northern England. It dates back
Tubal cains of the Andes hit the bronze secret by Garrett P Serviss In the succession of prehistoric and primitive times the “bronze age” precedes
Hershey’s rich cocoa fudge recipe from the ’70s & ’80s 
Women: Do you have the ideal figure? Here’s what ‘they’ thought in 1950 
The famous Bacardi rum cake recipe 
The Beverly Hillbillies backstory, plus the theme song & lyrics (1962-1971) 
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