Engineering
Sumio Iijima: Inventor of Carbon Nanotubes and Pioneer of Modern Tech
Sumio Iijima is a Japanese physicist and inventor and the first scientist to clearly describe the...
Frontiers
Making a Difference for Girls
Fifty-seven years after real-life Hidden Figures helped pave the way for the United States to land...
Science
Ride of a Lifetime: Sally Ride’s Adventure Into Space, Science and Advocacy
Sally Ride was not only the first woman in space — she was also a committed...
Science
Precipitating Potential: Female Trailblazer Mary Elliott Hill
Female trailblazer and chemist Mary Elliott Hill was the first African American woman awarded a master's...
Science
What Is Reality? Your Quick-Start Guide to the Nature of the Universe
Humans have asked, "What is reality?" since the dawn of recorded history. Answering that question has...
Pioneers
Julius Lothar Meyer: Why He Deserves a Seat at the Periodic Table
Dmitri Mendeleev got the lion's share of credit, but Julius Lothar Meyer also deserves a seat...
Science
Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Are we born with a single, overriding intelligence, or is there more nuance to our nature?...
Science
Darwin’s Abominable Mystery: The Evolutionary Enigma of Angiosperms
Darwin's abominable mystery focuses on the rapid diversification of multicellular life on earth — how did...
Pioneers
Particle Physics Pion-eers: Mastering the Meson
Particle physics pion-eers Cecil Powell and Hideki Yukawa predicted — and empirically verified — the pi...
Pioneers
The First Man to Climb Mount Everest — and Escape the Atmosphere
Dr. Scott Parazynski holds a unique record: He's the first man to climb Mount Everest —...
Pioneers
Air Apparent: The Broken Balloon Barriers of Betrand Piccard
In 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones broke balloon barriers with a trip around the world.
Science
Knotty by Nature? The Science and Sensation of String Theory
Does string theory offer an all-encompassing alternative to the Standard Model — or is this one-dimensional...
Science
It’s Elementary: A Brief History of the Periodic Table
After 150 years serving research and discovery it's worth a look back on chemistry's watershed work:...
Pioneers
The Stephen Hawking Legacy: From Black Holes to the Big Bang
Stephen Hawking's legacy is substantial. Here's a look at some of the most important contributions of...