ENIAC
The US-built ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first computer ever made. It combined, for the first time, the high speed of electronics with the ability to be programmed for many complex...
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Albert Einstein’s matriculation certificate
Albert Einstein’s matriculation certificate that he received at the age of 17, showing his final grades from the Aargau Kantonsschule (on a scale of 1-6).
First Milliseconds of Nuclear Bomb Test Fireball
The first two are the Mohawk shot from Operation Redwing, 1956 (0:05) and Operation Snapper, 1952 (0:15). After that following Operation Ranger, 1951 (0:22), Ivy Mike, 1952 (0:28), Trinity Test, 1945 (0:39), Tsar...
The “Ice Maiden”
PERU – The “Ice Maiden,” the 500-year-old mummy of a young Inca girl found on a Peruvian mountaintop by archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Johan Reinhard. (Photo by Stephen Alvarez) #