The US and Russia are hardly the only big names in space exploration. Right now more countries than ever are making their way to space. Trace looks at which countries are joining up to become interstellar explorers and where they’re headed.
How did we get here? Well, in terms of Atomic Chemistry, Hank takes us on a tour of the folks that were part of the long chain of other folks who helped us get to these deeper understandings of the world. From Leucippus to Heisenberg to you – yes, YOU – the story of Atomic Chemistry is all wibbly-wobbly… and amazing.
A new study out of Brigham Young University shows too much texting in a relationship can be seriously detrimental. Anthony explains the pitfalls to avoid, and what you can do to keep the relationship more secure.
This short film shows a mechanical boy known as the writer, the brainchild of Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721–90), a Swiss watchmaker who became renowned for this and similar works.
Sometimes engineers face unusual problems and then unusual engineering is needed. In this article will be presented some interesting engineering achievements worldwide.
Before clocks were invented, people marked the time of day with apparent solar time. Local solar time became increasingly awkward as railways and telecommunications improved, because clocks differed between places by an amount corresponding to the difference in their geographical longitude, which varied by four minutes for every degree of longitude.
You may not have heard of Sir Sandford Fleming so take a look at the man who standardized time.