History as Science – Page 2

Of the Creation Persuasion
By the Editor on October 8, 2012
From SciAm guest blogger Kyle Hill: The Earth is flat. A full moon leads to more crime. Humans were...
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Remains of Fanged, Tiny Veggie Dinosaur Found
By the Editor on October 3, 2012
A “punk-sized” dinosaur with porcupine-like bristles featured some flashy stabbing self-sharpening fangs – although it likely only had a...
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Why Curiosity Matters
By the Editor on September 24, 2012
Adam Steltzner is a rocker-turned-NASA engineer who helped take the country’s cool new Curiosity rover to the surface of...
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Historians Ask the Public to Help Organize the Past
By the Editor on September 8, 2012
On November 8, 1800, fire ravaged the federal War Office, in Washington. The agency’s files went up in smoke,...
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Human Cycles: History as Science
By the Editor on August 6, 2012
Sometimes, history really does seem to repeat itself. For the past 15 years, Peter Turchin, who studies population dynamics...
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Ancient Text Gives Clue to Mysterious Radiation Spike
By the Editor on June 28, 2012
Eighth-century jump in carbon-14 levels in trees could be explained by "red crucifix" supernova.
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How the Transit of Venus Opened the Planet to Our Forefathers
By the Editor on May 25, 2012
It’s called the transit of Venus. The planet will appear as little dark circle on the sun as it...
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For U.S. Science, A Crisis Looms
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
The United States is at risk of ceding its leadership in science, a number of physicists said, though there...
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Teaching and Researching Big History
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
The largest-ever gathering of Big History scholars, scientists, professors, teachers and graduate students will converge on Grand Rapids, Michigan,...
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Newton’s Theological Texts Digitized
By the Editor on February 20, 2012
Considered to be one of the greatest scientists of all time, Sir Isaac Newton was also an influential theologian...
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