Category Archives: History

Carnivalia — 4/24 – 4/30

Posted on 1 May, 2013 by Sam Wise

The past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for you… Continue reading →

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Carnivalia — 4/17 – 4/23

Posted on 24 April, 2013 by Sam Wise

The past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for you… Continue reading →

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The scientific tourist #270 — the B61 nuclear bomb

Posted on 22 April, 2013 by Sam Wise

This week you get the first in a series of images from the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This photo is of a B61 nuclear bomb, one of the main thermonuclear weapons still in service with the U.S. after the end of the Cold War. Continue reading →

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The scientific tourist #269 — Olmecs in Texas

Posted on 15 April, 2013 by Sam Wise

Imagine my surprise at discovering an Olmec head during a recent visit to the campus of the University of Texas at Austin! Continue reading →

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The scientific tourist #268 — Roman plumbing

Posted on 8 April, 2013 by Sam Wise

Another excellent find from the “A Day in Pompeii” exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science — a water bypass box with valves… Continue reading →

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The scientific tourist #267 — the F-100 “Super Sabre”

Posted on 26 March, 2013 by Sam Wise

On display at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum, it’s the F-100 “Super Sabre”… Continue reading →

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Casual Friday — making a tintype

Posted on 22 March, 2013 by Sam Wise

In case you don’t fully appreciate the ease that digital cameras bring to photography, here’s a demonstration of a 150-year-old photographic technology — tintype… Continue reading →

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Carnivalia — 3/13 – 3/19

Posted on 20 March, 2013 by Sam Wise

The past week’s selection of (mostly-)science-related blog carnivals for you… Continue reading →

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The scientific tourist #264 — a bad day in Herculaneum

Posted on 4 March, 2013 by Sam Wise

A cast of skeletal remains seen at “A Day in Pompeii” traveling exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science… Continue reading →

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Carnivalia — 2/13 – 2/19

Posted on 20 February, 2013 by Sam Wise

The past week’s bounty crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals… Continue reading →

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