The history of science and technology links many disciplines and cultures: scientific, technological, humanistic and social. Smith’s program in the history of science and technology is designed to ...

If you're a science fiction fan who enjoys getting lost in internet rabbit holes, may I suggest the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction? The site—newly revamped by Jesse Sheidlower, formerly of ...

Sam Florer, the director of public programs at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, (Photo courtesy of the VMHC) The Virginia Museum of History of Culture wants you to know that Colonel William ...

A common technique in science popularization is to take some modern scientific idea, and connect it to some much earlier notion. The classic example of this is the regular invocation of the ancient ...

One thing nerds like to argue about is what nerds are allowed to argue about. If you agree to stipulate that science fiction is often one of those things—and, hey, we could argue about that—then a ...

Graveyard of the Atlantic, Indigenous peoples reconnect with a river and the oldest longleaf pine. Learn what makes the Outer Banks so deadly and how the Coharie Indian Tribe’s restoration of their ...

Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter. At the turn of the 20th century, 12 ...

AS its title leads us to suppose, this interesting volume is a plea for the recognition of folklore as a historical science. Seeing that the barrier between history and folklore is still unbroken, in ...