Posts in: history

Director of the Mutter Museum Robert Hicks feeds his pet leeches, Hunter and Harvey. [Image credit: Evi Numen]

A rich life among the dead

Robert Hicks wants to show you his tumors, his bones and his jars of fetuses

By | Posted January 6, 2013

Scienceline’s iPad app goes to Mars

Scienceline’s iPad app goes to Mars

Watch out for the app, in the iTunes store soon

By | Posted November 18, 2011

New York City reimagined

New York City reimagined

Eric Sanderson peels back the concrete layers of New York City

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Experts are excavating a new dig: The World Wide Web

Experts are excavating a new dig: The World Wide Web

Digital archaeologists are looking for long-lost websites on the Internet

By | Posted November 22, 2010

John Snow’s Maps of the Broad Street Cholera Outbreak

John Snow’s Maps of the Broad Street Cholera Outbreak

An early example of data visualization’s power

By | Posted May 26, 2010