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Technology Research News
January 12, 2005 |
A Short History of the Computer The first general purpose electronic computer appeared more than half a century ago.   |
Science News
January 8, 2005 |
From the January 5, 1935, Issue Science Advisory Board Chairman Honored by AAAS... Relativity Theory Framework Strengthened by Einstein... Seek Cancer Control Through Study of Cell Growth... |
Reason
January 2005
Charles Paul Freund |
Artifact: Shock Me, Amadeus Archaeologists believe they have recovered the bones of Mozart's niece and will perform DNA tests. If the purported skull of Mozart turns out to be genuine, it may provide information about his often difficult life and perhaps even his notorious death. |
Reason
January 2005 |
30 Years Ago in Reason The GOP is in fact a chicken whose head has been cut off... The common denominator among [previous Nobel laureates] is their general acceptance of the Keynesian framework... etc. |
Reason
January 2005
Julian Sanchez |
Soundbite How America Grew Rich: An interview with the author of An Empire of Wealth, in which the American Heritage columnist traces America's economic development from colonial times to the present. |
Science News
January 1, 2005 |
From the December 29, 1934, Issue Oregon's Famous Crater Lake Not 1,000 Years Old... Internal Structure of Chromosomes Explored... Revolutionary Method of Power Transmission Urged... |
Science News
January 1, 2005 |
Byrd Flight Produced by the National Science Foundation, this Web site commemorates explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd's historic flight to the South Pole about 75 years ago. |
Smithsonian
January 2005
Owen Edwards |
The Object at Hand - Freeze Frame Beginning in the 1880s, amateur photographer Wilson A. Bentley revealed the hidden structure of falling flakes. |
Military History
December 24, 2004
Ross Rosenfeld |
Battle of Princeton: Washington Outfoxes Cornwallis Facing Maj. Gen. George Washington's army at Assunpink Creek on January 2, 1777, Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis expected to 'bag the fox' the following day, but the next morning brought an unpleasant surprise--the fox had vanished. |
Vietnam
December 24, 2004
Peter Kross |
The Taylor Mission to Vietnam President John F. Kennedy's tentative response to the report by General Maxwell Taylor had unintended consequences for the course of the war. |
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