Howard Markel

Mercury thermometers

How the thermometer got its name

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Jean Leurechon developed the term in 1626, but it didn’t begin to describe a device for accurately taking temperature measurements until 1714. Now, they’re ubiquitous.

Science Diction: Thermometer

Gigantoraptor elrianensis

Meet the man who gave the name to the creatures we now know as dinosaurs

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Science Diction: Dinosaur

Science Diction: Sun