Education & Policy/History of Science and Technology

Write Your Name in Binary Code

01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00100001 Those ones and zeros might not look like anything to you, but in binary code the numbers are actually saying “Hello!” Any code that uses just two symbols to represent information is considered binary code. Different versions of binary code have been around for centuries, and have been used […]

Build an Earthquake Machine

Carl Sagan, and the Rise of the ‘Celebrity Scientist’

A 20-Year Dive Into Climate Change History

How Has Technology Changed Exploration?

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#ObserveEverything: Staff Picks, Week #2

We're halfway through our #ObserveEverything project, and your discoveries continue to impress us. Wednesday morning's total lunar eclipse made for some excellent observation opportunities around the country, as have the changing seasons and spread of fall colors. Your observations haven't been limited to the trees and skies, though—in the past week, we've seen microscopy of a […]

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