Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
The spectacles of Sophie Blanchard and the scientific missions of James Glaisher.
This animated video tells two very different stories from the early days of ballooning: the spectacles of Sophie Blanchard and the scientific missions of James Glaisher. The video was produced in 2014 as a part of a collaboration between CHF and students in John Serpentelli's Commercial Animation class at Philadelphia's University of the Arts.
The Cold War is long gone, as are our fears of global nuclear annihilation. But many nuclear weapons remain. Daniel Gross looks at what happens when some weapons can’t be retired.
Dreams of turning a wax cylinder into a “talking book.”
When French authorities learned about some missing uranium, they thought someone had stolen it to make rogue atomic bombs. It turned out to be more incredible than that.
The downside of using genetic genealogy to fight crime.
In this episode of The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean examines the dark, restless side of the father of the atomic bomb.
