#today in science history

[teachersource]

Wilhelm Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845. A German mechanical engineer and physicist who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. In 2004 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) named element 111 roentgenium after him.

[i-was-today-years-old-when]

i learned that at least one of the victims of the Vesuvius Eruption in 79 C.E was found with a vitrified brain. In other words their brain was turned to glass due to the extreme heat (x)

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[amnhnyc]

Throwback Thursday! This archival image, snapped circa 1899, depicts paleoartist Charles Knight working on a scale model of the dinosaur Stegosaurus. In life, this species could measure 28 ft (8.5 m) long and weigh about 6,000 lbs (2,720 kg). But when this animal was discovered, paleontologists were surprised to find that its skull—and brain—were disproportionately small. In fact, some scientists thought this massive herbivore must have had a "second brain" near its hips that controlled the back half of its body. Turns out, Stegosaurus did manage with just one relatively small brain. 

Photo: Image no. 327667 / © AMNH Library

[humanoidhistory]

Voyager 1 looks back at Saturn, November 16, 1980.

[paleo-cafnir]

Victoria the T.rex

Real 139kg skull on display at the Melbourne Museum, Australia.

[being-of-rain]

Something that really gives Doctor Who some cognitive dissonance is that it champions science, but it also, of course, loves to make sci-fi stories out of ideas in popular culture. Like conspiracy theories, cryptids, all the stuff you'd see on the X-Files. Lots of stuff that in our world goes against science, and is even dangerous or bigoted.

So the Doctor will be like "science leads," but also all of human history has been masterminded by extraterrestrials, psychic powers are real, magic is real, there's a species of lizard men who rode dinosaurs and now sleep beneath the earth, the loch ness monster is from outer space, every tenth planet ever invented is out there somewhere, aliens built the pyramids and Atlanteans built the sphinx.

[peaceloveandhistory]

Fun fact: The pronunciation of American English is closer to the pronunciation in William Shakespeare's time (1564-1616) than in British English. Today's American accent is more closely related to what Shakespeare heard while he wrote. People generally assume that Shakespeare's English is related to British English, but in Early Modern English the letter "r" is still pronounced. During the 18th century the "r" was dropped from pronunciation when it was the last syllable of a word in southern British English. American English froze in how we pronounce letters, which is why we sound more like Shakespeare than British English.

[frankidacre]

The night was alive with a thousand voices 🎶

Little comic I did of Phillips and Bride!

[almostvermin]

why are you still awake. go to sleep.

you are also still awake. go to sleep.

[astriiformes]

I have genuinely liked all my classes this spring, and they've generally played to my strengths as a student (good at writing) but I have to say. Having four decent-length term papers due at the end of the semester is seriously killing my will to, like, exist

[messo-rawand]

This is how we live now

Tents ⛺️ through this winter

Tents through this cold

Our little children is starving and cold

We need the world help

Your support always matters ❤️

Link to Donate in my bio

Thank you 🙏🏽

[septemberkisses]

studying 'light and it's effect on artefacts' for my conservation class and gods! this girl can't do physics to save her life

[i-was-today-years-old-when]

i learned that Mike Brown, the astronomer most responsible for demoting Pluto to a dwarf planet, titled his memoir "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming". (x)

[amnhnyc]

Happy Trilobite Tuesday! In recent years, the process of trilobite preparation has risen to new heights thanks to technological advancements. For example, preparing a specimen like the one pictured here—a pair of 5-in- (12.7-cm-) long, 500 million-year-old Olenoides superbus—might not have been possible a decade ago. Note the row of free-standing spines running along the axial lobe of the top trilobite. Such intricate detail can now be revealed thanks to improvements in the equipment involved in the preparation process.

[dykepaldi]

designing an all dyke tardis team rn (for powerpoint night w some friends where we present what we would do if we were dr who showrunner) and oh man i cant wait to show u guys…. my mind is filled with beautiful lesbians that i have channelled onto this page……

[the-busy-ghost]

"Oh it would have been more satisfying if the humans had invented a technology which defeated the Martians rather than have them killed off by accident just when humanity's impotence in the face of disaster seems to be confirmed". I

To me that's just a fancy way of saying "Yeah but humans could totally handle the Martians and the writer has a duty to reassure the audience of that!"

Sir we cannot even handle climate change and I'm sorry to tell you that it's not entirely due to a lack of technological expertise