ScienceHistoryScienceHistory108-Year-Old Calculations by Einstein Sell for $15 Million at AuctionThe physicist’s errors are literally worth more than his correct calculations.ByIsaac Schultz11/24/21 4:05PMComments (6)Save
ScienceHistoryScienceHistoryFamous Viking Map of North America Is Totally FakeRevealed in 1965, the map was taken as further proof that Vikings reached the Americas before Columbus.ByGeorge Dvorsky9/27/21 4:31PMComments (17)Save
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ScienceHistoryScienceHistoryNavy Ship Sunk in Historic World War II Battle Is Now the Deepest Explored WreckThe USS Johnston sank on October 25, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.ByGeorge Dvorsky4/05/21 4:00PMComments (15)Save
ScienceHistoryScienceHistoryA Dredge Crew Found Pre-Civil War Cannons Near Downtown SavannahBritish researchers believe the cannons belonged to the HMS Rose, a royal ship scuttled off Savannah in 1779.ByIsaac Schultz3/16/21 5:36PMComments (8)Save
ScienceHistoryScienceHistoryForgotten Blueprints Reveal a Late Tweak to the Statue of Liberty's Torch ArmSculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi tweaked a design element proposed by Gustave Eiffel, changing the manner in…ByGeorge Dvorsky4/08/20 4:28PMComments (4)Save
ScienceHistoryScienceHistoryFragment of Medieval Poem About a Talking Vulva Found in Austrian LibraryThe poem involves a woman who is having a debate with her apparently opinionated vulva about which of the two is…ByGeorge Dvorsky7/30/19 4:00PMComments (21)Save
ScienceHistoryScienceHistoryHow Historians Can Now See Invisible Text on Ancient ManuscriptsNew tech can literally make invisible text visible again, and in the process change our view of history.ByJohn R. Quain6/27/19 12:30PMComments (30)Save
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