From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia George Latimer Lithograph by Thayer & Co. (Boston, Mass.) Born July 4, 1819 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. Died May 29, 1897 (aged 77) Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. Spouse(s) Rebecca Latimer, Charlotte (Williams) Saunders, Mary (Turner) Williams Children George W. Latimer, William …
Fifty years ago, few scientists believed a drug could fight viruses with low side effects. Then Gertrude Elion showed the doubters “what I could do on my own.” Born in 1918 in Manhattan, Gertrude Elion developed the drug acyclovir, a potent inhibitor of …
Enheduanna means ‘Ornament of Heaven.’ She studied the stars, wrote hymns and myths 4000 years ago, and yet is almost entirely unknown today. Standard of Ur mosaic, 26th century BC. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. – By Louise Pryke, The Conversation – The world’s …
A dazzling civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5,000 years ago. Why was it forgotten? Meroe, 150 miles north of Khartoum, served as a necropolis for the kings and queens of Kush for close to 600 years. (Matt Stirn) – Text by Isma’il Kushkush; …
Scientists have found a potential new weapon against breast cancer in the venom of honeybees. Nowhereman/Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2020 Sep 01 – The natural world is full of compounds that can do us harm, but medical scientists continue to show us how …
Deceased post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtle next to plastic pieces found in its stomach and intestines. Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, CC BY-ND – Authors David Duffy, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics, University of Florida Catherine Eastman, Sea Turtle Hospital Program Coordinator, Whitney Laboratory …
Voters in Nashville, Tennessee, faced long lines in March 2020. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey – Author Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell 2020 Aug 26 – If you’re looking for the right to vote, you won’t find it in …
Centuries-old texts were erased, and then written over, by monks at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt. Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Egypt. – Berthold Werner / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA. – By Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a sacred Christian …
Breaking down a geographical technicality. Semisopochnoi Island, top right, is the easternmost point of the United States. Photo from Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon (NASA Earth Observatory) using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey, via Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain. …
Painting depicting transfiguration of Jesus, a story in the New Testament when Jesus becomes radiant upon a mountain. Artist Raphael /Collections Hallwyl Museum, CC BY-SA – Author Anna Swartwood House, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina 2020 Jul 17 …
