Tag: Throwback Thursday

Who figured out the structure of DNA? Watson and Crick pieced together decades of data to propose the double helix. Here's how they did it.

Posted on May 21, 2020September 3, 2021 by Gina Misra 561 views

Today, we know DNA is where we get our traits. We know we inherit our DNA from our parents, and that our DNA contains genes. We know that we…

Looking Back on Dyson Spheres It might be possible that civilizations eventually develop large spherical shells that can catch all of the light emitted from their stars - an idea famously credited to the late Freeman Dyson.

Posted on March 20, 2020April 7, 2021 by GrahamLau 231 views

It might be likely that civilizations eventually develop large spherical shells that can catch all of the light emitted from their stars -…

O, the Drama! The discovery of oxygen How oxygen’s controversial discovery dismantled the phologiston era and changed science forever.

Posted on February 20, 2020April 6, 2021 by Justin Dingman 909 views

This is the story of how scientists first discovered that oxygen was a thing, in the 1700s. One of our writers did some digging into the…