The host of "Quirks and Quarks," a Canadian public radio program and podcast, lists his top 10 science stories of the year ,...
What is the regional history of American Science?
"There is a growing feeling hereabout," wrote an Ohio State chemist in 1913, "and also in other localities west of the Alle...
Links for (the evening of) December 22
Klein bottle...opener (via smithsonianmag.com) Remedia, a history of medicine blog out of Harvard, has continued its "Spaces&quo...
The Epistemology of a Podcast
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you’ve probably heard of Serial , the podcast sensation taking the intern...
Links for December 15 (updated)
Next week's links will feature longer days for readers in the northern hemisphere. Earth's, that is. Image by NASA and J.P.L....
A great resource for early American science
Now that the fall semester is just about done, we can all start putting together syllabi put the finishing touches on courses for the s...
Links for December 8, 2014
Photograph Courtesy Justin Knight/iGEM Foundation via newyorker.com The tiniest sculptures ever created , using new tech: 3D pr...
Introducing: A New Member of the AmericanScience Team
Good morning! Today, AmericanScience is excited to announce a new addition to our blogging team! Please join us in welcoming our n...
Links—made from leftover turkey
(photo Spencer Wynn/Toronto Star ) An animated retelling of van Leeuwenhoek's first glimpse through the microscope. Playing ...
Links: Mammoths, Profanity, and GMOs
Good morning! Let's start off with a plug: the MIT History, Anthropology, and STS Program (HASTS) has a Twitter account run by a ...
Politics of Nature
A new type of rock found off the coast of Hawaii made of volcanic rock, seashells, and plastic. http://news.sciencemag.org/ear...
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