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We are makers of history, yet we are also molded by it. The line connecting us to our ancestors spans decades, centuries, and millennia; the lessons learned from our progenitors are passed down the generations through timeless stories and discovered remnants of our enigmatic yet beautiful past. Modern Sciences recounts the passage of time, how humanity has shaped it, and how it has shaped humanity.
A brief history of time – as told by a watchmaker
Mikhail Leonov/Shutterstock Jaq Prendergast, Birmingham City University I once restored a 1950s timepiece for a customer who waxed…
The strange story of the grave of Copernicus
Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God (1873) Jan Matejko / Wikimedia Commons Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Australian Catholic…
New England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and deserve a science of their own
A typical New England stone wall in Hebron, Conn. Robert M. Thorson, CC BY-ND Robert M. Thorson, University…
Was going to space a good idea?
NASA Alice Gorman, Flinders University In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the…
Inventing the Color Purple… By Accident
Purple, as a color, is so rare in nature that its own scarcity led to its own notoriety…
Bringing classical physics into the modern world with Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
Galileo, holding two balls, about to perform his legendary experiment. Hulton Archive/Stringer via Getty Images Larry M. Silverberg,…
Hunter-Gatherers in Siberia Built Complex Defense Structures 8,000 Years Ago
At a Glance In a remarkable archaeological breakthrough, a team of international archaeologists from Freie Universität Berlin has…
New Study Reveals Secrets of One of Europe’s Largest Megalithic Structures
At a Glance A groundbreaking study published in Scientific Reports has shed light on the remarkable engineering prowess…
The Science of Sewing Machines
Delve into the often-overlooked mechanics behind sewing machines and unravel the ingenuity that transformed the laborious task of…
Florence Bell died unrecognised for her contributions to DNA science – decades on female researchers are still being sidelined
Natalia I. Kucirkova, The Open University Almost 80 years ago, Florence Bell quietly laid the foundations for one…