#41 Science in History 22nd February 1630 Today in 1630, popcorn is believed to have been introduced to the European settlers in the...

#40 Science in History 21st February 1811 Published in 1811, the paper 'On a Combination of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygene Gas' was read to...

#39 Science in History 18th February 1930 Today in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered the ninth planet in our solar system, Pluto. Tombaugh...

#38 Science in History 16th February 1923 Today marks the anniversary of one of the most significant discoveries in the history of...

#37 Science in History 15th February 2013 Today in 2013, a bright fireball streaked across the morning sky over Russia's Ural Mountains,...

#36 Science in History 12th February Today is Darwin Day, an annual celebration of the life and work of British naturalist and scientist...

#35 Science in History 11th February 1922 On February 11, 1922, a research paper was published in the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical...

#34 Science in History 10th February 1840 On this day in 1840, Queen Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha....

#33 Science in History 6th February 1886 On this day in 1886, the element germanium is discovered. In 1886, a German chemist, Clemens...

#32 Science in History 05 February 1974 Today in 1974, Mariner 10 sends back information about Venus’s cloud cover. Mariner 10 was...

#31 Science in History 04 February 1600 On this day, in 1600, the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler arrived in Prague...

#30 Science in History 02 February 1046 On this day, in 1046, monks record the onset of a cold snap that may have heralded the onset of a...

#27 Science in History 26 January 1905 On this day in 1905, a diamond of exceptional size and quality was discovered in the Transvaal,...

#26 Science in History 25 January 1798 On this day in 1798, Count Rumford, presented his new idea about heat. Count Rumford, AKA Sir...

#25 Science in History 23 January 1896 On this day in January 1896, Röntgen made the first public presentation, and demonstration, of...

#24 Science in History 21 January 1984 Today in 1984, Britain's first test-tube triplets made headlines. The triplets were delivered, by...

#23 Science in History 19 January 1903 On this day in 1903, history was made as King Edward VII of England and President Theodore...

#22 Science in History 16 January 1980 On this day in 1980, a team of scientists at a Boston-based research facility announced a major...

#21 Science in History 14 January 1878 Today in 1878, Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, demonstrated his invention to...

#20 Science in History 13 January 1978 On this day in 1978, NASA made history by selecting six women as their first female astronaut...