Hidden No More: Week 5 round-up
…Howard University’s new medical school, where he taught anatomy. Rebecca Crumpler In 1864, Crumpler became the first African American woman to earn an M.D. degree. Her “Book of Medical Discourses,”…
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Hidden No More: Week 4 round-up
…Malick Malick, the first licensed African American pilot, worked as an aerial photographer and operated an air transportation service in Pennsylvania. Evelyn Granville Granville worked in the IBM group that…
NCSciFest sets new Guinness World Record
…Galilean cannon. The team launched the ball 13.5 meters (44 feet 6.5 inches) into the air, breaking the previous record of 11.5 meters (37 feet 8 inches). The previous record…
The scientific reason you should know the constellations of the zodiac
…about only a fraction of the 88 constellations. Hardly anyone ever inquires, for example, about the many bizarrely named constellations best seen from the southern hemisphere. (Just once, I’d love…
Take a walk through the solar system—in your own neighborhood.
…Take 10 big steps to get to Mercury. Pack a very special spacesuit for Mercury’s daytime side, where temperatures can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit. At night it can be more…
Happy birthday, Durham! Your city flag is astronomically wonderful.
…season best for seeing it. Spotting anything in Taurus in late April requires looking fairly low in the west as soon as it gets dark. One way to find the…
The meteor shower drought is OVER!
…atmosphere. Although sporadic meteors can happen any night, the best meteor viewing happens during the annual meteor showers. Unfortunately, we’ve been in a “meteor shower drought.” There’s only one major…
Skywatching at home: Use Stellarium to learn the sky
…forward (/) and backward (\) slashes), then right-clicking to unselect the object Hovering along the bottom of your screen to find options to add constellation labels, lines, and art Finally,…
Useful Science Podcast and Morehead announce a new collaboration
…producing outstanding science communication content, and we couldn’t be more excited to work with the podcast’s team.” The first Morehead-sponsored Useful Science episode will air on January 10th. The Useful…
Why the Oct. 5th Observe the Moon Night is misnamed
…You can find this book at UNC Libraries. You Might Also Like… Gazing into the Past Wave hello to people in outer space (at May 18th skywatching, Dorothea Dix Park)…