Science Archive
The Wondrous, Marvelous, Curative Miracle That Wasn’t: Dr. Hercules Sanche’s Oxydonor
Is Anybody Out There? The National UFO Historical Records Center Helps Search For Answers
He Was Buried Alive But Dug Up to Be Dissected By Anatomists
Mr. Boys: The Man Who Wanted to Leave His Body to the Girls
Forget Martians—What About Life on Venus?
Cheers! From Mars! A Conversation About Alcohol in Space with Explore Mars CEO, Chris Carberry.
Launching Everywhere on Earth: The Big Book of Mars
Martin Van Butchell: The Man Who Embalmed his Wife and Cured Carbuncles
Anatomy Takes on All Forms at Amsterdam’s Museum Vrolik
Four Crappy Ailments Once Believed to Have Been Cured by Reptile Poop
A Rather Brief History of Life on the Moon
Where to Find a 19th-Century Anatomical Model of a Horse and Other Things You Didn’t Know You Needed to Have
How many beings lived on Jupiter in 1830?
The Dynasphere: The Car of the Future that Never Made it to the Future
Fred Ott and the First Sneeze Ever Caught on Film
The French Botanist Who Figured Out What Martians Look Like
18th-Century Philosopher Jeremy Bentham is on Tour
Intelligent Life on Mars and the Canals that Put Us Earthlings to Shame
Earth to Mars in the 1920s: The Strange Case of the Man Who Tried to Contact Martians via Radio
Excerpts from a Phrenological Review of Oliver Cromwell’s Embalmed Head
Giant Mirrors for Mars and a Plea to Andrew Carnegie
A Case of Hypnotism Gone Wrong and a Desperate Attempt to Make It Right
The Irish Giant vs. The Eager Anatomist
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Proper Care for the Not-Quite-Dead-Yet: The London Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial
Galileo Observed the Universe. You Can Observe His Fingers.
A Strange Case of Animals Generating Within the Human Body
Thomas Edison’s Creepiest Invention: The Talking Doll
History’s Most Unusual Gift: A Table Made of Brains, Ears, a Foot and Other Preserved Body Parts
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7 Examples of Medical Remedies Using Animal Dung from 1747
The Oldest People Who Ever Lived, Or Didn’t
Toy Dogs, Safety Pins and Other Unfortunate Things People Swallowed and Had Extracted
Celebrate a Death-Defying Art: World Sword Swallower’s Day
A Brief and Rather Unpleasant History of Human Horns
Forget the Merlot and Cabernet, How About a Bottle of Snake Wine?
Excised Tumors, The Stereoscopic Skin Clinic, Gout Treatments And Other Hidden Treasures
The Car Only a Horse Could Love
The Russian Scientist Who Believed Two Heads Were Better Than One
Thomas Edison Talked to the Dead, Almost
Raining Cats and Dogs is One Thing, but Frogs and Fish?
The Very Serious History of Silly Putty
Before Email, The Fastest Way To Send Mail Was By Missile
