On July 6, 1885, a vaccine for rabies was administered successfully to a nine-year-old boy named Joseph Meister under the ...

In a Perspective published in PNAS Nexus, Julio M. Ottino describes different classes of creativity and proposes a benchmark for the highest level of creativity. Combinative creativity is the process ...

In the 19th century, French chemist Louis Pasteur demonstrated that life always comes from life. Plants, animals, and microbes reproduce within their respective species. But what about the original ...

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...

Ever since the invention of the microscope, humanity has gained access to the world of the incredibly small. Scientists discovered that creatures never known to exist before are alive in an uncount… ...

The Panopticon design involved a central watch tower, from which a single prison officer could observe the goings-on in the individual cell blocks that were ranged radially around the tower ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Last Updated on July 3, 2025 by Matt Staff There’s something powerful about seeing the past in color. These 25 photographs from 1895, originally taken in black ...

THE name of M. Pasteur, owing to his many brilliant and eminently practical discoveries, has been for some years so prominently before the general public that a popular and connected account of ...

When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’ Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today ...

Object Details maker Pasteur Vaccine Company Description An inscription on the lid of the wooden box reads “Black Leg Vaccine / PASTEUR VACCINE CO. / CHICAGO.” The Pasteur Vaccine Co., of Chicago, was ...