Events Database

78 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
May 27, 12Rachel Carson and the legacy of Silent Spring
May 24, 12Torch relay farce
May 14, 12A play about astronomer Caroline Herschel sets the record straight
Apr 27, 12Possible Worlds and Other Essays by JBS Haldane – review
Apr 19, 12Picture library captures Royal Society's rich history
Apr 19, 12How a book about fish nearly sank Isaac Newton's Principia
Apr 8, 12New to nature No 70: Solanum baretiae
Mar 26, 12Grow a sunflower to solve unfinished Alan Turing experiment
Mar 25, 12Turing's Cathedral by George Dyson – review
Mar 21, 12How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries
Mar 18, 12Galaxy Zoo and the new dawn of citizen science
Mar 7, 12Turing's Cathedral by George Dyson – review
Mar 5, 12Was colonialism to blame for the spread of HIV in Africa?
Feb 28, 12Dig for Greater Manchester - thousands plan to scoop up history with their trowels
Feb 26, 12The true fathers of computing
Feb 15, 12Richard Dawkins can't recall the full title of Origin of Species. So what?
Feb 14, 12Valentine's Day and the shocking science of romance
Jan 20, 12The Double Helix by James D Watson – book review
Jan 5, 12Churchill, Henry V and Napoleon? Overrated, says BBC History magazine
Jan 2, 12Science Weekly podcast: Triumph and tragedy of Scott's Last Expedition
Dec 7, 11Dmitri Mendeleev's business card and Ernest Rutherford's potato masher
Nov 21, 11Birdwatch: Prince Ruspoli's turaco
Nov 7, 11A fate worse than death: displaying criminals' corpses
Oct 17, 11Happy birthday to a transport of delight
Aug 19, 11Pluto's Republic by Peter Medawar – review
Aug 17, 11Pierre de Fermat's Last Theorem celebrated in a cheeky Google doodle
Jul 25, 11From Arabick Roots to the Arab spring
Jul 20, 11Gregor Mendel's genius spelt out in a pea-flavoured Google doodle
May 15, 11Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science by Lawrence M Krauss – review
Feb 18, 11How the electric telegraph switched on the connected world - video
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