Tuesday, March 26, 2024

The Story of Christmas, Not a Christmas Story: How Did Christmas Become Christmas?

Angels, shepherds, a couple on a donkey, wise kings following a star. So begins one of the world's most popular stories, and the mother...

The History of Medicinal Herbs: The Link Between Botany and Herbal Medicine

In the early years, there is little written evidence of the use of herbs in medicine as it was usual to pass on knowledge...

The Golden Age of Canals: Europe Embraced Canal Usage and Development

Europe may not have been the first area of the world to use canals, but they embraced the idea of canals and developed them...

Hanna Reitsch, German Aviatrix: Wartime Test Pilot, 1st Woman Helicopter Pilot, Awarded Iron Cross

Starting as a glider pilot, Hanna Reitsch flew almost every German military aircraft in World War II. She was also associated with the development...

The Inventive Mind – the World’s Most Clever Innovations

When asked for a quote to sum up the 19th century, the President of the US Patent Office, solemnly offered this opinion during a...

What If Adolf Hitler Defeated the Soviet Union in World War II?

A political science professor recently posed a question to me. He wanted me to examine a scenario where Hitler defeated the Soviet Union...

Who Invented the Elevator? American Inventor Elisha Graves Otis and before

Like is so often true, the answer depends upon your point of view. If looking for the first documented device that could do the...

Nickolaus Otto: Invented an efficient internal combustion engine

Although little known, Nickolaus Otto is an inventor we should remember every time we get into our cars. Before there was Karl Benz or Henry...

The Wright Brothers’ First Flight – Some Little-Known Facts

Just about everyone with any interest at all in aviation has heard about Wilbur and Orville Wright, who on December 17th 1903 made history...

The History of New Year’s Resolutions: How and Why the Tradition of Making Resolutions...

The history of making New Year’s resolutions dates all the way back to the time of ancient Rome. The Romans are responsible for the...