Scientist of the Day

Paul E. (Ed) Yost, an American engineer, inventor, and aviator, was born in Bristow, Iowa on June 30, 1919.

The Farnese Atlas is a marble Roman statue sculpted around 150 C.E. and now in the Archaeological Museum in Naples. Its name comes from the fact...

John Stevens III, an American inventor and public official, was born June 26, 1749, in New York City. He was perhaps the most inventive of the...

Franchino Gaffurio, an Italian composer and music theorist, died June 25, 1522, at the age of 71. Gaffurio was the Maestro di cappella at the...

The Great Refractor, a telescope at Harvard College Observatory (HCO) saw its "first light" on June 24, 1847, meaning it was ready to view and/or...

Liu Cixin, a Chinese science fiction author, was born June 23, 1963, in Beijing. He grew up in Shanxi province in northern China during ...

Luca Pacioli, a Tuscan mathematician and Franciscan friar, died on June 19, 1517, at about age 70. He was born in Borgo Santo Sepolcro, now known...

On June 18, 1858, Charles Darwin got the shock of his life. We have written a number of posts about Darwin, discussing his portrait history, his...

François Jacob, a French molecular biologist, was born June 17, 1920. Jacob's plans to become a physician were interrupted by Hitler and the Second...

Sarah B. Landry, an illustrator of the natural world, was born June 15, 1942. Last year, I wrote a post on E. O. Wilson, the Harvard entomologist...

Henry Gray, an English surgeon, died June 13, 1861. Gray attended the medical school at St. George's Hospital, near Hyde Park in London.  He met a...

Indiana Jones, archaeologist and adventurer extraordinaire, leapt from the screen on June 12, 1981, as Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in...