News tagged with history book

Microscopic morphology adds to the scorpion family tree

Modern microscopy technology has allowed two scorpion biologists, Carsten Kamenz of the Humboldt University in Berlin and Lorenzo Prendini of the American Museum of Natural History, to study and document what ...

Biology /

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Book on ape evolution wins W. W. Howells Award

For the second time, Penn State University scientists Alan Walker and Pat Shipman together have won a national book award. A book they coauthored, The Ape in the Tree, A Natural and Intellectual History of ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Interactive game helps teach history to high-school kids

Students who have trouble staying awake in history class now have a new way to learn about the Civil War and other topics: an interactive video game where they try to stop a band of evildoers from changing the past.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0