The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) took lots of good photos of the Improbable Research show, a featured event of the AAAS’s recent annual meeting, held in Washington, DC. The photographer captured, among many other things, the historic moment when a parade of bearded scientists went up to shake hands with Ig […]
Tag: microbiology
Fort Detrick in 1960s: Hoppin’ w bacteria
Fort Detrick, in Frederick, Maryland, was a happening place in the 1960s. Two recent news reports celebrate different aspects. Today the New York Times reports: William C. Patrick III, Expert on Germ Warfare, Dies at 84 … A scientist, Mr. Patrick made germ weapons for the American military from 1951 to 1969. He produced tons […]
Great Microbiologists (en lego)
“Great Microbiologists” is a short lego stop-motion history of microbiology: