Science and technology

In the Shoshone Canyon in the Idaho Territory during the late 19th century, members of Clarence King's Geological Exploration of the 40th Parallel conduct a survey. In the background are the Shoshone Falls. (Photo by CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why the American Wild West was a “hotbed of scientific discovery”

Thomas Ellis charted the frantic efforts to bring the crew of Apollo 13 home. (Image by Getty Images)

The race to save Apollo 13

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Hidden Figures: the incredible real history behind the film

British nurse Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), aka the 'Lady with the lamp', makes her rounds during the Crimean War. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The lady with the stats: how Florence Nightingale’s nursing by numbers is still influencing today’s healthcare

The first controlled, powered and sustained human flight on 17 December 1903 by the Wright Brothers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

17 December 1903: the day the Wright Brothers flew into history

Einstein on the run

Second World War

Einstein on the run: when the brilliant scientist fled to England

A contemporary portrait of scientist Ada Lovelace

My history hero Konnie Huq chooses Ada Lovelace (1815–52)

Photo of a gramophone

Q&A Who do we say 'put a sock in it'?

Peter Mayhew, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill, on-set of the film Star Wars

Star Wars: why did the film make history?

Yuri Gagarin before the first space flight, 12 April 1961. (Credit: RIA Novosti)

In pictures: Soviet cosmonauts and the birth of the space age

Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace: a visionary of computing

On 20 July 1969, Lunar Module 'Eagle' touched down gently on the Sea of Tranquility on the moon. (Photo by NASA/Newsmakers via Getty Images)

From ‘moon-germs’ to motion sickness: health and safety on NASA’s 1969 lunar landing mission

A photo which was believed to be of the Loch Ness Monster

The quest for the Loch Ness Monster

George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla

Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla: the history behind The Current War

The ‘Surgeon’s Photo’, taken in 1934, which claimed to depict the Loch Ness Monster. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

5 facts about the Loch Ness Monster