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Looking for Uranium In All The Wrong Places
Dr. Jose Centeno, director of the Joint Pathology Center’s Biophysical Toxicology and Depleted Uranium/Embedded Metal Fragment Laboratories, demonstrates the variety of shrapnel pieces removed from...
View ArticleMuseum Showcases Military Medical History
It’s a lot of the past mixed with much of the present. But then again, that’s what a museum is all about. What’s interesting about this one, however, is the fact that it’s all about tracking the...
View ArticleA Hilltop in Foggy Bottom: Light House In The Sky And Pathfinder Of The Seas
The home of the Old Naval Observatory (1844-1893) and the Navy Medical Department (1894-2012) is where many firsts in science and technology took place. This is where the science of oceanography was...
View ArticleA Hilltop in Foggy Bottom – Brother Against Brother & A New Mission
The home of the Old Naval Observatory (1844-1893) and the Navy Medical Department (1894-2012) is where many firsts in science and technology took place. This is where the science of oceanography was...
View ArticleRemembering Neil Armstrong
History will remember Neil Armstrong, foremost, as the first human to step foot on another heavenly body. But his NASA family and many admirers worldwide will forever appreciate him for more than just...
View ArticleDiscovering Lasers
Did you know that the word “laser” is an acronym? Seriously! LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Well that was my first guess…But before we start talking about...
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Making Memories Out Of Decrypting Messages
Helen Nibouar, a SIGABA operator during World War II, reunites with the machine that 70 years ago brought her together with her friend, Marion Johnson, rear, at the National Cryptologic Museum at Fort...
View ArticleInto The Wild Blue Yonder Of Tomorrow
Introduced in 1978 as a multi-mission aircraft, the F/A-18 Hornet was designed to be affordable in development and production, and even more importantly, affordable in life-cycle costs, where the key...
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Saturday Space Sight: NASA Celebrates 50 Years of Spacewalking
By Sarah Loff NASA For 50 years, NASA has been “suiting up” for spacewalking. The first American to conduct a spacewalk, astronaut Edward H. White II, floated into the vastness of space on the Gemini...
View ArticleLincoln: The Man, the President, the Inventor
Best known for abolishing slavery, Abraham Lincoln is also only U.S. president to have been awarded a patent and was an ardent supporter of science while in office.
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