1775: Angelo Braschi is chosen as Pope Pius VI. 1804: New Jersey becomes the last northern state to abolish slavery. 1852: Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children in London admits its first patient ...

Here’s a look at the life of renowned theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astronomer and mathematician, Stephen ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

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Having become one of the great cultural events in California, PST ART advocates dialogue between both disciplines with an ...

A kermesse now in its eighth edition, which will bring some of the best divers in Italy to compete at the Galilei swimming ...

Legislation to create school vouchers in Texas would send taxpayer money to private schools that teach anti-science ideas.

Construction is taking place between Galileo Galilei Way and Third Street on Broadway, the span that includes a Residence Inn and Marriott hotel. Impacts are expected between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei used the newly invented telescope to show that the Milky Way was composed of a huge number of faint stars. For the next 300 years, astronomers assumed that the ...