Description: [view in English]Los científicos de la Institución Smithsonian han colaborado durante mucho tiempo en la realización de investigaciones en el Caribe. En 1914 zarpó una expedición del Smithsonian con rumbo al oeste de Cuba y los arrecifes Colorados, a fin de estudiar la geología, la flora y la fauna terrestres y marinas. John Brooks Henderson, miembro de la Junta Directiva,
Description: Did you know that Joseph Francis invented the first metal life-saving boat? Or that Gail Borden invented the process for creating condensed milk? Neither did I until I heard The World Is Yours episode titled “Unheraled American Inventors,” which originally aired on April 4, 1937.Where most of the episodes I’ve listened to begin with the host walking up to two people while they
Description: To celebrate Women’s History Month, here are two examples of 20th-century women who applied their education and expertise in geology and paleontology outside traditional university career paths.