The Wright Sister
Science / Inventors
When you think of airplanes, you may think of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Their early experiments led to the first manned airplane flight 100 years ago. There's another member of the Wright family, how continue reading this fact
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Science / History
NASA's premier X-ray observatory was named the Chandra X-ray Observatory in honor of the late Indian-American Nobel laureate, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (pronounced: su/bra/mon'/yon chandra/say/kar). continue reading this fact
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Benjamin Franklin, Science Founding Father
Science / Inventors
While popularly known for his role as one of the United States' founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was also a renowned scientist who made a number of substantial contributions in the field of Earth s continue reading this fact
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