CLIMATERESEARCHSCIENCETECHNOLOGYToday in History January 17, 1773: Captain James Cook becomes the first to cross Antarctic Circle IDEA TVJanuary 17, 2025 January 17, 2025 The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in th... 027170
CLIMATERESEARCHSCIENCETECHNOLOGYToday in History January 17, 1912: A month after Roald Amundsen’s mission, Captain Robert Scott’s expedition reaches the South Pole. IDEA TVJanuary 17, 2025 January 17, 2025 The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica that took place between 1910... 030170
RESEARCHSCIENCETECHNOLOGYToday in History January 14, 2005: The Exterior of Titan IDEA TVJanuary 14, 2025 January 14, 2025 Little was known about Titan’s surface before the Cassini-Huygens mission. Because the moon’s haze is partially transparent to near-... 0700
RESEARCHSCIENCETECHNOLOGYToday in History January 8, 1994: Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut leaves earth, bound for the Mir space station IDEA TVJanuary 8, 2025 January 8, 2025 Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков, born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov, Russian: Валерий Иванович Кор... 01200
RESEARCHSCIENCETECHNOLOGYToday in History January 7, 1985: Japan launches its first interplanetary spacecraft, Sakigake IDEA TVJanuary 7, 2025 January 7, 2025 Sakigake (さきがけ, lit. 'pioneer', 'pathfinder'), known before launch as MS-T5, was Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the fir... 01200
SCIENCETECHNOLOGYToday in History January 6, 1857: Patent for Zinc Ore Reduction by Samuel Wetherill IDEA TVJanuary 6, 2025 January 6, 2025 In 1857, a remarkable event unfolded that would significantly impact the mining and metallurgical industries: the patent for reducin... 0900
SCIENCETECHNOLOGYToday in History December 27, 2004: The Amazing SGR 1806-20 IDEA TVDecember 27, 2024 January 7, 2025 The nuclear furnaces in the Sun and stars create blistering heat and blinding light. Magnetism, however, plays no role in the fusion... 025812510
SCIENCETECHNOLOGYToday in History December 17, 1903: The Wright Brothers Make The First Sustained Motorized Aircraft Flight IDEA TVDecember 17, 2024 December 17, 2024 The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were Ame... 02900
HEALTHRESEARCHSCIENCEToday in History December 17, 1986: World’s First Heart-Lung and Liver Transplant IDEA TVDecember 17, 2024 December 17, 2024 Thirty eight years ago Davina Thompson became the world's first patient to receive a heart, lung and liver transplant. The groundbre... 02900
SCIENCETECHNOLOGYToday in History December 16, 1897: 1st Submarine with an Internal Combustion Engine Demonstrated IDEA TVDecember 16, 2024 December 16, 2024 Designed in 1896 by Irish-American inventor John Phillip Holland and his Holland Torpedo Boat Company, the Holland VI was built at t... 03100