Remnants of 5,000,000-acre (20,000 km2) estate of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, only British peer in America, where George Washington worked as a surveyor.

"A scanning device most commonly seen in hospitals is reshaping the science of paleontology by allowing researchers to peer inside irreplaceable fossils without damaging them." Find out what scientists are now able to see that they've...

"A scanning device most commonly seen in hospitals is reshaping the science of paleontology by allowing researchers to peer inside irreplaceable fossils without damaging them." Find out what scientists are now able to see that they've...

"A scanning device most commonly seen in hospitals is reshaping the science of paleontology by allowing researchers to peer inside irreplaceable fossils without damaging them." Find out what scientists are now able to see that they've...

This is an illustration of Sir Thomas Gage, a british general in the American Revolution, peering in to the distance with a spyglass.

This photo manages to capture the beauty of the morning mist that lurks around Lake Mapourika in New Zealand. A peer stretches deep into the calm waters that fill the lake and hazy trees can be seen across the other side.

Digital image of a turtle with its head peering out of its shell.

Overview of Medeleyev's life and how his peers were at first skeptical when he formulated his periodic table. Includes a picture.

A biography of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics.

Read about the early life of Linus Pauling and how his interest in science as a boy led to his career as a scientist.

William Harvey, doctor during the Age of Enlightment, challenged mainstream understanding of the heart and the circulation of blood. Read about his early education and his scientific inquiry.