Harvard Printing Press

Museum of Artifacts That Made America

  Thanks to modern technology, you don’t even have to get out of bed to find out what’s going on in the world, but in the early days of America, news travelled slow. This is the story of the Harvard Printing Press that changed...

The History of Birth Control

America Explained

In 1967, Gregory Pincus and John Rock invented the Pill: a revolutionary oral contraceptive, that finally freed American women to explore their sexuality without fear of falling pregnant. However, to be honest, not everyone thought contraception was a good idea. In...

The Skidi Star Chart

Museum of Artifacts That Made America

Whatever your opinion is of astrology: people have been looking to the night skies for signs since… well, forever! This is the story of the Skidi Star Chart, one of the finest horoscopes ever created, all thanks to the Pawnee Tribe of Native...

Hedy Lamarr

Hidden Figures

Did you know? The amazing technology behind Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS was the brainchild of Hollywood actor turned visionary inventor Hedy Lamarr – the Mother of...