Space & Fiction
- Publisher: Popular Science
- Editor: Marina Galperina
- Published: June 28, 2024
From my Archive collection on Pop Sci
How our visions of extraterrestrials have evolved.
A century ago, in May 1924, Popular Science covered one of the earliest attempts to scale Mount Everest. When the story hit magazine stands in 1924, the outcome of the much-anticipated expedition was still unknown. But the team of British explorers was more prepared than any previous expedition team and included Everest climbing veterans like George Mallory...
100 years of aliens—From Mars beavers to little gray men
Many thanks to Marina Galperina, Popular Science Managing Editor.
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