That discovery opened up a new world to explore—right down to the plaque on humans teeth, which Antony van Leeuwenhoek described in 1683 as white matter “thick as if ’twere batter.” ...

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For nearly 300 years, cell biology has been largely an observational science. Robert Hooke in 1665 saw structures under the microscope that he called cells. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek discovered cellular ...

Theo Von(left) compares Candace Owens' (right) daughter to UFC fighter Anthony Smith (middle). [Images courtesy: @theovon on Instagram and @RealCandaceO on X] American stand-up comedian and MMA ...

* Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), unlearned Dutch merchant’s clerk, was first man to recognize bacteria and protozoa with a microscope. But not until Louis Pasteur did anyone explain the ...

DEC. 23, 1702: Antony van Leeuwenhoek spots the 50,000th microbe he has observed swimming around in what he had previously believed to be crystal-clear pond water. "I can't believe I used to drink ...

ON October 24, 1632, four days after the birth of Sir Christopher Wren at East Knoyle, Wiltshire, the tercentenary of which has just been celebrated, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, the eminent Dutch ...

The Dutchman, Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), who invented the microscope, spent the last 50 years of his life studying and describing biological scum.

– Laura Snyder, 2015 (Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing, 1995, pages 120-121) Do we still overlook the importance of feelings?

News about Anthony van Dyck. Commentary and archival information about Anthony van Dyck from The New York Times.

Here are four classic Van Halen songs showcasing Michael Anthony’s backing vocals in honor of the bassist’s 70th birthday.