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The Great Stink
It’s 1858, and you’re in London. This summer has been especially hot. London is at the forefront of the industrial revolution, and it happens to be the…
Mar 27
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Theory of Everything
How do things work? This incredibly innocent question has led scientists down a centuries-long path, leading to a set of a limited number of rules (laws…
Mar 26
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Banting and Best
When you make a list of dynamic duos who have changed the world, a few names might come to mind. Pierre and Marie Curie discovered two new elements…
Mar 25
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Andrew Smith
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On the Same Page
Seeing eye to eye. Being on the same page. On the same wavelength. These phrases all mean the same thing, but if you take the phrases literally, they’re…
Mar 24
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Bang?
These theories were based on the hypothesis that all the matter in the universe was created in one big bang at a particular time in the remote past…
Mar 23
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Seeing Farther
A few months back, Mike Sowden wrote about this amazing portal connecting two cities in two different nations, in a manner of speaking. Here’s Mike: In…
Mar 22
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Your Lyin' Eyes
Seeing is believing. Or is it? Can you really believe what you see? It depends. Our minds do such a great job of trying to make sense of our visual…
Mar 21
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Leftovers
Leftovers sometimes lead to interesting and creative new types of food. One of my favorites of this type of invention is fried rice. People living in…
Mar 20
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Fungus Internet
What if I told you there was an ancient network of communication, similar in many ways to our modern internet, but used primarily by fungi and plants…
Mar 19
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Altered States
Let’s just keep driving north, you think, until we reach the northernmost point of the continental United States. You head north, all the way up to…
Mar 18
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Planck's Prank
Max Planck wasn’t just brilliant. He introduced an entirely new way of looking at the world, through the lens of quantum mechanics. Prior to Planck…
Mar 17
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Bioluminescence
Human beings are remarkable creatures. We’re well known for using large-scale cooperation and the transmission of knowledge to improve things over…
Mar 16
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