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Biology

Pandemics Throughout History: The Deadliest Outbreaks That Shaped Humanity

Cover Image: Depiction of the burial of bodies during the Black Death, which killed up to half of Eurasia's population in the 14th century. Pierart...
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Explorations

James Cook: Voyages That Changed the Map of the World

Cover image: Le Petit Atlas Maritime, 1764, by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin., public domain A Restless Boy from YorkshireSelf-Education and the Making of a NavigatorFrom War Hero...
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From Planets to Black Holes

A journey through the most fascinating corners of space
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Curiosity

Science that surprises, questions, and inspires
Curiosity

Thomas Alva Edison: The Brilliant Genius Who Lit Up the World

Cover image: Extravagant displays of electric lights quickly became a feature of public events, as in this picture from the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition in...
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Biology

Epigenetics: The Heritable Changes Beyond Your DNA Sequence

Cover image: Representation of a DNA molecule that is methylated. The two white spheres represent methyl groups. They are bound to two cytosine nucleotide molecules that make up the...
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Curiosity

Gutenberg Printing Press: The Dawn of the Information Age

Cover image: Raul654, licensed under CC BY 3.0. Johannes Gutenberg's Early Life in MainzYears of Exile in StrasbourgThe Invention of the Gutenberg Printing PressThe Gutenberg Bible and...
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History

The Wright Brothers: The Story Behind the First Powered Flight

Cover image: John T. Daniels, public domain Otto Lilienthal and the Dream of Human FlightWho Were the Wright Brothers?Early Life and Entrepreneurial SpiritThe Bicycle Shop...
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Physics

Discovery of the neutron: How did James Chadwick prove his theory?

Cover image: Inductiveload, public domain The State of Atomic Physics Before the NeutronDiscovery of radioactivityThe gold foil experiment and the discovery of the atomic nucleusDiscovery...
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Physics

The Stern-Gerlach Experiment: How a Simple Test Revealed the Electron Spin

Cover image: Marcin Białek, licensed under CC BY 3.0. The Stern-Gerlach Experiment: Setup and PredictionsExperimental Results: Two Beams Instead of ThreeUhlenbeck and Goudsmit: The Path to...
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Frontiers

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Explorations

Geography

Vasco da Gama: The First Sea Route to India

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Cover image: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, public domain Vasco da Gama Early Life and EducationThe First Voyage to India (1497–1499)Preparation and Departure from LisbonCrossing the Atlantic...
Explorations

James Cook: Voyages That Changed the Map of the World

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Cover image: Le Petit Atlas Maritime, 1764, by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin., public domain A Restless Boy from YorkshireSelf-Education and the Making of a NavigatorFrom War Hero...

Roald Amundsen: South Pole Expedition

Marco Polo’s Epic Journey on the Silk Road

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