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Williamina Fleming

In the 1880s, the Harvard Observatory Director was Frustrated with His Staff and Said His Scottish Maid Could Do Better. He Then Hired His Maid, Williamina Fleming, Who Ran a Team for Decades.

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Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming contributed to developing a standard star designation system and cataloged thousands of stars and other astronomical phenomena. Fleming is best known for discovering the Horsehead Nebula in 1888. But do you know how Williamina Fleming was hired? In the 1880s, the director of the Harvard Observatory was dissatisfied with his staff […]

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Sigmund Freud

The Founder of Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, Was a Cocaine Addict. He Would Often Prescribe the Drug to His Wife and Friends Too.

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Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America. Although health care providers can use it for valid medical purposes, such as local anesthesia for some surgeries, recreational cocaine use is illegal. But do you know which famous neurologist was a cocaine addict?  Sigmund Freud,

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Pencillin

The Mold Alexander Fleming Made that Produced the First Antibiotic was Kept Frozen Since 1945

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Sir Alexander Flemming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist popularly known for discovering the first and most widely used antibiotic; penicillin. But did you know that the original mold Fleming used to create penicillin is still kept frozen? Alexander Fleming’s mold, which created the first antibiotic, penicillin, has been kept frozen since 1945. Its genomes

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Midgley

Thomas Midgley Jr. Suffered from Lead Poisoning After Trying to Prove that Tetraethyllead was Safe by Inhaling Its Vapor

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The petroleum-based fuel gasoline is made from crude oil and other liquids. Gasoline is mainly used as an engine fuel in automobiles. But in the early 1920s, tetraethyllead was discovered and mixed with gasoline to minimize internal engine knocking. But did you know the engineer who discovered tetraethyllead tried to prove that it was absolutely

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Wetness Sense of Touch

Humans Can Only Sense Temperature and Pressure. We Can Not Sense Wetness.

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Humans have five major senses: sight, taste, sound, touch, and smell. In addition to this, with the sense of touch, we can feel temperature and pressure. But did you know humans cannot sense wetness? A study was conducted by researchers from Loughborough University and Oxylane Research. The answer is a resounding no. We can sense

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch Button Salesman Who Managed to Build Eyeglasses Ten Times More Powerful Then the Best Microscope

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Microbiology is the study of microorganisms. These are living entities too small to be seen with the naked eye. The study seeks strategies to utilize and govern the actions of these organisms by studying their structure, function, and classification. But do you know who is known as the Father of Microbiology and what was his

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Human Specie

Why Is There Only One Human Species?

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The modern man is the ninth Homo species to evolve from 300,000 years ago, following habilis, erectus, rudolfensis, heidelbergensis, floresiensis, neanderthalensis, naledi, and luzonensis. Many of these human species have existed for much longer than we have. But did you ever wonder why there is only one human species today? Several human species coexisted with

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Isaac Newton

Why Couldn’t the UK Royal Society Publish Isaac Newton’s Book?

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The origins of the Royal Society date back to the 1660s when natural philosophers and physicians functioned in an invisible college learning and sharing knowledge. In more modern times, the society was also responsible for publishing the work of significant scientists. But did you know they were not able to publish Isaac Newton’s book?  While

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Chernobyl

How Did the Fungi in Chernobyl React to the Radiation?

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The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 was a nuclear accident in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat. To this day, it is considered the worse nuclear disaster in history. The area is highly radioactive and inhabitable. However, many areas bordering the zone are relatively safe to live in. Researchers who constantly study

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