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History of science

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  ‘Science is a human endeavor’: astrophysicist uses art to connect Black and brown kids to the Stem fields

  Through her book, Painting the Cosmos, and her non-profit, Onaketa, Dr Nia Imara hopes to introduce underserved youth to the sciences

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  Why the weasel testicles? Cambridge show explains medieval medicine
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  Isaac Newton’s beer mug to go on show in Royal Society exhibition in London

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  Scientist’s ‘ruthlessly imaginative’ 1925 predictions for the future come true – mostly

  Prof Low anticipated home speakers and gender neutral clothing, but missed his mark on herb-based street lighting

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  ‘Photographs did not do it justice’: King Louis XV’s magnificent rhino is star of new London exhibition

  After wowing the court of Versailles over 200 years ago, the jet-black beast is back in the spotlight at the Science Museum

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  Blood, sweat and testes: rich men have always wanted to live for ever

  Today’s dubious anti-ageing treatments look at lot like those of history. Just look at Louis XIII or Pope Innocent VIII

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  Royal Society exhibition revives 18th-century debate about shape of the Earth

  Argument about a lemon or an orange-shaped planet highlights importance of international competition in science, curator says

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  ‘Denying history is simply lying’: how the University of Melbourne honoured racists, thieves and body snatchers

  An unflinching examination of its own history has revealed shocking stories in the sandstone foundations of a revered institution

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  Warm memories of Jim Bennett, whose work on Christopher Wren inspired many

  Letters:Prof Anthony GeraghtyandJenny Woodhouse salute the work and the kindness of the historian and museum curator

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  Jim Bennett obituary

  Museum curator with a gift for explaining the history of scientific instruments and the lives of those who made and used them

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  John Heilbron obituary

  Historian of science whose books, including a biography of Galileo, helped to debunk several myths

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  Were small-brained early humans intelligent? Row erupts over scientists’ claim

  Homo naledi was claimed to be artistic, make tools and bury its dead, but warring experts now ask, where’s the evidence?

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  Academics find twist in tale of Rosalind Franklin, DNA and the double helix

  Authors say scientist’s role was acknowledged at the time of discovery – contrary to popular narrative

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  Medieval medicine: the return to maggots and leeches to treat ailments
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  Home village hopes ‘greatest Welsh thinker’ finally receives his dues

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  ‘He did not want this’: one man’s two-decade quest to let the ‘Irish Giant’ rest in peace

  Researchers spurred by injustice explain why 18th century Irish man famed for his exceptional height deserves burial he wanted

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  Wellcome Collection in London shuts ‘racist, sexist and ableist’ medical history gallery

  Medicine Man exhibits included painting of a black African kneeling in front of a white missionary

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  Science Weekly

  Why would Boris Johnson want to bring back imperial units?

  Podcast15:36
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  The great Coronapause is over, but history tells us that complacency can be a killer

  Mark Honigsbaum

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  1855 was driest year in UK history, volunteer research project finds

  Citizen scientists helped Reading University analyse millions of rainfall records in first Covid lockdown