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The famous faces who run the British Museum (and the power they wield)
The likes of George Osborne, Mary Beard and Claudia Winkleman have become part of the most important cultural clique in the ...
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Important scientists you've probably never heard of
These scientists may be lesser known than Einstein and Newton, but they made giant contributions to science, including astronomy, physics, chemistry and medicine. Isaac Newton once wrote, "If I have ...
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Scientists Decode DNA of Greek Feta Cheese
According to the Academy of Athens, scientists decoded the DNA of the famous Greek feta cheese. Recently, scientists from the ...
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Astronomers use ancient radio signals to detect the universe's first stars
Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to the emergence of stars marks a critical shift known as Cosmic ...
UK archaeologists uncover 2,400 year-old Egyptian city that worshipped cobra goddess
The 'rediscovery' of the ancient city of Imet, in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta, has been hailed a landmark historical find.
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How Ancient Greeks Set Humanity on the Path to Space Exploration
Ancient Greek astronomers were the first to gather knowledge about space exploration. Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos could ...
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Constellations You'll Never Get To See In The Northern Hemisphere
Even though humans have been looking at the night sky for millenia, not everyone sees the same sky. Not even the constellations are same for everyone.
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8 Ancient Greek Inventions That Forever Changed the World - Interesting Engineering
Later ancient Greek lighthouses included the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria, which was constructed during the reign of Ptolemy II (280 – 247 B.C.). It has been estimated to have been over 10 ...
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11 Greek Inventions That Changed the World for Good - Interesting Engineering
Its invention is often credited to Claudius Ptolemy, a famous Greek astronomer who lived in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century A.D., or even earlier, to Apollonius of Perga between 220 and ...
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These Scientists Say They've Identified the Oldest Known Star Chart in the World - Smithsonian Magazine
These Scientists Say They’ve Identified the Oldest Known Star Chart in the World A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E.