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The Thornton-Pickard Mark III H aerial camera of 1916 was built as an exact copy of the British Lewis gun of 1913 pattern. The camera was intended, among other things, for training pilots in gunnery, but pulling the trigger produced not a shot but a fresh exposure. The weapon
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Well, here we are. “This means that new subjects of fundamental research will be formed by scientific and educational organisations, taking into account the priorities for developing regional economies under sanctions, and will be reviewed by governors before being sent for examination by the Russian Academy of Sciences”
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Do you remember how Frodo lit up Shelob's lair with the light of distant Eärendil, drawing out the elven phial given to him by Galadriel, with the light of the far-off Evening Star trapped inside it, pointing the way to the shores of the Undying Lands? It
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Louis Pasteur
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First of all, my regards to all those who so love to cite Foucault, apropos of anything and nothing, as the last word in truth. It is curious that it is mostly people acquainted with just one of his books, "Discipline and Punish", who do so. Secondly, it
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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. Einstein is 143 today
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It is rather splendid that the days when anyone could be surprised by a scientific discovery having been made by a woman are behind us
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The woman and the velociraptor. In the photograph: Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925 - 2015), one of the world's most distinguished palaeontologists and a key figure of post-war science in Poland. The chief objects of Zofia's scientific work were the trilobites of Central Europe, the dinosaurs of
Faith · Science · People
The author of these words, Thomas Aquinas, died on this day 748 years ago. Who would have thought how swiftly time flies!
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One of the most valuable exhibits at the Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev Museum, the Boblovo estate, is a suitcase made by Mendeleev. The exhibit was donated to the museum by the scientist's granddaughter, Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Kamenskaya-Kuzmina. Yes, besides collecting art, Mendeleev was fond of making cases, trunks and