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The Big Bang and the Birth of the Universe

If you were to stand outside on a clear night and look up, you would see stars, thousands of them,…

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Richard Feynman

Richard Phillips Feynman was born in New York City on 11 May 1918, but the landscape that shaped his childhood…

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The Periodic Table and How it Came to be

Walk into almost any science classroom, and you’ll find it pinned to a wall: a neat grid of colourful squares,…

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The Structure of the Atom

If you were to take an ordinary object, the nearest coin in your pocket, a splash of water, a book…

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Biographies

Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8 January 1823 at Llanbadoc, near Usk in Monmouthshire, which is now part of…

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The Discovery of DNA

If you have ever wondered how a tiny fertilised egg becomes a fully functioning human being with an inexplicable opinion…

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Mary Anning

Along the windswept cliffs of southern England, the sea constantly gnaws at ancient rock, revealing fragments of a world long…

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Dorothy Hodgkin

Some scientists change the world by discovering new things. Dorothy Hodgkin changed it by learning how to see what had…

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Sally Ride

Sally Ride’s journey into space was historic, but her deeper impact was felt on Earth. She did not simply become…

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Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall did not set out to challenge the foundations of modern science. She did not arrive in Africa armed…

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