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When Einstein Tilted at Windmills
The young physicist’s quest to prove the theories of Ernst Mach. By Amanda Gefter.
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Freud’s Discontents
Why did one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers fade from significance? By Samuel Moyn.
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Touched by the Goddess
A recent film starring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons depicts Srinivasa Ramanujan’s fantastically original mathematical achievements and tragically early death at 32. Number theorist and expert on Ramanujan’s work Krishnaswami Alladi reviews The Man Who Knew Infinity.
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America’s First Female Rocket Scientist Ran Away From Home to Become a Chemist
Today would have been Mary Morgan’s 95th birthday. By Daniel Oberhaus.
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The Iconoclast
Jim Allison has always gone his own way—as a small-town-Texas kid who preferred books to football, and as a young scientist who believed the immune system could treat tumors when few others did. And that irreverence led him to find a potential cure for cancer. By Eric Benson.
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The Dark Energy of a Theoretical Physicist
For Lisa Randall, science is the best way to deal with the foolishness of everyday life. By Nell Freudenberger.
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Ten Historic Female Scientists You Should Know
Before Marie Curie, these women dedicated their lives to science and made significant advances. By Sarah Zielinski. (Sept. 19, 2011)
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How Einstein and Schrödinger Conspired to Kill a Cat
The rise of fascism shaped Schrödinger’s cat fable. By David Kaiser.
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Scientists testing HIV cure report 'remarkable' progress after patient breakthrough
UK scientists and clinicians working on a groundbreaking trial to test a possible cure for HIV infection say they have made remarkable progress after a test patient showed no sign of the virus following treatment. The research, being carried out by five of Britain’s top universities with NHS support, is combining standard antiretroviral drugs with a drug that reactivates dormant HIV and a vaccine that induces the immune system to destroy the infected cells.
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How to Perform a Heart Transplant
If you need a new heart, you want Dr. Gonzo leading the search. The charismatic head of the transplant team at Baylor takes chances on donors others doctors don't want, while maintaining the same survival rate. Here is an exclusive inside look at how he does it. By Matt Goodman. (March, 2016)
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Here's everything scientists know about how to avoid ageing
It’s rare that a long, technical paper in a biology journal turns out to be a page-turner. But it happens. A team of researchers published a thorough review of the science of why we age this week in the journal Cell. It ties together that still-young field’s confusing, sometimes contradictory findings into a single coherent whole and offers the most complete explanation I’ve seen anywhere as to why human beings get old, as well as what we can do to slow the ageing process.
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Marie Curie Got Her Start At a Secret University For Women
The controversial Flying University. By Eric Grundhauser.
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An Illustrated Celebration of Trailblazing Women in Science
Ada Lovelace, Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Mae Jemison, and more pioneers who conquered curiosity against tremendous cultural odds. By Maria Popova,
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The Curious Genius Of Amar Bose
The acoustic innovator and founder of the Bose Corporation died Friday [July 12, 2013]. This is the story of how his insatiable curiosity helped launch a better future. By Tom Clynes. (July 15, 2013)
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The Anatomy of a Lie: The Irish woman who lived as a man to practice medicine
When the esteemed Dr James Barry died in 1865, an examination of his body revealed that he was a woman, Margaret Bulkley, who had disguised herself to practise medicine, says Robert Hume.
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Monumental proof to torment mathematicians for years to come
Conference on Shinichi Mochizuki’s work inspires cautious optimism. By Davide Castelvecchi.
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Pan-European pension fund for scientists leaves the station
RESAVER aims to improve researchers' mobility—but how many will get on board?
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The Woman Who Helped Us Hear Juno
Why is NASA’s longest-serving woman an hourly employee? By Nathalia Holt. (July 5, 2016)
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German scientists are training robots to 'feel' pain
By being able to feel pain, robots can react to it like we do.
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The Scientist Who Talks to ISIS
An unorthodox anthropologist [Scott Atran] goes face to face with the enemy. By Tom Bartlett. (May 20, ’16)
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