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The Hoax That Fooled the World: Piltdown Man
#10 Science in History 18 December 1912 The ‘fossil’ that fooled scientists for over 40 years. It's 1912 and a Palaeolithic human fossil...
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Dec 17, 20221 min read


The Wright Brothers Take to the Skies in the First Powered Flight
On this day in 1903, the Wright brothers make their first successful flight in a powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Dec 16, 20221 min read


The Lean, Mean Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the most famous landmarks in the world and has been a source of fascination for centuries. However, it w
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Dec 14, 20221 min read


The Nobel-Woman
#7 Science in History 11th December 1911 Today, in 1911, Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Nobel Prize. She had...
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Dec 11, 20221 min read


The World's First Human-to-Human Heart Transplant
#06 Science in History 3rd December 1967 It’s 1967 and in Cape Town, South Africa, Louis Washkansky becomes the first recipient of a...
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Dec 3, 20221 min read


Origin of Species is Published
Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published, 24th November 1859.
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Nov 24, 20221 min read


Make the Most of your Mocks
A blog post with advice to help you through mock examinations
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Nov 14, 20224 min read


Enthalpy: Relating Lattice, Solution and Hydration Enthalpies
In this article, the relationship between the lattice enthalpy, enthalpy of solution and hydration enthalpy is reviewed for those studying A
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Nov 7, 20222 min read


Cocaine used for Painless Surgery
Cocaine used as an anaesthetic 1884
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Sep 16, 20221 min read


A Couple of Points on Straight Line Graphs...
Here we look at a great way to construct/sketch a straight line graph that requires just two points. The two-point gradient and...
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Jul 1, 20222 min read
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