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Robert Koch and the Discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

#49 Science in History 24rd March 1882 Today in 1882, Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacillus responsible for tuberculosis....

The Announcement of the Discovery of Insulin: A Breakthrough in the Treatment of Diabetes

#35 Science in History 11th February 1922 On February 11, 1922, a research paper was published in the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical...

Curly Arrows and Mechanism: Past Paper Question Analysis

P3 June 2017 Q21 This question is about Curly Arrows and Mechanism If you haven't gone through the paper, please look up the questions at...

The Virus-Fighting Superstar

#22 Science in History 16 January 1980 On this day in 1980, a team of scientists at a Boston-based research facility announced a major...

The Remarkable Discovery of the Coelacanth

#11 Science in History 22 December 1938 The 'Living Fossil' that provides insight into evolution The discovery of the coelacanth is one...

DNA: Past Paper Question Analysis

P2 June 2017 Q9 Part of a series looking at past AQA A-level Chemistry questions with a focus on better performance in examinations. If...

Carboxylic Acids, Their Derivatives and Kc: Past Paper Question Analysis

P2 June 2017 Q5 Part of a series looking at past AQA A-level Chemistry questions with a focus on better performance in examinations. If...

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...

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...

Make the Most of your Mocks

A blog post with advice to help you through mock examinations