Fantastic Plastic: The Discovery of Polyethylene
#50 Science in History 27th March 1933 Today in 1933, two British scientists discover polyethylene (polythene). Polyethylene was...
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The Tragic Tale of the Pyrenean Ibex: The First Mammal to Go Extinct… twice!
#15 Science in History 06 January 2000 On this day in 2000, the Pyrenean ibex became the first mammal species to go extinct due to human...
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Living in the Anthropocene: The Impact of Human Activity on the Planet
The Anthropocene is a term that has gained increasing recognition in recent years to describe the current geological epoch in which human...
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