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Miodownik succeeds in exploring how gases became our physiological, technical and emotional life-support system, fueling ...

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The English philosopher Francis Bacon, who’s credited with developing the scientific method, wrote in 1620 that the three ...

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Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees argues for the need for rigorous, scientific minds & science in our complex, rapidly ...

Nineteen years earlier, The Engineer reported on how a certain James Chalmers of Montreal had ‘patented the means whereby he ...

Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem ...