Category Archives: History

Cecilia Payne

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The Indian astronomer whose innovative work on black holes was mocked at Cambridge | Aeon Videos

When scientific pursuits are subject to human shortcomings: the Indian scientist made to wait 50 years for his Nobel Prize In the early 1930s, the Indian-born physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-95), who was then studying at the University of Cambridge in … Continue reading

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School failed me…

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In 1907, a British sailor is seen unshackling an enslaved man who had been chained for three years.

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When London Got Invaded

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When Ancient People Changed Their Own DNA

[…] Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations – a thing we sometimes call culture – we have become the ultimate niche builders. […]

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The First Indian To Publish In English

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The billion dollar pun.

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Pharaoh Ramses II’s passport

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This is the real humpty dumpty (not an egg)

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