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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen: Innovator in Agricultural Chemistry and Nobel Laureate
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a Finnish biochemist. He won the Nobel Prize for…
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Beatrice Tinsley: Trailblazing Astrophysicist and Pioneer in Cosmology
Beatrice Tinsley (27 January 1941 – 23 March 1981) was a British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist and professor of…
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Here’s what happens to your penis as you age
Here’s what happens to your penis as you age
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Ed Roberts: Pioneer of the Personal Computer Revolution
Ed Roberts (23 January 1939 – 14 March 1995) was an American activist. He was the first wheelchair user to attend the University…
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Tyrus Wong: The Master Artist Behind Disney’s “Bambi”
Tyrus Wong (October 25, 1910 – December 30, 2016) was a highly acclaimed Chinese-American artist and film production illustrator, best…
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Soldier of Honor: Albert Ekka’s Journey
Albert Ekka (27 December 1942 – 3 December 1971) was an Indian soldier. He was posthumously awarded India’s highest military…
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Konrad Emil Bloch: Unraveling the Mysteries of Cholesterol and Fatty Acids
Konrad Emil Bloch (21 January 1912 – 15 October 2000) was a German American biochemist. He received the Nobel Prize…
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Unveiling Earth’s Secrets: The Pioneering Work of Andrija Mohorovičić
Andrija Mohorovičić (23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian meteorologist and seismologist who is best known for…
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Adelaide Cabete: Championing Equality in Medicine and Society
Adelaide Cabete was a Portuguese feminist, humanitarian, physician, and activist who tirelessly fought for women’s rights and equality in the…
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Isamu Noguchi: Celebrating the Life of an Artistic Pioneer
Isamu Noguchi (November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988) was a visionary artist, designer, and landscape architect who left an…
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WHO issues new and updated recommendations on treatment of mental, neurological and substance use conditions
The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published the third edition of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline which includes…
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Day of first demonstration of Television: History and Significance
The first demonstration of television was given by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird on 26 January 1926.
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Gertrude Belle Elion: Nobel Prize-Winning Pharmacologist and Pioneer in Drug Development
Gertrude Belle Elion (23 January 1918 – 21 February 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist. She received the Nobel…
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Adolf Butenandt: Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist and Pioneer in Hormone Research
Adolf Butenandt (24 March 1903 – 18 January 1995) was a German biochemist. In 1939, he received the Nobel Prize…
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What does it mean to be asexual?
In recent years, we’ve seen a burgeoning social movement for the acceptance of asexuality. We’ve also seen more asexual characters…
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