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The millions of different chemical compounds that make up everything on Earth are composed of 118 elements that bond together in…
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[noun] Eukaryotic cells depend on organelles known as centrioles to help organize microtubules during cell reproduction (mitosis and meiosis). The centrioles are…
Science Blog
March 21, 2018
Pythagoras and the cult of number perfection
March 7, 2018
Anaximenes of Miletus: Moving to purely naturalistic explanations
February 21, 2018
Anaximander: Evolution, Earth as a body in space, and the first experiment
February 7, 2018
Thales of Miletus: Grandfather of the Age of Science
January 24, 2018
Ancient Ionia and the origins of scientific thinking