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http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-topic/energy
Energy Listen What is the nature of heat – is it a substance or infinitesimal movement of matter? Among others, the Bavarian War Minister Benjamin Thompson, later known as Count Rumford, found an answ
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-topic/nourishment
Nourishment Listen "There's lots to be done, but they had an idea how to show, that the human body burns food." The fascinating path, which may have led to this discovery, is depicted in Antoine Laure
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-nos-feature/empirical-evidence
Empirical evidence Listen Science requires and relies on empirical evidence. Empirical evidence is frequently created through experimentation which is certainly one of the major methodological approac
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-nos-feature/step-by-step
Step-by-step Listen There is no single step-by-step method by which all science is done. A classical misconception identifies the production of scientific knowledge by a sort of cybernetic model. At t
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-nos-feature/creative
Creative Listen Creativeness in sciences is evident for those who practice science, however, for those who do not, science appears to be either unflexible and acting according to some rules that can n
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-nos-feature/subjective
Subjective Listen Science has a subjective aspect to it. Science and scientific research are normally considered to be objective, yet, there are also subjective aspects: Scientists decide what they ta
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-nos-feature/influence
Influence Listen Science is influenced by historical, cultural, and social factors. What scientists consider to be relevant, what they consider to be an appropriate methodology and how they define wha
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-nos-feature/technology
Technology Listen While science and technology influence each other, they are not the same. "Many confuse the terms science and technology, often considering them synonyms. Roughly speaking there are
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/biology/rumford-and-nutrition
Rumford and nutrition Listen It was a beautiful spring day on Friday, on the fifth of June, in Munich, Germany in the year 1784. A smart-looking horse and carriage came to a stop on the fashionable Sc
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/biology/lind-and-scurvy
Lind and scurvy Listen It was a cloudy morning, May 20, 1747 year. Liner HMS "Salisbury" under full sail riped waters of the Gulf of Biscay. Captain George Edgcumbe stood on the bridge and smiled at t