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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

Prove Listen While science cannot "prove" its knowledge, its conclusions are still accepted and durable, Scientific knowledge can only be "proven" within the accepted reference frame, however, some of

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

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

Laws and theories Listen While laws and theories in science are related, they are still distinct from each other. "One of the most resilient misconceptions about science is that laws are mature theori

Radioactivity Listen Meet Marie Curie on her way from a promising student, who was born and raised in difficult times, to one of the most renowned female natural scientists in the 20th century and esp

Vakuum Listen Can something like a NOTHING really BE in existence? This story tells you about the german mayor von Guericke and his losing game to prove the existence of the vacuum. Guericke and vacuu

Chemia Listen ♦Analizując rezultaty eksperymentów fizycznych John Dalton zauważył, że uzyskał on zarówno odpowiedzi na dotychczasowe jak i nowe pytania dotyczące budowy materii. Rozważał on, że istnie

Biologia Listen ♦ Holenderski lekarz, Christiaan Eijkman próbuje wyleczyć ludzi z bardzo dziwnej choroby. Beri-beri znana była w holenderskich koloniach przez długi czas, ale badacze nie byli w stanie

Stories by topic Listen The stories can be accessed by predefined topics. In some instances, several stories go under the same topic (such as energy or atoms), in others, there is just one story (at t