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http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/physics/joliot-curie-and-artificial-radioactivity
Joliot-Curie and artificial radioactivity Listen Irene was alone at home as her husband Frederic had to give a lecture early in the morning. Their two children were taken for a walk by the nanny, and
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/biology/eijkman-and-beri-beri
Eijkman and Beri-Beri Listen It was a lazy summer afternoon in 1886 in Berlin, Germany at the popular Café Bauer. In one corner, a figure sporting a bushy moustache was hunched over his afternoon coff
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
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/chemistry/lavoisier-and-the-conservation-of-mass
Lavoisier and the conservation of mass Listen The month of September had been nice in 1782, and Paris was a very enjoyable town at this time of the year. One morning saw a couple walking from their br
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/chemistry/democritus-and-the-atoms
Democritus and the atoms Listen Plato was walking home, it was a hot afternoon, and he just wanted to get back into the cool space of his house. He was in a rush, despite the temperature, not only bec
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/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/prove
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
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/laws-and-theories
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