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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

Physics 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 vacu

Mouchot and the solar cooker Listen The period in which we live is a time of many inventions, that change our lives. The pace of these changes is very large and seems to grow. Some believe that this p

Guericke and vacuum Listen Wandering the streets of the city of Magdeburg Otto was poring over something he had heard: The latest astronomical considerations that the scientific (and the non-scientifi

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

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

Answers Listen Science and its methods cannot answer all questions. On the one hand, there are certain areas which cannot be answered by scientific methods. This does not mean that scientists do not h

Jule i energia Listen The formulation of the mechanical equivalent of heat can be taken as a crucial step towards the formulation of the principle of energy conservation. Joule demonstrated in a serie

Lichtenberg i elektrofor Listen Lichtenberg, który żył w 18 wieku, był wybitnym naturalistą, krytykiem sztuki, satyrykiem, aforystą i jednym z twórców niemieckiej fizyki eksperymentalnej. W swoim arty

Atoms Listen Here, a fictive dispute between Democritus and Plato shall represent the counterpart images in the antiquities on the composition of matter. It is remarkable, that Democritus, whose idea