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Biology Listen The dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman is trying to cure people from a strange illness. Beri-Beri was known in the dutch colonies for a long time, but researchers were unable to identif
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Stories by NOS-feature Listen The stories can be accessed by Nature of Science features: In some instances, several stories go under the same feature, in others, there is just one story (at the moment
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lichtenberg and the electrophorus Listen Lichtenberg, who lived in the 18th century, was an outstanding naturalist, art critic, satirist, aphorist, and one of the creators of the German experimental p
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The mechanical theory of heat and Rumford's contribution Listen Benjamin Thompson, Bavarian Minister of War, went into the workshop to supervise the production of new cannons. As you may notice, Benja