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id: masking-threshold-film-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masking_Threshold_(film)-0.md
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title: Masking Threshold (film)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masking_Threshold_(film)
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Masking Threshold is a 2021 English-language Austrian horror film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner, and produced by art group monochrom. Sound plays an essential role in the film. Grenzfurthner says that Masking Threshold forms a trilogy with Razzennest and Solvent. == Premise == An IT worker tries to cure his harrowing hearing impairment by conducting a series of experiments in his makeshift home lab. == Style == The film combines the style of a chamber play, a scientific procedural and the aesthetic of unboxing or DIY YouTube videos, with body horror elements and techniques known from experimental film. Grenzfurthner sees the film in the tradition of extreme cinema, but presents elements of psychological horror. In an interview with Thomas Kaestle, Grenzfurthner talks about his motivation. Masking Threshold is a film about a suffering but stubborn and willful person whose perspective of the world and whose beliefs are turned upside down, whose dogmas are turned against the world and against himself. My protagonist is queer, so you want to understand the societal pressures on him, you want to understand the trauma he's been through and the burden of his terrible illness. But there comes a point when sympathy for him turns to


id: the-most-unknown-film-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Unknown_(film)-0.md
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title: The Most Unknown (film)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Unknown_(film)
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The Most Unknown is a 2018 documentary film, directed by Ian Cheney, that introduces nine researchers from diverse scientific backgrounds to areas of scientific field work new to them. The film has had mixed reviews, with some reviewers focussed on the participants' contagious fascination with research on life's biggest mysteries ("the most unknown"), while other reviewers criticised the film's coverage of difficult technical concepts as lacking depth. == Description == The film presents interviews with nine scientists, each conducted by a scientist in another discipline—"a geobiologist, molecular biologist, various physicists studying space and time, cognitive psychologists, and a neuroscientist—who take turns visiting one another to get a cursory taste of the other's field", according to The Village Voice. Film Journal International said, "In each of the nine segments, one scientist travels to meet another scientist of a different discipline to learn about the research they're doing. Then the scientist whose research has just been discussed heads off to a new location (usually remote, always beautifully lensed) where somebody from a separate school of study tells them about what they're up to. And so on." Reviewers described the interviews variously as "a La Ronde of intellectuals", "nine scientists... who visit one


id: the-most-unknown-film-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Unknown_(film)-1.md
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title: The Most Unknown (film)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Unknown_(film)
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In this documentary, nine scientists working on some of the hardest problems across all fields (the "most unknowns") meet each other... It not only touches on the basics of what the unknowns they're investigating are, but also how they go about investigating or discovering these things — the day-to-day realities of actually "doing" Science. Alongside that, it reveals the scientific mindset; what motivates them. The nine individuals are very different people working on very different problems in very different fields, but the film draws out the similarities in their natures that drive them to explore the unknown... Plus, as a film, it's beautifully shot. A lot of this science is taking place in extreme locations, which bring with them a beauty and wonder of their own. Movie Nation's reviewer Roger Moore writes, "The Most Unknown mashes up scientists from widely divergent fields for intellectual, scientific, social and even comic effect... They talk of how no one genius making a breakthrough alters human knowledge, but of scientific scholarship, building on tradition, earlier proofs, a wall of What We Know built one brick at a time." Moore also says the film "...humanizes a class of people being demonized in America's virulent outbreak


id: my-love-affair-with-marriage-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_Affair_with_Marriage-0.md
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title: My Love Affair with Marriage
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_Affair_with_Marriage
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My Love Affair with Marriage is a 2022 semi-autobiographical adult animated musical comedy-drama film animated, written and directed by Signe Baumane, her second feature following Rocks in My Pockets (2014). The story follows a young woman, Zelma, on her 23-year quest for perfect love and lasting marriage, set against a backdrop of historic events in Eastern Europe. Pressured by Mythology Sirens to be the ideal woman and is unable to free herself from the biology of her own brain, Zelma finds love and loses it multiple times before discovering who she really is. Told from a female point of view, this is a coming-of-age story of love, gender, marriage, abuse, hopes, fantasies, and ultimately, finding a better place for women in society. An international co-production of companies in Latvia, the United States and Luxembourg, the film took seven years to complete. Kristian Sensini of Italy composed 24 songs and wrote the score. Yajun Shi of China animated the Biology sections. Dagmara Dominczyk voices Zelma, with executive producer Matthew Modine as being one of Zelma's husbands. My Love Affair with Marriage had its world premiere at Tribeca Festival on June 11, 2022 and went on to screen at many other international


id: my-love-affair-with-marriage-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_Affair_with_Marriage-1.md
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title: My Love Affair with Marriage
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_Affair_with_Marriage
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=== Casting and recording === Baumane and casting director Sturgis Warner looked to cast actors with extensive theater credits and excellent language skills. They signed a Theatrical Contract with SAG-AFTRA and began making offers. Dagmara Dominczyk played Zelma from ages 7 to 29 and narrated the film from an older age. Michele Pawk voiced the second narrator, Biology. The Latvian singing group Trio Limonāde recorded the Mythology Sirens both in English and Latvian (for the Latvian language version). Matthew Modine came on board to voice Bo, Zelma's second husband, and with him brought three actors from Shameless: Cameron Monaghan to voice Sergei, Zelma's first husband, Emma Kenney and Ruby Modine. in 2017, Baumane and Warner recorded 29 actors and singers in New York City, Los Angeles and Riga, Latvia. Arjun G. Sheth, the New York Recording engineer, edited the recordings into a working vocal track. In 2021, Storm Large recorded Lion / My Love Affair with Marriage, the end-credit song with music by Sensini and lyrics by Baumane. === Production === In Brooklyn, the production process began with the construction of background sets, approximately 65 of them for the 145 scenes in the film. Warner built each set out of


id: my-love-affair-with-marriage-20260505-2
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_Affair_with_Marriage-2.md
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title: My Love Affair with Marriage
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_Affair_with_Marriage
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== Release == New Europe Film Sales is the international sales agent for the film. My Love Affair with Marriage had three premieres over a five-day period: the World Premiere at Tribeca Festival in New York City on June 11, 2022, the European Premiere at Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France June 15, 2022, and the Latin American Premiere at Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico June 15, 2022. It has gone on to screen at over 90 other international film festivals winning multiple awards along the way. Tamasa Distribution released My Love Affair with Marriage in France June 7, 2023. Filmin released My Love Affair With Marriage in Spain in 2023. In 2023 HBO Central Europe will release My Love Affair With Marriage in 13 Central European countries: Albania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Bulgaria. Mans laulību projekts (My Marriage Project), a Latvian language version of My Love Affair with Marriage voiced by 14 Latvian actors, premiered at Riga International Film Festival October 13, 2022 and screened in Latvian cinemas throughout the rest of 2022. My Love Affair With Marriage will have its North American theatrical release


id: the-secret-history-of-the-moon-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_History_of_the_Moon-0.md
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title: The Secret History of the Moon
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_History_of_the_Moon
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The Secret History of the Moon is a 2020 short speculative animated documentary film created by astronomy-themed musician and filmmaker John D. Boswell. It explores the proposed explanations on how the Moon was formed, using rocks collected by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. The film was released on Boswell's YouTube channel Melodysheep on April 30. == Summary == After the Apollo 11 mission ended, geochemists discovered that the chemical signatures, specifically the elemental isotopes, of the Earth and the Moon are identical; as well as that volatile elements have been somehow vaporized away. This leads to several proposed explanations on how the Moon might have formed and how it might have become the one as of present date: Giant Impact Hypothesis: The Moon formed from the ejecta of a collision between the proto-Earth and a Mars-sized proto-planet, named Theia, approximately 4.5 billion years ago, in the Hadean eon (about 20 to 100 million years after the Solar System coalesced). However, planetary scientist Dr. Sarah T. Stewart later says that the Earth and the Moon are made from the same materials, while the collision would have had the Moon formed almost from Theia's debris. Hence,


id: timelapse-of-the-entire-universe-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelapse_of_the_Entire_Universe-0.md
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title: Timelapse of the Entire Universe
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelapse_of_the_Entire_Universe
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Timelapse of the Entire Universe is a 2018 short epic animated pseudo-documentary web film created by American astronomy-themed musician and filmmaker John D. Boswell. Inspired by the Cosmic Calendar, the 10-minute film is a hyperlapse of the universe from its start to current humanity, with every second representing 22 million years, with the entire humanity represented in a short time, using current knowledge. The film was originally released on Boswell's YouTube channel Melodysheep on March 7, but it was eventually taken down due to a copyright infringement regarding Morgan Freeman's voice. A revised version was uploaded 3 days later, on March 10, 2018. A year and 10 days later, a follow-up, Timelapse of the Future, was released. == Plot == The Big Bang occurs, and the first stars are formed after the mixture of elements. Gravity then expands the universe to seemingly infinite proportions, and galaxies begin to form. Some galaxies form so close together that they are attracted to each other by gravity and collide, fusing together. However, despite its wondrous creation, gravity also creates mayhem in the form of a supermassive or stellar mass black hole, a region where not even light can escape its attraction, making its


id: timelapse-of-the-future-20260505-0
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title: Timelapse of the Future
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelapse_of_the_Future
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Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time is a 2019 short epic documentary film created by American astronomy-themed musician and filmmaker John D. Boswell, made as a follow-up to his other short film Timelapse of the Entire Universe. Running at 29 minutes, it is a flowmotion—a combination of a hyper-lapse, time-lapse, and regular shots—of the universe from 2019 to the end of time, with the lapse rate doubling every five seconds. The film consists of self-made and fair use footage from films, the Internet, and speeches by scientists, using current knowledge and combining different hypotheses. Boswell spent six months on production, beginning in mid-2018, with several months of research prior. It was initially conceived as an art installation without dialogue, but later changed due to the weight of the subject matter. The film's soundtrack combines original music with stock audio; the former was later released in an album titled The Arrow of Time. Timelapse of the Future was released on Boswell's YouTube channel melodysheep and screened on several venues; it also won the 2020 Webby Awards. The film became viral, garnering millions of views and received positive reviews for its audiovisual craft, though some of the


id: timelapse-of-the-future-20260505-1
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title: Timelapse of the Future
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelapse_of_the_Future
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What happens after that? What happens not in 5 billion years, but 5 trillion? The answers are out there, but they are piecemeal and not strung together in a compelling way. So I took the opportunity to create something unique that highlights our collective predictions about the future, both short-term and long-term. Writing the concept first involved research and then constructing the timeline, which is "the scaffolding around which the visuals and music would be built." After writing, he then broke down the timeline to several, appropriate sequences. Via the Long Now Foundation, he further explained: My original plan was to make something more like an art installation piece where there wouldn't be so much talking and facts; it would basically just be the timeline and some chill music and meditative imagery of black holes that would just span for like 10 minutes at a time, and you'd get this abstract impression of how long the future is going to be, and how much emptiness there is. But the more I dug into it, the more I found there's so much to talk about, and so much to say, that it would be foolish to waste this opportunity. I had


id: timelapse-of-the-future-20260505-2
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title: Timelapse of the Future
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelapse_of_the_Future
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== Release == The first known tweet regarding the film was a tweet on July 21, 2018, about Pangea Ultima, an event featured on the film. The first tweet explicitly mentioning the production of the film was posted on October 10, as well as another tweet indirectly mentioning the film's ending eight days later. The first teaser was posted on Boswell's Patreon and Vimeo on February 1, 2019, followed by an announcement on his Patreon, mentioning the film "my most ambitious release yet." A photo of a scene in the film was leaked on Boswell's Twitter on March 15, followed by a 70-second teaser the next day. The film was released on Boswell's YouTube channel Melodysheep on March 20, 17:15 UTC, with the premiere being a paid ad-free viewing available on his Patreon nine hours earlier. The film screened at event venue 393, New York City on May 2, using the multi-monitor format but the year counter invisible; his Patrons offered free tickets. Another screening in the Exploratorium, San Francisco, on July 25 at 9:30 pm PT took place, with the last screening in dubbing by Atomic Studio project with voice-over of Andrey Lysenko taking place in the historic Rodina


id: timelapse-of-the-future-20260505-3
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelapse_of_the_Future-3.md
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title: Timelapse of the Future
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelapse_of_the_Future
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Singer and actress Noah Cyrus released the music video for the song The End of Everything in collaboration with Boswell on May 19, 2020, in which she states that it is inspired by Timelapse of the Future. The music video is a refreshed art installation-like version of Timelapse of the Future, similar to the draft version tweeted by Boswell in 2018, with some points omitted to fit the song's duration, and with some points shuffled to fit the lyrics. Some of the videos on the other songs on the EP of the same name also used imageries from Boswell. Via her Instagram account, she states: "I had the pleasure of working with him on this as well. I've never been more inspired to go and write a song based on a visual." In an interview with NPR, she said:Th[e film] hit my heart so heav[ily]. My mom is my best friend and I immediately started thinking about her when I watched this. My time with her and my family is so limited — and with everybody on this earth. The mountains that I look at outside of my window from my view, they're going to explode and obliterate and there's


id: white-chamber-film-20260505-0
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title: White Chamber (film)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Chamber_(film)
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White Chamber is a 2018 British science-fiction horror film written and directed by Paul Raschid. It stars Shauna Macdonald and Oded Fehr. The film is about a woman, Dr. Elle Chrysler (Macdonald), who wakes up to find herself in a white chamber, where she is tortured for information that she claims to not have. White Chamber premiered on 5 April 2018 at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, and later at the 2018 Edinburgh Film Festival. The film was released for streaming on 29 March 2019 by Netflix. The film received mixed reviews, and Macdonald's performance received praise. She won the Scottish BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her performance. == Premise == Dr. Elle Chrysler wakes up to find herself in a white chamber, where she is tortured for information that she claims to not have. == Cast == Shauna Macdonald as Dr. Elle Chrysler Oded Fehr as Daran / Narek Zakarian Amrita Acharia as Ruth Sharon Maughan as Sandra Nicholas Farrell as Dr. Edgar Chrysler Candis Nergaard as Anya == Reception == On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 43%, based on seven reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 40


id: list-of-science-magazines-20260505-0
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title: List of science magazines
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_magazines
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A science magazine is a periodical publication with news, opinions, and reports about science, generally written for a non-expert audience. In contrast, a periodical publication, usually including primary research and/or reviews, that is written by scientific experts is called a "scientific journal". Science magazines are read by non-scientists and scientists who want accessible information on fields outside their specialization. Articles in science magazines are sometimes republished or summarized by the general press. == Examples of general science magazines == === Africa === === Asia === ==== Bangladesh ==== Byapon – Youth Science Magazine in Bengali Bigganchinta[1] BigganBarta (বিজ্ঞানবার্তা) – Free PDF Science Magazine in Bengali Bangachi (ব্যাঙাচি) – Free Science Magazine in Bengali published by Banger Chhater Biggan Biggan Ananda (বিজ্ঞান আনন্দ) - Published by Bangladesh Science Fiction Society (BSFS) Zero to Infinity (জিরো টু ইনফিনিটি) ==== India ==== Resonance, published by Indian Academy of Sciences Current Science Dream 2047, published by Vigyan Prasar Jnan o Bijnan, published by Bangiya Bijnan Parishad Sandarbh Science Reporter Safari ==== Japan ==== Newton press Nikkei Science ==== Kazakhstan ==== OYLA ==== Pakistan ==== Global Science ==== South Korea ==== Donga Science ==== Turkey ==== Bilim ve Teknik === Europe === EuroScientist ==== Austria


id: airone-20260505-0
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title: Airone
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airone
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Airone (English: Heron) is an Italian science magazine devoted to science and technology issues. It is published in Milan, Italy, by Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori (former company, now a division of Cairo Editore, a subsidiary of Cairo Communication). == History and profile == Airone was founded in 1981 as an ecologist magazine primarily containing articles about animal world, nature, ethnology and geography. The founder and first director was Egidio Gavazzi. It was for years the most widely circulated scientific magazine in Italy, with a peak of average circulation of about 250,000 copies per month. Between 1985 and 1986 it co-produced with RAI the nature documentary series Pan. In 1989 it was launched a spin-off for the younger readers, Airone Junior, renamed Dodo in April 1995. Airone was described as a "magazine similar to National Geographic, but perhaps more conservation-minded", and it was referred to as "a stunning natural history magazine, the best of several European magazines". In an article about the first ten years of the magazine, the L'Unità journalist Antonio Del Giudice pointed how the magazine was "not just an editorial phenomenon, but also a cultural, political e social phenomenon". The circulation of Airone was 94,000 copies in 2007. In


id: asian-scientist-20260505-0
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title: Asian Scientist
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Scientist
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Asian Scientist is an English language science and technology magazine published in Singapore. == History and profile == Asian Scientist was launched as a blog in March 2011 by Juliana Chan. The blog's popularity eventually led to a partnership with the publishing house World Scientific Publishing, enabling Chan to turn Asian Scientist into a magazine and serve as its editor-in-chief. Based in Singapore, Asian Scientist is maintained by a team of professional science and medical journalists, with active contributors from the science, technology and medical communities. The magazine's launch reflects the growing demographic of scientists, engineers and doctors from Asia, and caters to this community with news stories that are both timely and of interest to them. According to the 2010 U.S. National Science Foundation Key Science and Engineering Indicators report, one-quarter of the world's publications are from Asia and one-third of all scientific researchers worldwide are Asian, representing a shift of the world's scientific center of gravity to Asia. According to the Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 released by the U.S. National Science Board, the largest global science and technology gains in recent years occurred in the "Asia-10″ – China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan


id: chemistry-international-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry_International-0.md
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title: Chemistry International
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry_International
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Chemistry International is a news magazine published by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). According to its website, it was originally published in editions covering two months at a time. In 2017 the magazine began to be published quarterly, and as of 2022, the print edition was discontinued in favor of freely accessible online editions. == References ==


id: ci-ncia-e-cultura-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciência_e_Cultura-0.md
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title: Ciência e Cultura
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciência_e_Cultura
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Ciência e Cultura is a science magazine published by the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência, SBPC). The magazine is published three times a year. == History == The magazine was established in 1949 by several scientists, including José Reis, the dean of popularization of science in Brazil. He was its editor-in-chief for more than 30 years. Initially the magazine was conceived to be SBPC's flagship publication of original scientific articles, following the model of Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The journal remained faithful to this concept until the 1990s, when it became clear that Brazilian scientists of high rank were not generally favouring the journal as a significant publication vehicle for their original research. Its editorial philosophy was then changed to a magazine of general debate on issues of science and technology. A brief attempt at publishing in English only was foiled and the magazine reverted to Portuguese as its publication language. == Structure and aims == The journal's stated aims are "To act in the diffusion and scientific spreading and also the scene of the great cultural questions of our time, identifying trends and


id: cosmos-australian-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_(Australian_magazine)-0.md
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title: Cosmos (Australian magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_(Australian_magazine)
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Cosmos (subtitled The Science of Everything) is a science magazine published in Adelaide, South Australia, by CSIRO Publishing that covers science globally. It appears four times a year in print as Cosmos Magazine, and the online edition is updated daily with news as well as long features and multi-media content, and includes the print magazine content. Cosmos Weekly is a subscription-based weekly online edition published on Fridays, and a podcast was launched in April 2022. The print version ended in the summer of 2025. == History == The magazine was established in Sydney in November 2004 by the Sydney magazine publishing executive Kylie Ahern and science journalist Wilson da Silva. with the first issue published in July 2005. In June 2006, the magazine launched a daily Internet news and features service. The magazine was the originator of Hello from Earth, a web-based initiative to send messages from the public, each just 160 characters in length, to Gliese 581d, the (then) nearest Earth-like planet outside the Solar System. Created as a science communication exercise for 2009 National Science Week in Australia, it collected nearly 26,000 messages that were beamed by NASA's Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex on 28 August 2009. In


id: danesh-science-magazine-20260505-0
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title: Danesh (science magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danesh_(science_magazine)
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Danesh (Persian: دانش; Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft: Daneš; English: "knowledge") is the title of seven different Persian-language magazines published since 1882. This biweekly science magazine was the first one published in Tehran by the University of Dār al-fonūn in 1882. By order of the Minister of Science 'Alīqolī Khan Moḵber-al-Dawla, who worked under Nāṣer-al-Dīn Shah (1264–1313 / 1848–96), a total of 14 issues were edited. Dānesh was the first free-of-charge magazine in Iran which offered free advertising as well. The magazine probably aimed to close the gap caused by the closure of the well-known science magazine Rūz-nāma -ye'elmī. The leading editor was Moḥammad Kāẓem, a science teacher at Dār al-fonūn, who had studied in Europe. In addition to Kāẓem, other teachers also published articles on scientific and medical topics and their own opinions. Moreover, the magazine was considered to be a mouthpiece of the Ministry of Science. == References == == External links == Danesh in the Encyclopædia Iranica Online-Version: Dāneš Digital Collections: Arabische, persische und osmanisch-türkische Periodika


id: daneshmand-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daneshmand_(magazine)-0.md
category: reference
title: Daneshmand (magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daneshmand_(magazine)
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Daneshmand (Persian: دانشمند, lit. 'Scientist') is a Persian-language monthly general science magazine covering recent developments in science and technology for a general Iranian audience. The magazine is published in Tehran, Iran. == History and profile == Founded in 1963, Daneshmand was published by Daneshmand R&D institute, a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. Following the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979 the magazine was closed. In 1984 it was restarted under the ownership of the Mostazafen Foundation of Islamic Revolution. Daneshmand is published on a monthly basis. It has its headquarters in Tehran. As well as covering current events and news from the scientific community, the magazine often features speculative articles, ranging from the technical to the philosophical. It is not a peer-reviewed scientific journal, but it is read by both scientists and non-scientists, as a way of keeping track of developments outside their own fields of study or areas of interest. Since the beginning of the year 2015, this publication has been edited by Seyed Hamed Asgari, director of the Ministry of Education and Research, Mohammad Javad Torabi, who has served as editor in this publication for less than a year. Currently, Alireza Hatami is the editor in Chief of this


id: d-rive-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dérive_(magazine)-0.md
category: reference
title: Dérive (magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dérive_(magazine)
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dérive – Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung is an Austrian science magazine on urbanism. == History and profile == dérive is published quarterly since 2000 by the Vienna based Verein für Stadtforschung. The journal publishes articles from a broad range of urbanism disciplines such as architecture, urban and land-use planning, art, geography, sociology, or philosophy. Articles from urban sociology include contributions from Loïc Wacquant and Saskia Sassen. == Name == Dérive is a concept of psychogeography that includes unplanned journeys through urban space. The individual travels where the subtle aesthetic contours of the surrounding architecture and geography subconsciously direct them, with the ultimate goal of encountering an entirely new and authentic experience. == Networks == The magazine is part of the European network of cultural magazines Eurozine. == Urbanize == The journal also hosts the annual festival urbanize on urban issues. == See also == List of magazines in Austria == References == == External links == Official website


id: digital-life-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Life-0.md
category: reference
title: Digital Life
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Life
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Digital Life (previously Unwired) was a monthly lifestyle and consumer technology magazine aimed at South African consumers published by technology media house ITWeb. The magazine was started in 2006 and the first issue appeared in October 2006. The magazine ceased publication with the June/July 2010 issue. == See also == Digital age == References == == External links == http://www.digitallife.co.za/


id: donga-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donga_Science-0.md
category: reference
title: Donga Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donga_Science
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Donga Science (Korean: 과학동아) is a monthly magazine about science published in South Korea. It was first published in January 1986 with the motto "the joy of science is a window to the future" (과학을 느끼는 즐거움, 미래를 보는 창). The magazine contains information about science, including new discoveries and breakthroughs. The company has created a similar math magazine (수학동아) and children's science magazine (어린이 과학동아). == History == The magazine was first published by the magazine company Donga-Il-bo, but since 2000 it is made by Donga Science, which was separated from the original company. It is the longest-running monthly science magazine in Korea. == References == == External links == Official website


id: duz-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUZ-0.md
category: reference
title: DUZ
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUZ
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DUZ is a German-language magazine focusing on science and society. The name is an acronym of Deutsche Universitätszeitung, or "German University Journal" in English. == History == The magazine originated in 1945 from the University of Göttingen in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Originally called GUZ for Göttinger Universitätszeitung, it was later changed to DUZ in 1949. The magazine was published by Josef Raabe since 1964 and became part of the Klett Gruppe in 1979. Its readership was mostly researchers and scientists and was estimated at about 20,000. DUZ was shut down due to insolvency in 2025, but returned to publication in 2026. == References ==


id: emiter-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiter-0.md
category: reference
title: Emiter
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiter
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Emitter (мак. Емитер) is a Macedonian magazine for the popularization of science. The website of the magazine was launched in 2009. == References == == External links == Official website


id: focus-polish-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_(Polish_magazine)-0.md
category: reference
title: Focus (Polish magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_(Polish_magazine)
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Focus is a Polish popular science monthly magazine which was a print publication between 1995 and 2022. It became online-only publication from February 2022. == History and profile == Focus was first published in September 1995 by Gruner and Jahr Polska and then was owned by Burda Media Polska. The magazine has its headquarters in Warsaw. It features stories on health, coaching, space exploration, technology, nature, society and history and produces a number of podcasts ran by the members of the editorial team. == See also == List of magazines in Poland == References == == External links == Official site (in Polish)


id: geo-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo_(magazine)-0.md
category: reference
title: Geo (magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo_(magazine)
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GEO is a family of educational monthly magazines similar to the National Geographic magazine. It is known for its detailed reports and pictures. == History and profile == The first edition appeared in Germany in 1976. Since then, the magazine has been published in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France (first international edition), Greece, Hungary, India (publication ceased in 2013), Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Russia (publication ceased in 2018), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey. The current circulation figure in France and Germany is over 500,000. GEO is published by Gruner + Jahr, a publishing house owned by Bertelsmann. The French edition was launched in 1979 and is published monthly by Prisma Presse. The German version has several special editions (line extensions): GEO Saison, a multi thematic magazine dedicated to tourism, GEO Special a mono thematic magazine about individual countries or cities, GEO Wissen and GEO Kompakt mono thematic magazines focused on science issues, GEO Epoche about history and GEOlino for children. The Russian edition features GEOTraveller, GEOFocus on science and history, GEOлёнок for children and The Best of GEO. Vivendi acquired Prisma Media from Bertelsmann in 2020 and later the company spun-out its publishing operation (including Prisma


id: horizon-online-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_(online_magazine)-0.md
category: reference
title: Horizon (online magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_(online_magazine)
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Horizon is an online-only, open-access magazine covering research and innovation, published in Brussels since 2013 by the European Commission. It covers a wide range of topics, including agriculture, energy, environment, frontier research, health, ICT, industry, policy, science in society, security, social sciences, space and transport. Horizon publishes two to three articles per week, mainly in English, and normally covers research and innovation projects which were funded by the European Union (EU) through its Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, such as FP7 and Horizon 2020, and through the European Research Council. Occasionally, Horizon also publishes policy announcements from the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Articles from Horizon Magazine can be republished under a license which requires simple attribution. Horizon articles have been shared or re-published, among others, by the European Space Agency, by the University of Oxford, by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, by the University of Trento and by the Welfare State Futures Coordination Office at Humboldt University of Berlin and by the BBC's The Naked Scientists podcast. == References == == External links == Horizon official website


id: human-technology-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Technology-0.md
category: reference
title: Human Technology
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Technology
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Human Technology is an open-access, peer-reviewed, academic journal focusing on the interaction between people and technology. As of September 2021, the journal is published by the Centre of Sociological Research in Szczecin, Poland. Previously, the journal was co-published by the Agora Center and the University of Jyväskylä (2005-2016), and then by the Open Science Centre and the University of Jyväskylä (2017-2021). Initially, the journal published biannually; it has been published three times a year since 2018. == Editors == Kristiina Korjonen-Kuusipeura (current) Adam Wojciechowski (current) Jukka Jouhki (2018-2021) Pertti Hurme (2015-2017) Päivi Häkkinen (2012-2014) Pertti Saariluoma (2005-2011), founding editor == Indexing == Human Technology is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (Lund University Libraries), and is cited and/or abstracted in various databases, including: Scopus, PsycINFO (American Psychological Association), Ebsco, and ProQuest. == See also == Affective computing Technology and society Educational technology Learning platform == References == == External links == Official website


id: info-exame-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Info_Exame-0.md
category: reference
title: Info Exame
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Info_Exame
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Info Exame (or simply Info, stylized as INFO) was a high-popular Brazilian technology magazine. Its name was Exame Informática initially, a reference to its creation as the technology supplement for Exame, a business magazine. It was popular with technology non-experts because of its simple-language approach to IT-related topics. The headquarters was in São Paulo. Besides the magazine, the INFO brand was a reference in digital tendencies, sciences, culture and entrepreneurism. It is the inspiration for those who want to understand – in an instigating and good-humored way – the impact innovations have on our lives and our business. The magazine ceased its publication in August 2015, becoming again a supplement in the Exame magazine. Its website now redirects to Exame website technology section. == Main Topics == Enter: Opening section of the magazine that combines notes, short interviews, curiosities and in vogue services on the Internet, while also presenting innovative profiles and people.; Ideias: A section opinions from our three renowned columnists. Besides them, every month INFO magazine brings a special guest to be part of this section.; Inovação: The section that presents the magazine's biggest stories, with reports on the most-varied subjects, such as entrepreneurism, behavior, tendencies in digital


id: iweek-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWeek-0.md
category: reference
title: IWeek
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWeek
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iWeek is a biweekly trade publication for the South African technology sector published by technology media house ITWeb. The magazine was started in 2005. Sipho Memela is the founding editor of iWeek. In 2010 Martin Czernowalow became the editor of the magazine. The magazine was formerly published on a weekly basis. The circulation of iWeek was 9,300 copies. Sister magazine of iWeek is Brainstorm. == References == == External links == http://www.iweek.co.za Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine


id: kosmos-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_(magazine)-0.md
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title: Kosmos (magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_(magazine)
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Kosmos was a Lithuanian-language magazine published from 1920 to 1940 in Kaunas. Published and edited by Pranas Dovydaitis, it was the first Lithuanian periodical devoted to natural sciences. == History == The first issue was published on 20 October 1920. Most of the articles in the first issue were written by the chief editor Pranas Dovydaitis. He published the first three issues at his own expense. It was later supported by the Society of Saint Casimir and the Ministry of Education. However, after the coup d'état in December 1926, it lost government support and struggled financially. Kosmos was published irregularly until 1925, and monthly in 1926–1929. In 1930, seven issues were published. In 1931–1940, the magazine published three or four issues per year. In total, 97 issues were published. It also published a youth supplement Gamtos draugas from 1929 to 1937. The journal was printed by the Šviesa printing house. The magazine was discontinued after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in June 1940. == Content == Articles in Kosmos covered a wide range of science fields – astronomy, botany, chemistry, geography, geology, hydrology, climatology, mathematics, and others. Additionally, the publication provided a chronicle of global scientific discoveries and news, book


id: kosmos-problemy-nauk-biologicznych-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos._Problemy_Nauk_Biologicznych-0.md
category: reference
title: Kosmos. Problemy Nauk Biologicznych
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos._Problemy_Nauk_Biologicznych
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:39:57.276813+00:00
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Kosmos. Problemy Nauk Biologicznych (eng. Cosmos. Problems of Biological Sciences) is the scientific journal of the Polish Copernicus Society of Naturalists published from 1876 initially in Lviv, then in Warsaw. Current numbers are available in the online edition. == See also == Cosmos (disambiguation)#Journals Wszechświat (eng. The Universe) == References ==


id: magyar-tudom-ny-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_Tudomány-0.md
category: reference
title: Magyar Tudomány
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_Tudomány
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Magyar Tudomány (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈtudomaːɲ], Hungarian: Hungarian Science) is the official monthly science magazine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. It publishes short articles on various new scientific developments as well as on problems of scientific life. Most articles are written by members of the academy. It has appeared continuously since 1840, under various names: Académiai Értesítő (1840—1859), Magyar Akadémiai Értesítő (1860—1867), A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia értesítője (1867—1889), Akadémiai Értesítő (1890—1955), Magyar Tudomány (since 1956). The editor-in-chief is Enikő Bollobás. == External links == Official website


id: metallurgy-analysis-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy_Analysis-0.md
category: reference
title: Metallurgy Analysis
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy_Analysis
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Metallurgical analysis (冶金分析, in Chinese) is a monthly science magazine based in Beijing, China. The magazine was founded in 1981. It is owned by Central Research Institute of Iron and Steel of China (中国钢铁研究总院). The publisher is the metallurgical analysis editorial department. The magazine mostly features articles on the chemical analysis. == Topics covered == Detecting and monitoring techniques for production process control Sampling and sample preparation On-line analysis and control Surface and coating analysis Health and environmental analysis Quality control and laboratory management Advanced reviews on different fields of material analysis & testing techniques Standardization, certification, accreditation and verification. In determining the suitability of submitted articles for publication, particular scrutiny will be placed on the degree of novelty and significance of the research and the extent to which it adds to existing knowledge in material analysis. == References == == External links == Official website ISSN 1000-7571


id: micron-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micron_(magazine)-0.md
category: reference
title: Micron (magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micron_(magazine)
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Micron is an Italian language free magazine, which covers articles about ecology, science and knowledge. == History and profile == Micron was started in 2004. The magazine is published by the Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA) in the Umbria region. The magazine is distributed free of charge. It features articles concerning the relationships between economy, ecology, development, growth, environment and health. The goal of the magazine is to improve awareness about significant environmental issues. It has several supplements, one of which targets children and youth, Micron Junior, which was established in 2013 and is published annually. == References == == External links == Official website


id: nature-arabic-edition-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_Arabic_Edition-0.md
category: reference
title: Nature Arabic Edition
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_Arabic_Edition
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Nature Arabic Edition is an online publication by Springer Nature (SN) in partnership with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. The magazine was started in 2012. It contains high-quality science news from the original Nature journal. The content of this journal is available online for free. == See also == List of magazines in Saudi Arabia Nature Research == References == == External links == Nature Arabic Edition website


id: netguide-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetGuide-0.md
category: reference
title: NetGuide
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetGuide
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NetGuide is a live news website with weekly email newsletters dedicated to New Zealand consumers, covering technology news, product reviews and buying advice. Netguide.co is the largest site in the Techday network. == History and profile == NetGuide was launched in September 1996 by an independent Auckland-based publisher, then owned by Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) 2003 to 2008, then shifted to Action Media. It is now owned exclusively by Techday Ltd. Originally entirely internet focused, it developed to cover wider computer, telecommunications, and technology issues. The magazine competed with IDG's New Zealand PC World and ran the annual NetGuide Web Awards. In early 2014, NetGuide and the entire Techday network discontinued all print publications and moved to exclusively online content. In April 2017, NetGuide was renamed as FutureFive NZ. == Australian edition == The magazine launched a version for the Australian market, Australian NetGuide, which ran 1996–2009. It competed with NineMSN's apc and IDG's Australian PC World. Now, Australian news is integrated into Netguide's New Zealand website, or published under one of Techday's Australian brands: IT Brief Australia, SecurityBrief Australia, or ChannelLife Australia. == References == == External links == Official website


id: oyla-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OYLA-0.md
category: reference
title: OYLA
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OYLA
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OYLA (from Kazakh ойла! [ojˈlɑ], meaning ‘think!’’) is a monthly science magazine for children and young readers ages 12 and over. Founded on the principle of fostering curiosity, OYLA's mission is to simplify complex STEM topics through visually engaging designs, interactive infographics, and interdisciplinary content. Published in multiple countries, including the USA, UK, Australia, and China, the magazine combines science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and humanities with the goal of making learning accessible and exciting for young minds worldwide. The magazine is available in both print and digital format. The first issue of OYLA was published on September 1, 2015 by founders Yerdos Tulegenov and Gamzat Biyarov in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Each edition features articles on various scientific topics, ranging from basic questions (Why is Milk White?) to recent discoveries (Ocean Exploration Technology). The magazine also produces a weekly English-language podcast featuring discussions about topics from the current month’s edition. The magazine is subscription-based and advertisement-free, and each edition is available in print or online. Each article features 100 “beautifully illustrated pages and easy-to-understand explanations”. Thus far, the magazine is available in sixteen countries, including Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea, China, the US, the UK, and Australia (soon to be released in Germany


id: rtd-info-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTD_info-0.md
category: reference
title: RTD info
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTD_info
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RTD info was a quarterly magazine published by the European Commission presenting a mix of research results and debate on scientific subjects of interest to a wide, non-specialised readership. In 2007 the decision was made to change the name to research*eu. It lasted 63 issues, which are still available as pdf files. The common theme was Europe. RTD info was published by the Communication Unit of the Research DG on paper in English, French (RDT info) and German (FTE info), and on the internet in these languages plus Spanish (I+DT info). When the name was changed to research*eu, a Spanish translation was also printed. The magazine had its headquarters in Brussels. Michel Claessens served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine. == References == == External links == Official website


id: science-vie-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_&_Vie-0.md
category: reference
title: Science & Vie
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_&_Vie
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Science & Vie (French pronunciation: [sjɑ̃seˈvi]; Science and Life) is a monthly science magazine published in France. Its headquarters is in Paris. == History and profile == The magazine was started in 1913 with the name La Science et la Vie. In 1982, a spinoff computer magazine, Science et Vie micro (SVM) was launched. The first magazine was published at the end of 1983 and was such a success that the number of copies were insufficient on the market. Another spinoff for teenagers, Science & Vie Junior was started in 1986. It was first published by Excelsior Publications until the latter was bought by Emap Plc in 2003. In June 2006 the magazine became part of Mondadori France. In July 2019, the magazine was sold to Reworld Media. Science & Vie was divided in three sections, Science (Sciences), Technologie (Technology), Vie Pratique (Daily life). While the Science section reported on recent scientific progress, the Technology section would report on recent technical advances. Science & Vie covered technical advances in industry, but also in military technology. In particular, it featured articles on explosives, firearms, chemical weapons and nuclear weapons. The Vie Pratique section was concerned with technology in daily life. It


id: science-vie-junior-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_&_Vie_Junior-0.md
category: reference
title: Science & Vie Junior
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_&_Vie_Junior
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Science & Vie Junior is a French science magazine targeting children. The magazine is published by Mondadori France, a subsidiary of the Italian media company Mondadori. The headquarters of the magazine is in Paris. == History == Science & Vie Junior was started in 1989. The magazine is published on a monthly basis. The magazine is a spin-off of Science & Vie made for teenagers. In 2010, it won the Grand prix des Médias. In 2012 the circulation of the monthly was 166,451 copies. == Sections of Science & Vie Junior == The magazine has three main parts. L'actu 100% Science MySVJ === L'actu === L'actu is the first section of the magazine. The main part of this section is news. ==== Cucaracha ==== Cucaracha is a comic in the L'actu section of the magazine. It is the first part of the section. It is about lives of cockroaches in human society. It was made by Marino Degano, and Laurent Salles. Cucaracha cockroach is endowed with reason. With his small telescope, she is passionate about the sky and stars. But sometimes strange shadows infest his field of vision; these are Zoms who are struggling with frenzy. So rather than wait


id: science-et-pseudo-sciences-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_et_pseudo-sciences-0.md
category: reference
title: Science et pseudo-sciences
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_et_pseudo-sciences
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Science et pseudo-sciences is a quarterly science magazine issued in France since 1968, it is the press organ of the Association française pour l'information scientifique. It was created by the journalist Michel Rouzé. According to the association, the magazine had 1400–1500 subscribers and a readership of 1400–2800 per issue in 2010. In 2010, the sale of the magazine delivered a revenue of €82,232 for production costs and €60,125 for postage costs. == References == == External links == Science et pseudo-sciences website (in French)


id: science-illustrated-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Illustrated-0.md
category: reference
title: Science Illustrated
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Illustrated
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Science Illustrated is a multilingual popular science magazine published by the Swedish publisher Bonnier Publications International A/S. == History and profile == Science Illustrated was launched simultaneously in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 1984. The Finnish version was started in Helsinki, Finland in 1986. The Norwegian version is based in Oslo. According to official websites, the magazine – with a total circulation of 370,000 copies – is the biggest in the Nordic countries with a focus on nature, technology, medicine and culture. === Editions === == See also == List of Norwegian magazines List of magazines in Denmark == References == == External links == Website of Australian Science Illustrated


id: sciencealert-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScienceAlert-0.md
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title: ScienceAlert
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScienceAlert
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ScienceAlert is an independently run online publication and news source that publishes articles featuring scientific research, discoveries, and outcomes. The site was founded in 2004 by Julian Cribb, a science writer, to aggregate research findings from Australian universities, and it expanded in 2006 when ex-Microsoft programmer Chris Cassella took on the project of developing the website. It has readership that ranges from 11.5m to 26.5m per month. Kate Mallord has been CEO since 2024. In March 2024 the site was listed by Press Gazette as one of the fastest growing news sites globally. == History == Science communicator Julian Cribb founded ScienceAlert in 2004. The website was born out of his "concern at the lack of information available about what Australians and New Zealanders achieve in science". Chris Cassella, a former programmer for Microsoft, joined the site in order to develop new web tools. He took on this work as part of a master's degree thesis in science communication at Australia National University, where Cribb was a professor. Initially, the focus of ScienceAlert was twofold: "to both publicise Australasian scientific outcomes more widely and to encourage Australasian research institutions and funding agencies to share more of their achievements by providing


id: scientriffic-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientriffic-0.md
category: reference
title: Scientriffic
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientriffic
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Scientriffic was a bi-monthly kids science magazine published by CSIRO Publishing. It was established in 1999 as a sister publication to The Helix, CSIRO Publishing's magazine for teens. Scientriffic targeted kids aged 7 and older. The magazine was usually 40 pages long and trimmed to quarto paper size. It typically contained feature articles about science and mathematics of interest to kids. The magazine was relaunched in July 2015 as Double Helix, combining both Scientriffic and The Helix into one magazine, starting from Issue 1, with 8 issues per year. == Editors == The final editor-in-chief was Sarah Kellett. Previous editors included Bianca Nogrady, Heather Catchpole, Cristy Burne, Tanya Patrick and Jasmine Fellows. == References == == External links == Official website


id: le-scienze-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Scienze-0.md
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title: Le Scienze
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Scienze
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Le Scienze (The Sciences) is an Italian monthly science magazine, It is the Italian edition of Scientific American. == History and profile == Published monthly since 1968, Le Scienze was founded by industrial Alberto Mondadori and scientist Felice Ippolito. The magazine is part of Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso and is published on a monthly basis. Le Scienze covers both high-rank American scientific results as well as Italian (and sometimes European) contributions to research. Among regular contributors to the magazine are Piergiorgio Odifreddi and Tullio Regge. The current director is Marco Cattaneo. In 2007, the circulation of Le Scienze was 62,950 copies. It was 66,000 copies in 2010. == See also == List of magazines published in Italy == References == == External links == Official website (in Italian)


id: scitech-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciTech_(magazine)-0.md
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title: SciTech (magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciTech_(magazine)
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SciTechDaily is a popular science website, containing sections on space, physics, biology, technology and chemistry. It was founded in 1998 by Vicki Hyde, originally as Sci Tech Daily Review, a companion site to Arts & Letters Daily. It became popular as a news aggregation site for science and technology content, featuring curated links with brief summaries to third-party sites such as NOVA: Science in the news; magazines such as The Discovery Channel, Scientific American, Popular Science; niche sites such as The Apothecary's Drawer, Brain.com, and the Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes; as well as international newspapers. Since 2011, SciTechDaily has changed its format to publish articles directly on its site, rather than providing a daily digest of links. According to the publisher, its content is republished on sites such as Yahoo!News, Ars Technica, and Futurism, and many others. == History == SciTech Daily Review was launched in 1998, as a companion site to Arts & Letters Daily, with the encouragement of Denis Dutton. Managing editor Hyde, a member of The Skeptics Society, worked on the website with a business partner out of Christchurch, New Zealand, during her spare time as a mother. In December 1998, an article in The New York


id: silicon-chip-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Chip-0.md
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title: Silicon Chip
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Chip
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Silicon Chip is an Australian electronics magazine. It was started in November, 1987 by Leo Simpson. Following the demise of Electronics Australia in 2000 and Diyode in 2024, it is the only hobbyist related electronics magazine remaining in Australia. == Magazine == The magazine has features such as Projects to build Serviceman's Log Computer Features Vintage Radio Product Showcase Mailbag/Ask Silicon Chip Circuit Notebook (reader contributions) The print version of Silicon Chip is produced and printed in Australia by Silicon Chip Publications Pty Ltd. The magazine is published monthly on the last Thursday of the month prior to the cover date. Some time after Electronics Australia closed its doors, Silicon Chip Publications Pty Ltd purchased the titles Electronics Australia, Electronics Today (International), Radio, TV & Hobbies, Radio & Hobbies and Wireless Weekly, along with the copyright to original (non-submitted) material published in those magazines. The copyright of some submitted projects and articles for those old magazines technically still remains with the original authors. This is why Silicon Chip have not released Electronics Australia back-issues on CD, as they did with the older Radio TV & Hobbies. However they can provide an electronic copy of any Electronics Australia article for a


id: list-of-scientific-skepticism-magazines-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientific_skepticism_magazines-0.md
category: reference
title: List of scientific skepticism magazines
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientific_skepticism_magazines
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This is a list of notable magazines that promote or practice scientific skepticism. == See also == Humanism Lists about skepticism List of books about skepticism List of skeptical conferences List of skeptical organizations List of skeptical podcasts List of notable skeptics Rationalism == Notes == == References ==


id: t-hdet-ja-avaruus-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tähdet_ja_avaruus-0.md
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title: Tähdet ja avaruus
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tähdet_ja_avaruus
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Tähdet ja avaruus (Finnish: Stars and space) is a Finnish science magazine which publishes recent developments, news and interviews in astronomy, space technology, cosmology and amateur astronomy. It is the largest circulation astronomy magazine in northern Europe. Tähdet ja avaruus is a member magazine of the Ursa Astronomical Association and it can also be subscribed without a membership. Ursa Astronomical Association is a non profit organization which promotes astronomy and related sciences and astronomy school education. The editor in chief of the magazine is Marko Pekkola, editor is Laura Koponen, staff science writers are Elina Nieppola and Sakari Nummila. Layout is by Heikki Laurila. A group of free science journalists assist the magazine. Many Finnish astronomers answer the readers questions in the questions and answers column. == References == == External links == Official website


id: technische-revue-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technische_Revue-0.md
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title: Technische Revue
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technische_Revue
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TR (Technische Revue), since renamed IEN D-A-CH, is a German magazine created in 1982 primarily for manufacturing industry professionals. It is published eight times a year by TIMGlobal Media. == Awards == The Technical Review/TR-online was awarded the 2006 LOF Innovation Prize at the annual conference of the Trade and Science Publishers Network (UVW) on January 12, 2006. == References == == External links == Thomas Industrial Media's website Thomas Publishing Co's website


id: tekniikan-maailma-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekniikan_Maailma-0.md
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title: Tekniikan Maailma
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekniikan_Maailma
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Tekniikan Maailma, abbreviation TM, (English: World of Technology) is one of the leading automobile magazines in published in Helsinki, Finland. == History and profile == Tekniikan Maailma started in 1953. The magazine is based in Helsinki. It is owned by Otavamedia and is published monthly by Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet Oy. Tekniikan Maailma covers all kinds of technology but around half of its content is related to automobiles. == Circulation == In 2002 Tekniikan Maailma had a circulation of 140,838 copies. The circulation of the magazine was 145,900 copies in 2006 and 150,800 copies in 2007. In 2009 Tekniikan Maailma was 148,000 copies. In 2010 its circulation fell to 93,747 copies, but it grew to 102,947 copies in 2011. In 2012 the circulation of the magazine rose to 103,914 copies and to 109,490 copies in 2013. == References == == External links == Tekniikan Maailma official site


id: tekniikka-talous-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekniikka&Talous-0.md
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title: Tekniikka&Talous
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekniikka&Talous
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Tekniikka&Talous (Technology&Economy in English) is a Finnish language web service and news magazine published in Helsinki, Finland, which focuses on technology and innovations. The average number of readers for the print edition is 80,400 and the magazine's total reach was 546,800 readers (2024). Tekniikka&Talous is the largest technology magazine in Finland. A famous columnist for the publication is a pseudonymous writer known as "Perusinsinööri Veijo Miettinen," whose true identity has been the subject of speculation over the years. == History and profile == Tekniikka&Talous is published by media house Alma Media Oyj. Tekniikka&Talous covers local and global news on business, innovation, science and technology. The print version of the magazine brings out 41 issues per year in tabloid format. The magazine targets decision makers in the fields of innovation, R&D and management as well as marketing and sales. Tekniikka&Talous was previously published by Talentum. The magazine became part of new business unit Alma Talent, when Alma Media acquired Talentum in September 2015. Other well known brands of Alma Talent are Kauppalehti, Talouselämä, Uusi Suomi and Tivi. Tekniikka&Talous is distributed to the members of Tekniikan Akateemiset, Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland. The editor-in-chief of Tekniikka&Talous is Mikko Virta, who succeeded


id: teknisk-tidskrift-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teknisk_Tidskrift-0.md
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title: Teknisk Tidskrift
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teknisk_Tidskrift
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Teknisk Tidskrift (1871 – March 1872 Illustrerad Teknisk Tidning) was founded in 1871 by Swedish marine engineer Wilhelm Hoffstedt (1841–1907). A forerunner to Ny Teknik, it has since its establishment been considered one of the leading journals in Sweden for the publication of findings in technology and engineering. It was first published in Norrköping and then in Stockholm until 1977 when it folded. The journal was divided into a general part and various specialized sections on mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry and mining engineering (including metallurgy), shipbuilding, architecture and civil engineering. These specialized sections representing the various departments of the Swedish Teknologföreningen reflected the educational structure of the Royal Institute of Technology. A supplement on Arkitektur och dekorativ konst (architecture and decorative arts, 1901-1922) developed into an independent journal Arkitektur. Teknisk Tidskrift's general edition was published once a week and the specialized editions once a month. In the autumn of 1967, the name of the weekly edition was changed to Ny Teknik which had a more popular scientific format. In 1967, the publishing house Teknisk Tidskrifts förlag changed its name to Ingenjörsförlaget and in 1990 to E + T Förlag (Ekonomi & Teknik Förlag AB), after a merger with Affärsvärlden.


id: teknisk-ukeblad-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teknisk_Ukeblad-0.md
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title: Teknisk Ukeblad
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teknisk_Ukeblad
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Teknisk Ukeblad (TU, English: Technical Weekly Magazine) is a Norwegian engineering magazine. The magazine has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway. == History and profile == TU has appeared weekly since 13 April 1883 and was published by Ingeniørforlaget, now Teknisk Ukeblad Media jointly owned by three national professional associations of engineers and architects: the Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists (NITO, founded 1936), Tekna (founded in 1874), and the Norwegian Polytechnic Society (PF, founded 1852). On 24 June 2010 TU had a total circulation of 302,000 weekly copies. Corresponding publications are Ny Teknik in Sweden, Ingeniøren in Denmark and Technisch Weekblad in the Netherlands. == References == == External links == Teknisk Ukeblad, the magazine's website Teknisk Ukeblad, some older volumes digitized by Project Runeberg


id: tia-s-ng-1991-magazine-20260505-0
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title: Tia Sáng (1991 magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tia_Sáng_(1991_magazine)
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Tia Sáng (English: 'The Spark'/'Light ray') is a Vietnamese science and technology magazine created in 1991 under the Ministry of Science and Technology. It is considered a platform for intellectuals to raise their voice about policymaking decisions in Vietnam. == History == Tia Sáng was founded in April 1991. Among Tia Sáng’s first contributors are Hoàng Tụy, the founder of Vietnamese mathematics; Phan Dinh Dieu who helped to build the ICT field in Vietnam; Viet Phuong, a poet, former secretary of Lê Duẩn; Lê Đạt, one of the pioneers in Nhan Van – Giai Pham movement, writer Nguyen Ngoc. Many articles published in Tia Sáng were featured and discussed on BBC (Vietnamese version) such as Hoang Tuy’s article about the intellectuals’ attitude toward the social issues in Vietnam or the opinion piece of Tuong Lai, former director of Institute of Sociology about what communist party’s mission should be. Tia Sáng’s website was forced offline in 2009 by the government for several months because of its ‘sensitive’ articles. Some contributors of Tia Sáng were or are prisoners of conscience such as Phạm Đoan Trang, Lê Công Định. Since the late 2000s, Tia Sáng has been less critical towards the government and


id: tone-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_(magazine)-0.md
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title: Tone (magazine)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_(magazine)
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Tone was a bi-monthly magazine combining coverage of technological developments in New Zealand and from around the world with reviews on the latest consumer products available in New Zealand. == History and profile == It was Parkside Media's third magazine, following NZ Classic Car and NZ Performance Car. Tone was started in 1999. Until issue 32, the magazine was bi-monthly. A change was made to monthly, but as of issue 73 (November/December 2008), it returned to bi-monthly. Tone's offices were in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. The magazine ceased publication in December 2011. == Masthead design == Tone's logo featured a small coloured triangle. Internally this was called 'Jerry'. Jerry changes colour each issue to match the cover design. Version 2 of the logo appeared in issue 32 when the magazine changed to monthly. Version 3 of the logo appeared in issue 44. Version 4 of the logo appeared in issue 67 and changed the tagline to Gadgets | Hi-fi | Home theatre, from Technology to change your life. == Magazine contents == As of the November/December 2008 issue, the typical magazine contents included: News Toneworld (short product overviews) Reviews (detailed product tests) Entertainment (CD, DVD, game reviews) Readers' letters


id: vesm-r-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesmír-0.md
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title: Vesmír
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesmír
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Vesmír is a Czech science magazine that has been published since 1871. As of 2012, it was produced by the Czech Academy of Sciences and published by Academia (Czech publishing house). == References ==


id: victorian-carnivorous-plant-society-inc-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Carnivorous_Plant_Society_Inc.-0.md
category: reference
title: Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc.
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Carnivorous_Plant_Society_Inc.
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Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc., formerly titled simply Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society and also known as the VCPS Journal, is a quarterly periodical and the official publication of the Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society of Australia. Typical articles include matters of horticultural interest, field reports, literature reviews, and plant descriptions. The journal was established in early 1984, a year after the society itself was founded. Early in its history, issues were grouped into volumes; this system was later abandoned in favour of continuous issue numbering. The journal totals around 80 pages annually. == References == == External links == Official website Complete journal index from 1984 to June 2003


id: wonder-en-is-gheen-wonder-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_en_is_gheen_Wonder-0.md
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title: Wonder en is gheen Wonder
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_en_is_gheen_Wonder
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Wonder en is gheen Wonder (Mystery is no Mystery) is a popular science magazine of the Flemish skeptical association SKEPP. The paper was founded in 2000 by Tom Schoepen, who also served as its editor for its first ten years. The magazine is published four times a year and addresses pseudoscientific as well as science philosophical topics. The title is a reference to the 16th century Flemish mathematician and engineer Simon Stevin's commentary to his famous thought experiment: even if something looks strange, it can still have a naturalistic explanation. The subtitle Tijdschrift voor wetenschap en rede ("Magazine for science and reason") was taken from Skeptical Inquirer, the most world-renowned skeptical magazine that is published by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. As of 2016, the editorial staff is composed as follows: Core staff Bart Coenen (editor-in-chief) Cliff Beeckman Johan Braeckman Tim Trachet Luc Vancampenhout Pieter Van Nuffel Wietse Wiels Editorial committee Wim Betz Stefaan Blancke Luc Bonneux Maarten Boudry Maxime Darge Geerdt Magiels Ronny Martens Marc Meuleman Pieter Peyskens Griet Vandermassen Frank Verhoft == References == == External links == Official website Archived 2014-02-08 at the Wayback Machine


id: ivljenje-in-tehnika-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Življenje_in_tehnika-0.md
category: reference
title: Življenje in tehnika
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Življenje_in_tehnika
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Življenje in tehnika (Life & Technology) is a Slovene-language monthly magazine about popular science. It has been published since 1950, at first under the name Ljudska tehnika (The Technology of the People). In 1952, it was renamed to its current title. It is still one of the magazines with the greatest readership in Slovenia. The magazine focuses mainly on engineering, medicine, biology, archeology and computer science. It is published by Tehniška založba Slovenije (Slovenian Technical Publishing). == See also == List of magazines in Slovenia == External links == Življenje in tehnika Tehniška založba Slovenije


id: big-picture-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Picture_Science-0.md
category: reference
title: Big Picture Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Picture_Science
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Big Picture Science is an independent national science radio program and podcast hosted by astronomer Seth Shostak and journalist Molly Bentley, the executive producer of the show. The program uses innovative storytelling to connect trends in contemporary research and technology. Episodes are thematic, providing in-depth discussion of the latest developments in science. Guests include researchers from academic, public and private spheres, popular science writers, cultural critics, engineers, and ethicists focused on science. Regular "Skeptic Check," episodes are devoted to critical thinking and take on topics in junk science and the paranormal. The show is broadcast on approximately 155 radio stations, many of them NPR affiliates. These include KALW in San Francisco, WCMU-FM in Michigan, WVPE in Indiana, WHRV in Virginia, WIEC in Wisconsin, and WNYE in New York City. It is carried on about two dozen Native American stations. The show is also available for download via podcast and direct download from podcast networks as well as the show's website where archived shows from 2006 on can also be found. Episodes are cut to an NPR clock. Big Picture Science was formerly titled Are We Alone? and was produced at the SETI Institute until January 2025 when the show went


id: bloggingheads-tv-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloggingheads.tv-0.md
category: reference
title: Bloggingheads.tv
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloggingheads.tv
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:06.895220+00:00
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Bloggingheads.tv, sometimes abbreviated "bhtv", is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in a back and forth conversation via webcam broadcast online to viewers. The site operated as a project of the Nonzero Foundation since 2012, but the site was started by the journalist and author Robert Wright and blogger and journalist Mickey Kaus on November 1, 2005. Kaus has since dropped out of operational duties of the site as he didn't want his frequent linking to be seen as a conflict of interest. Most of the earlier discussions posted to the site involved one or both of those individuals, but since has grown to include a total of over one thousand individual contributors, mostly journalists, academics, scientists, authors, well known political bloggers, and other notable individuals. Unregistered users are able to view all of the videos which are contained on the site, while free registration is required to comment on the individual discussions, or participate in the forums. In April 2022, Wright announced that Bloggingheads will be ending, stating that "the era in which Bloggingheads makes sense is kinda over," however the site currently continues to operate. == Format


id: bloggingheads-tv-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloggingheads.tv-1.md
category: reference
title: Bloggingheads.tv
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloggingheads.tv
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== History == On November 1, 2005, the site launched, with Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus as the only two initial participants in the video discussions. The site has since featured more than one thousand other diavloggers. On October 18, 2006, a site redesign was launched, with a revised home page and improved functionality: ability to comment on diavlogs was added, and to participate in forum discussions. In January 2007, it was announced that cable TV pioneer and C-SPAN founding chairman Bob Rosencrans, with a loose network of others, would become an angel investor of Bloggingheads.tv. The infusion of cash kicked off a dramatic expansion of the site's content, and a corresponding growth in viewers. On March 24, 2007, in a diavlog between Garance Franke-Ruta and Ann Althouse, Althouse became quite animated and angry (to the point of yelling) over a comment Franke-Ruta made (in reference to an earlier controversy involving Jessica Valenti and former US president Bill Clinton) referred to as an on-air "meltdown" by some. This led to many blog posts and news stories in the following days on both the initial controversy and Althouse's on air behavior. On October 24, 2007, Bloggingheads.tv entered into a relationship with


id: constellations-publication-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellations_Publication-0.md
category: reference
title: Constellations Publication
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellations_Publication
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:08.130660+00:00
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Constellations is an online publication and podcast that focuses on the disruption in space and satellite industries and is published by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. In each article and podcast episode, Constellations provides satellite and space industry professionals coverage of the industry's transformation. The podcast moderator speaks with business executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and thinkers within the space and satellite industries. Sources and podcast guests include a mix of C-suite executives, military/government personnel, industry analysts, and a growing number of angel investors. Some guests featured on Constellations Podcast include Vint Cerf, U.S. Representative Doug Lamborn, John Gedmark, and Rick Tumlinson. == Description == Constellations Podcast began in 2018 and releases new episodes on a bi-weekly schedule. As of June 2021, the podcast has over 100 episodes and listeners in 150 countries. Constellations Podcast episodes average anywhere between fifteen and thirty minutes in length. The podcast is moderated by John Gilroy, a broadcasting professional with experience working at the Washington Post, Federal News Network, and WAMU 88.5 FM. Topics have included changes in the ground segment, 5G, earth observation, virtualization, smallsats, and more. Space debris, entrepreneurship, and different orbital satellites were among the most popular topics, according to Owltail, as they


id: brian-dunning-author-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dunning_(author)-0.md
category: reference
title: Brian Dunning (author)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dunning_(author)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:11.799723+00:00
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Brian Andrew Dunning (born 1965) is an American writer and producer who focuses on science and skepticism. He has hosted a weekly podcast, Skeptoid, since 2006, and he is an author of a series of books on the subject of scientific skepticism, some of which are based on the podcast. Skeptoid has been the recipient of several podcast awards such as the Parsec Award. Dunning has also created the Skeptoid.org spin-off video series, inFact, and The Feeding Tube both available on YouTube. Dunning has produced two educational films on the subject of critical thinking: Here Be Dragons in 2008, and Principles of Curiosity in 2017. Dunning co-founded Buylink, a business-to-business service provider, in 1996, and served at the company until 2002. He later became eBay's second-biggest affiliate marketer; he has since been convicted of wire fraud through a cookie stuffing scheme, for his company fraudulently obtaining between $200,000 and $400,000 from eBay. In August 2014, he was sentenced to 15 months in prison, followed by three years of supervision. == Career == === Buylink === In 1996 Dunning co-founded and was chief technology officer for Buylink Corporation. Buylink received venture capital funding from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. In 2000 he


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file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dunning_(author)-1.md
category: reference
title: Brian Dunning (author)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dunning_(author)
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Quackery medical modalities: such as homeopathy, reflexology, detoxification, or chiropractic Popular cultural misconceptions: such as organic foods, SUVs, and global warming Urban legends: such as crop circles, the Amityville Horror, the Phoenix Lights, or the Philadelphia Experiment Religion and mythology: such as creation legends, New Age religions, and concepts of sin Beginning in 2007, Dunning authored a series of books based upon the Skeptoid podcast episodes. Despite his shift away from the technology industry, Dunning continues to do computer programming, and does web development for his Skeptoid website. From 2022, the show is distributed by public media organization PRX's Dovetail publishing platform; PRX also provides sponsorship and promotional support. == Publications == Strapping Young Lads (1 ed.). Xlibris Corp. 2001. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-4010-1168-0. Strapping Young Lads (2 ed.). CreateSpace. 2014. p. 322. ISBN 978-1-5008-5407-2. Dunning, Brian; Knox, Allyson; Becker, Lori (2003). Special Edition: Using Adobe GoLive 6. Que. p. 650. ISBN 978-0-7897-2727-5. OCLC 48678473. Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena. CreateSpace. 2007. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-4348-2166-9. OCLC 287154998. Skeptoid 2: More Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena. CreateSpace. 2008. p. 265. ISBN 978-1-4404-2285-0. OCLC 589083050. Skeptoid 3: Pirates, Pyramids, and Papyrus. CreateSpace. 2011. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-4538-8118-7. Skeptoid 4: Astronauts,


id: the-forum-radio-programme-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forum_(radio_programme)-0.md
category: reference
title: The Forum (radio programme)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forum_(radio_programme)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:13.206529+00:00
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The Forum, the BBC World Service's flagship discussion programme, brings together prominent thinkers from different disciplines and different parts of the world with the aim of creating stimulating discussion informed by highly distinct academic, artistic, and cultural perspectives. The World Service broadcasts the programme on Saturdays at 2106 GMT and repeats it on Sundays at 0906 GMT and on Mondays at 0206 GMT. BBC Radio 4 also broadcasts an edited 30-minute version of the programme. == Format == Each episode of The Forum brings together three thinkers, leading figures from different academic and artistic disciplines. A typical line-up might include a scientist, a writer or other artist, and a philosopher or cultural thinker. Each guest is questioned by the presenter about their latest big idea, a topic area that is of particular interest to them and in which they are a particular expert. During the course of each section the other guests are invited to contribute with criticisms, insights and support of their own. === Sixty Second Idea === Each week one of the guests is invited to present an idea in sixty seconds that they believe will make the world a better place. These ideas are not always practicable,


id: grouse-podcast-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouse_(podcast)-0.md
category: reference
title: Grouse (podcast)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouse_(podcast)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:14.415970+00:00
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Grouse is an eight part podcast hosted by Ashley Ahearn and produced by BirdNote and Boise State Public Radio. In each episode Ahearn spends about twenty minutes discussing the greater sage-grouse and various threats to the bird's population. == Background == After reporting on the Standing Rock protests for NPR and seeing that the Dakota Access Pipeline was built despite the protests, Ahearn decided to quit her job and move to rural Winthrop Valley, Washington. The move marked a change in Ahearn's lifestyle, from a life in the city to living in a farmhouse and riding horses. Ahearn also experienced a change in the political demographic from liberal to conservative. Ahearn's experiences drove the story of the podcast, which she notes as a big change from her work at NPR. The podcast focuses on the greater sage-grouse and how the species is being threatened by a variety of changes. Ahearn addresses the fact that climate change is leading to an increase in wildfires that have destroyed sage grouse habitats. The podcast was produced by BirdNote and Boise State Public Radio. The podcast was an eight part series. Each episode is roughly twenty minutes in length. Steve Greene of Indiewire called


id: invisibilia-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisibilia-0.md
category: reference
title: Invisibilia
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisibilia
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:19.982008+00:00
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Invisibilia is a radio program and podcast from National Public Radio. It debuted in early 2015 and explored "the intangible forces that shape human behavior—things like ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions." The program's title comes from Latin, meaning "the invisible things." The Guardian ranked Invisibilia among "the 10 best new podcasts of 2015." In its seventh season, the program was hosted by Kia Miakka Natisse and Yowei Shaw; previous season hosts included Lulu Miller, Alix Spiegel and Hanna Rosin. == Background == Alix Spiegel was a founding producer of This American Life and freelanced for NPR's Science Desk covering psychology and human behavior. At Chicago's Third Coast International Audio Festival, Spiegel met former Radiolab producer Lulu Miller and asked her to co-produce a piece she was working on. The two began collaborating on radio stories and conceived of a new long-form program that would become Invisibilia. The show's first six-episode season aired from January to February 2015, with excerpts occasionally running on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Radiolab and This American Life. This extra exposure and Miller and Spiegel's track record helped Invisibilia debut at #1 on the iTunes podcast chart and to maintain a consistent top-ten ranking in the


id: little-atoms-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Atoms-0.md
category: reference
title: Little Atoms
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Atoms
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:22.869267+00:00
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Little Atoms is a website, podcast and magazine dedicated to ideas and culture. The radio show broadcast weekly from London on Resonance FM 104.4. It is hosted by Neil Denny. The website is edited by Padraig Reidy. The first edition of Little Atoms magazine launched in November 2015. == History == The radio show was conceived by Neil Denny and Richard Sanderson at a meeting in a pub beer garden in London Bridge on 7 July 2005. The first episode aired on 2 September 2005 and featured a panel of a scientist (Sid Rodrigues), physicist and ex-born again Christian (Norman Hansen) and a folklorist (Scott Wood), along with Neil Denny and Richard Sanderson as the show's hosts. Richard Sanderson was also the producer of two previous incarnations radio shows on Resonance FM, "Sanderson's Alcove", which ran from February 2005 to July 2005 and "Baggage Reclaim" which ran from 2003 to 2005. Little Atoms is regarded as the first "rationalist" radio show in the UK and one of the first podcasts; with only the JREF's "Internet Audio Show", Rick Wood's Audiomartini, Skepticality and The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe preceding it. Little Atoms was the official podcast of The Skeptic magazine


id: monstertalk-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MonsterTalk-0.md
category: reference
title: MonsterTalk
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MonsterTalk
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MonsterTalk is an audio podcast that was originally presented by the Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine but broke ties in 2019. Since 2019 it has been an independent podcast under the "Monster House, LLC" banner. The show critically examines the science behind cryptozoological creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and werewolves. It is hosted by Blake Smith and Karen Stollznow, and produced by Blake Smith. In 2012, MonsterTalk was awarded the Parsec Award for the "Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast". == History == The first episode was released on July 2, 2009, and featured an interview with NYU Professor Todd Disotell about the attempted use of DNA evidence in cryptozoologists' search for Bigfoot. MonsterTalk interviews scientists and investigators that research cryptozoological claims. The show has covered an extensive array of monsters and cryptids, including zombies, demons, ninjas, the Mothman, Cthulhu, the Skookum cast, the Patterson–Gimlin film, the Minnesota Iceman, the Chupacabra; and extinct animals such as pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, and the thylacine. Guests of the show have included Phil Plait, Professor PZ Myers, Steven Novella, magician James Randi, author Brian Regal, writer and illustrator Daniel Loxton, and investigator Joe Nickell. == In the media == In 2011, Curt Holman


id: nasa-360-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_360-0.md
category: reference
title: NASA 360
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_360
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:28.239308+00:00
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NASA 360 is a half-hour vodcast developed by NASA in partnership with the National Institute of Aerospace. The show premiered in August 2008. It has aired on more than 450 TV stations across the country, is available on air and cruise lines, and is consistently one of the top-downloaded programs on the NASA.gov website. It is currently in its tenth season. == Description == NASA 360 is one of four programs in NASA's award-winning eClips suite of web-based shows designed to encourage careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. NASA 360 is written, produced, and edited by Timothy J. Allen, Tom Shortridge, and Scott Bednar; Rebecca Jaramillo is the Senior Educator and Project Coordinator for NASA 360, and Harla Sherwood the Principal Investigator - all of the National Institute of Aerospace. NASA 360 shows how NASA has changed and continues to change life on Earth by examining how technologies developed by or for NASA are being used in everything from space exploration to everyday consumer products. These include lithium-ion batteries, medical innovations, sporting equipment, and automotive and aircraft safety and efficiency, among many more. NASA 360 is shot on-location at NASA centers across the country, as well as at other


id: nasaspaceflight-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASASpaceflight-0.md
category: reference
title: NASASpaceflight
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASASpaceflight
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:29.518521+00:00
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NASASpaceflight, often referred to as NSF, is a private aerospace news organization, which operates a YouTube channel, website, a shop and a forum, which launched in 2005, as well as various social media channels covering crewed and uncrewed spaceflight and aerospace engineering news. NASASpaceflight original reporting has been referenced by various news outlets on spaceflight-specific news, such as MSNBC, USA Today and The New York Times, among others. NASASpaceflight also produces videos and live streams of rocket launches online, with a special focus on developments at SpaceX's Starbase facility, for which they were recognized with an award by SpaceNews. NSF is currently providing three 24/7 live-streams covering the following: The Starship operations at Starbase in Texas; The testing of the Raptor and Merlin engines near McGregor, Texas; Various live videos from Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NSF is owned and operated by managing editor Chris Bergin. The NSF content is produced by a team of spaceflight reporters, journalists, contributors, editors, photographers, and videographers across the United States and other countries. NSF also operates the Next Spaceflight website, which keeps track of spaceflight launches. == References == == External links == Official NASASpaceflight Website Official NASASpaceflight Forum


id: numberphile-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numberphile-0.md
category: reference
title: Numberphile
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numberphile
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:30.837927+00:00
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Numberphile is an educational YouTube channel featuring videos that explore topics from a variety of fields of mathematics. In the early days of the channel, each video focused on a specific number, but the channel has since expanded its scope, featuring videos on more advanced mathematical concepts such as Fermat's Last Theorem, the Riemann hypothesis and Kruskal's tree theorem. The videos are produced by Brady Haran, a former BBC video journalist and creator of Periodic Videos, Sixty Symbols, and several other YouTube channels. Videos on the channel feature several university professors, maths communicators and famous mathematicians. In 2018, Haran released a spin-off audio podcast titled The Numberphile Podcast. == YouTube channel == The Numberphile YouTube channel was started on 15 September 2011. Most videos consist of Haran interviewing an expert on a number, mathematical theorem or other mathematical concept. The expert usually draws out their explanation on a large piece of brown paper and attempts to make the concepts understandable to the average, non-mathematician viewer. It is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and Math for America. Haran also runs the "Numberphile2" channel, which includes extra footage and further detail than the main channel. === Reception === Numberphile


id: oh-no-ross-and-carrie-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_No,_Ross_and_Carrie!-0.md
category: reference
title: Oh No, Ross and Carrie!
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_No,_Ross_and_Carrie!
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:32.145121+00:00
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Oh No, Ross and Carrie! was an investigative journalism podcast produced in Los Angeles and distributed by the Maximum Fun network. The hosts personally investigated claims about spirituality, fringe science, religion, and the paranormal, then discussed their findings on the show. The motto of the podcast was "We show up so you don't have to." == History == The hosts, Ross Blocher and Carrie Poppy, met at a book club meeting at the Center for Inquiry (CFI) West, where they discovered they had a mutual love for The Simpsons television program. They were also both interested in religion and fringe science, so they decided to attend a meeting of the Kabbalah Centre in LA together and analyze the claims made there. That experience inspired them to start their own podcast centered around such investigations. The first episode, based on their experiences at the Kabbalah Centre, was released on 10 March 2011. The show was independently distributed until it became part of the Maximum Fun network in January 2014. Funding for the hosts' investigations comes from listener donations. Blocher and Poppy investigated a number of religious groups, fringe science claims, and alternative medicine modalities, including Mormonism, dowsing, and Reiki healing. The


id: ologies-podcast-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ologies_(podcast)-0.md
category: reference
title: Ologies (podcast)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ologies_(podcast)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:33.411471+00:00
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Ologies with Alie Ward, also known as Ologies, is a weekly science podcast hosted by Alie Ward. Each episode, Ward interviews an expert from a distinct scientific field (somnology, bryology, philematology, etc.). Ologies is usually one of the top three science podcasts on Apple Podcasts. It is often cited by university newspapers and blogs as an example of how to make science communication more accessible and interesting. When recording the episodes, Ward aims to avoid "expert sound bites" in favor of a more conversational tone, and she cuts in segments to explain concepts that her guests introduce. == History == Ward first had the idea for the podcast in 2002. Further inspiration built when a visit to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in 2013 led into a weekly volunteer shift and a career change into science communications for Ward. After building a following on Patreon, Ward launched Ologies in 2017. By February 2021, Ologies released more than 130 episodes and acquired more than 50 million downloads. In July 2021, Ologies began releasing shortened versions of classic episodes called "Smologies." Edited specifically for classrooms, Smologies episodes run roughly 20 minutes, and do not have profanity. == Awards and


id: only-human-podcast-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Human_(podcast)-0.md
category: reference
title: Only Human (podcast)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Human_(podcast)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:34.621296+00:00
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Only Human is a health-oriented podcast produced by WNYC Studios. The podcast is hosted by Mary Harris, who previously covered health for ABC News. == Background == WNYC chose Mary Harris as the host of the show because they were hoping to expand the demographic of their audience to include young women. The show was hosted on Mondays at 9:30pm eastern standard time. The show was an attempt to create a health-oriented discussion that was more accessible to listeners. The show discusses topics such as laughter's effect on health, cancer, water pollution, transgender hormone therapy, and transgender health disparities. The show did a series on the ability to listen. The show also discusses how some doctors struggle with addiction the same as their patients. == Reception == Esquire listed the show as one of the best podcasts in 2016. Women's Health listed the show as one of the best health and wellness podcasts. == References == == External links == Official website


id: overheard-at-national-geographic-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overheard_at_National_Geographic-0.md
category: reference
title: Overheard at National Geographic
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overheard_at_National_Geographic
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:35.846344+00:00
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Overheard at National Geographic is a science and travel podcast produced by National Geographic hosted by Peter Gwin and Amy Briggs. == Background == The show is a science and travel podcast produced by National Geographic. The first couple seasons were hosted by Vaughn Wallace. Season three was hosted by Peter Gwin and Amy Briggs. Each episode is about 20 minuted in length. There are multiple episodes focused on whale song. There is an episode that focuses on United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton. Another episode focuses on scuba diving below a pryamid in Nuri to explore the Kingdom of Kush. In another episode, the show focuses on the psychology of child lying and its effects on a child's development. == Reception == === Awards === == References == == External links == Official website


id: plus-magazine-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_Magazine-0.md
category: reference
title: Plus Magazine
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_Magazine
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:37.018538+00:00
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Plus Magazine is an online popular mathematics magazine run under the Millennium Mathematics Project at the University of Cambridge. Plus contains: feature articles on all aspects of mathematics; reviews of popular maths books and events; a news section; mathematical puzzles and games; interviews with people in maths related careers; Plus Podcast – Maths on the Move == History == Plus was initially named PASS Maths (Public Awareness and Schools Support for Maths) in 1997, when it was a project of the Interactive Courseware Research and Development Group, based jointly at the University of Cambridge and Keele University. Plus is now part of the Millennium Mathematics Project, a long term national initiative based in Cambridge and active across the UK and internationally. Authors of articles in Plus include Stephen Hawking and Marcus du Sautoy. Plus won the 2001 Webby for Best Science Site on the Web, and has been described as "an excellent site put together by those with a real love for the subject". In 2006 the Millennium Mathematics Project, of which Plus is a part, won the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education. == References == == External links == Official website Millennium Mathematics Project official website at the


id: point-of-inquiry-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_Inquiry-0.md
category: reference
title: Point of Inquiry
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_Inquiry
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:38.301407+00:00
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Point of Inquiry is the radio show and flagship podcast of the Center for Inquiry (CFI), "a think tank promoting science, reason, and secular values in public policy and at the grass roots". Started in 2005, Point of Inquiry has consistently been ranked among the best science podcasts available in iTunes. It has been celebrated for its guests and for the quality of its interviews. Former guests include leading scientists, writers and public intellectuals such as Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Paul Krugman, Lisa Randall, Brian Greene, Oliver Sacks, Susan Jacoby, David Brin and Temple Grandin. == Format == Point of Inquiry is recorded at the Center for Inquiry headquarters in Amherst, New York. iTunes features over 200 free episodes of Point of Inquiry, averaging 30 to 35 minutes in length, with each consisting of a long form interview with a high-profile guest from the worlds of scientific skepticism, science, academia, and philosophy. The show focuses on traditional topics in scientific skepticism, such as psychic investigations, alternative medicine, alleged extraterrestrial visitations, ghosts, and cryptozoology. It also covers current events and public policy. The inaugural episode in December 2005 featured an interview with CFI founder Paul Kurtz, who spoke about the incompatibility of


id: probably-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probably_Science-0.md
category: reference
title: Probably Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probably_Science
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:39.504660+00:00
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parent: probably-science-20260505-0
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Probably Science is a weekly comedy and science podcast which first aired on January 21, 2012. The show is co-hosted by Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen, and Jesse Case. Former co-host and founding member Brooks Wheelan left the show in 2013 for personal reasons and has since returned as a guest. In Wheelan's absence, Case, previously a guest, was brought on as a co-host. The podcast focuses on current scientific news. Occasionally it explores different facets of relevant media, including the host's comedy careers, as well as the large array of careers and hobbies held by the guests. A wide range of guest have appeared in their episodes, including astronaut Chris Hadfield, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, comedian Chris Hardwick, Sean M. Carroll (a research professor in the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology), and two appearances from Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy actress Karen Gillan. == SPATS == In episode 514, released on Nov. 27th, 2023, the podcast team introduced the SPATS. The concept is similar to the EGOT and is an honor for actors who have operated or traveled on a ship, plane, automobile, train, and spaceship in their films. == Episodes == == References


id: radiolab-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolab-0.md
category: reference
title: Radiolab
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolab
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:41.899730+00:00
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parent: radiolab-20260505-0
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Radiolab is a radio program and podcast produced by WNYC, a public radio station based in New York City, and broadcast on more than 570 public radio stations in the United States. The show has earned many industry awards for its "imaginative use of radio" including a National Academies Communication Award and two Peabody Awards. Radiolab was founded by Jad Abumrad in 2002, and evolved with co-host Robert Krulwich and executive producer Ellen Horne. As of 2023, Radiolab is hosted by Latif Nasser and Lulu Miller. The show focuses on topics of a scientific, philosophical, and political nature. The show attempts to approach broad, difficult topics such as "time" and "morality" in an accessible and light-hearted manner and with a distinctive audio production style. == History == The original version of Radiolab was a three-hour weekly show on New York City radio station WNYC's AM signal. Abumrad, a freelancer for WNYC, produced and hosted the show, which presented documentary radio work in an original style. Dean Cappello, then the chief content officer of WNYC Radio, told The New York Times that it was conceived back in 2002 as a space for experimentation and also as a way to fill a


id: radiolab-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolab-1.md
category: reference
title: Radiolab
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolab
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:41.899730+00:00
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parent: radiolab-20260505-0
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== Reception and awards == Radiolab has been widely acclaimed among listeners and critics alike for its imaginative format and original use of sound design. It has been hailed, along with This American Life, as one of the most innovative shows on American radio. As of January 2023, Radiolab has earned 13 podcast industry award nominations, including 7 wins, including the 2013 People's Choice Podcast Award for Best Science and Medicine Podcast and the 2015 People's Choice Podcast Award for Best Produced Podcast. Radiolab was also awarded for the Shorty Award for Best Podcast. Radiolab has also won two Peabody Awards for broadcast excellence. The first Peabody was awarded to the show overall, and the second was awarded for the episode titled "60 Words" (aired on April 18, 2014) garnered a second Peabody Award for Radiolab. Radiolab also received a 2007 National Academies Communication Award "for their imaginative use of radio to make science accessible to broad audiences". The program has received two Peabody Awards; first in 2010 and again in 2014. In 2011, Abumrad received the MacArthur grant, in recognition of his work with RadioLab. In a 2007–2008 study by Multimedia Research (sponsored by the National Science Foundation), it


id: reach-a-space-podcast-for-kids-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach:_A_Space_Podcast_for_Kids-0.md
category: reference
title: Reach: A Space Podcast for Kids
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach:_A_Space_Podcast_for_Kids
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:43.092661+00:00
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parent: reach-a-space-podcast-for-kids-20260505-0
summary:
Reach: A Space Podcast for Kids is produced by Soundsington Media. == Background == The podcast was created by Sandy Marshall and Nate DuFort as an outreach project of Solar System Ambassadors. Produced by Soundsington Media in Chicago, the podcast features interviews with astronauts and engineers, and includes activities for the listeners. In one of the episodes, the show has a live interview with NASA astronauts in space aboard the International Space Station. Marshall and DuFort had previously collaborated on improvisational comedy at The Second City. Guests have included Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space. The podcast is hosted by Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien of Team StarKid fame. == References ==


id: sawbones-podcast-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawbones_(podcast)-0.md
category: reference
title: Sawbones (podcast)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawbones_(podcast)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:44.360181+00:00
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parent: sawbones-podcast-20260505-0
summary:
Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine is a weekly, comedic medical podcast hosted by Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband, podcaster Justin McElroy. The show is distributed online by Maximum Fun. In each episode, Sydnee discusses an element of historical medical practice, while Justin provides a comedic foil. The show normally focuses on antiquated medical practices that are unusual to modern listeners but occasionally covers rare and unusual disorders and occurrences. == History == === Background and formation === Justin McElroy began podcasting in 2007 as co-host of the video game talk show The Joystiq Podcast. In episode 115 Sydnee briefly appeared as a guest alongside Justin to answer questions about the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Sydnee and Justin McElroy had also previously worked together on a short podcast series entitled Losing the Sheen, focused on watching Two and a Half Men. The show only lasted nine episodes before the two became tired of it, instead starting a medical podcast based on Sydnee's expertise. While developing the idea for the show, the McElroys decided that it would be irresponsible for them to give medical advice to listeners, even with Sydnee's background. They opted instead to focus on the historical


id: list-of-science-podcasts-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_podcasts-0.md
category: reference
title: List of science podcasts
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_podcasts
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:48.111455+00:00
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parent: list-of-science-podcasts-20260505-0
summary:
The following is a list of science podcasts. == List == == See also == Science communication Science journalism Popular science Nature documentary == References ==


id: science-vs-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Vs-0.md
category: reference
title: Science Vs
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Vs
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:49.358991+00:00
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parent: science-vs-20260505-0
summary:
Science Vs is a science podcast created and hosted by Wendy Zukerman. The show takes a myth-busting approach to controversial topics and current events, with fact checking and research of the scientific literature, as well as interviewing relevant experts. A typical show will have over a hundred citations and involve background interviews of dozens of scientists in addition to the scientists who speak on the show. == History == The show was first produced and distributed in 2015 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as part of ABC Radio's First Run podcast program. Science Vs was picked up by Gimlet Media, a Brooklyn-based digital media company. Originally, Zukerman had to do all the research herself, but under Gimlet she was able to hire a dedicated research team. Episode topics have included immigration, gun control, ghosts, climate change, acne, and antidepressants, among others. Zukerman has said that the idea for Science Vs came from news headlines about Gwyneth Paltrow wanting women to participate in a "health practice" of vaginal steaming, which she thought could combine science with humor. Zukerman summarized her podcast's position against false equivalences, saying, "If there's a 95 percent consensus among scientists, you report the consensus." In 2019


id: list-of-scientific-skepticism-podcasts-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientific_skepticism_podcasts-0.md
category: reference
title: List of scientific skepticism podcasts
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientific_skepticism_podcasts
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:51.831433+00:00
instance: kb-cron
parent: list-of-scientific-skepticism-podcasts-20260505-0
summary:
This is a list of notable podcasts that promote or practice scientific skepticism. == Active == == Inactive == These podcasts are either officially on hiatus, have ceased production, or have not produced an episode in over a year. == See also == List of books about skepticism List of notable skeptics List of notable debunkers List of skeptical conferences List of skeptical magazines List of skeptical organizations Lists about skepticism == References ==


id: skepticality-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepticality-0.md
category: reference
title: Skepticality
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepticality
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:52.984947+00:00
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parent: skepticality-20260505-0
summary:
Skepticality was the official podcast of The Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine. Beginning in May 2005, the podcast explores rational thought, skeptical ideas, and famous myths from around the world and throughout history. Each episode is an audio magazine featuring regular segments by contributors who are specialized in specific areas of critical thought followed by featured content which is usually in the form of an interview with a researcher, author, or individual who is helping promote skeptical thought and/or science in an effective way. It has featured interviews with James Randi, and scientists, such as authors and astronomers Phil Plait and Neil deGrasse Tyson, Greg Graffin from Bad Religion, Adam Savage from the MythBusters, songwriter Jill Sobule, author Ann Druyan and science communicator Bill Nye. Skepticality is co-hosted by Derek Colanduno and "Swoopy" Robynn McCarthy. The last released episode is from 28 August 2019. == History == The concept and the name Skepticality were created in May 2005 by Robynn McCarthy and Derek Colanduno, after the two became friends in Las Vegas. At the time, Colanduno was working at a national Sports Radio network and a privately owned Alternative Rock Station (KEDG) during the overnight shift. Skepticality gained notability on September


id: el-sue-o-de-arqu-medes-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sueño_de_Arquímedes-0.md
category: reference
title: El Sueño de Arquímedes
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sueño_de_Arquímedes
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:54.221612+00:00
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parent: el-sue-o-de-arqu-medes-20260505-0
summary:
El Sueño de Arquímedes was a Spanish science podcast and radio program which was broadcast by Radio Nacional de España (RNE) from September 2006 until June, 2007. The program was created by Ángel Rodríguez Lozano. A total of 35 programs are still available for download. In addition to El Sueño de Arquímedes, Ángel Rodríguez Lozano also hosted Vanguardia de la Ciencia, which was broadcast weekly without interruption from April 1995 until June 2007. The name of the program means "the dream of Archimedes", and alludes to Archimedes' statement that given a lever and a fixed point, he could move the world. To Ángel Rodríguez Lozano, the dream was moving the world by popularizing and sharing knowledge. == Format == Before the startup of El Sueño de Arquímedes, Ángel Rodríguez Lozano had been hosting Vanguardia de la Ciencia for more than a decade. When RNE asked if he would host a second popular science program, Ángel Rodríguez Lozano realised that the scheduled timing, Sundays between 3 and 4 p.m, meant that it would be sandwiched between sports broadcasts. Therefore, he would have to capture the attention of listeners who were not looking for this type of program. The intention was therefore


id: the-rest-is-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rest_Is_Science-0.md
category: reference
title: The Rest Is Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rest_Is_Science
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:56.647358+00:00
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parent: the-rest-is-science-20260505-0
summary:
The Rest Is Science (TRIS) is a YouTube channel and podcast hosted by internet personalities Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens. Produced by the British podcast production company Goalhanger, its first episode premiered on 25 November 2025. == Background and release == The Rest Is Science was launched by the podcast production company Goalhanger, which previously created history-, politics-, and entertainment-centered podcasts under The Rest Is branding. Following their previous podcasts' approach of casting high-profile hosts, Goalhanger pegged Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens as the hosts of the podcast. Both known for their science communication online, Fry is a British mathematician and professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge; meanwhile, Stevens is an American educator and YouTuber, best known for creating Vsauce. Goalhanger announced The Rest Is Science on November 18, 2025, with the first episode released a week later on November 25. The first episode covered topics centered around water, such as whether it is actually wet, how its minerals shape its taste, and the planet's supply of drinkable water, among others. TRIS marked the first time Goalhanger focused on a video-first approach for a podcast, though it is released as both an audio and


id: this-podcast-will-kill-you-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Podcast_Will_Kill_You-0.md
category: reference
title: This Podcast Will Kill You
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Podcast_Will_Kill_You
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:41:57.917256+00:00
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parent: this-podcast-will-kill-you-20260505-0
summary:
This Podcast Will Kill You is an American podcast hosted by disease ecologists and epidemiologists Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke. Its first full-length episode was released on October 31, 2017. New episodes were released weekly until the second season, when they were released every two weeks. Each week a different disease is covered, the majority of which are infectious diseases with some exceptions, such as scurvy in episode 19. "This Podcast Will Kill You" is part of the Exactly Right Podcast Network, created by the hosts of "My Favorite Murder." == Structure of Episodes == Each episode is about an hour in duration and generally starts with a firsthand account of someone affected by the disease. After that, the hosts create a mixed drink that is connected to the disease, called a 'Quarantini', in a segment known as 'Quarantini time'. After this introduction, the biology of the disease is explained, then history, epidemiology, and finally, the disease's effect on the modern world. Generally, Welsh tells the history of the disease and Updyke explains the biology epidemiology. Finally, the hosts cite the sources used to present the information, and supply a link to their website where the sources can be


id: timber-wars-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Wars-0.md
category: reference
title: Timber Wars
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Wars
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:00.433672+00:00
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parent: timber-wars-20260505-0
summary:
Timber Wars is a seven-part podcast hosted by Aaron Scott and produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting. == Background == The show was produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting. The show discusses the conservation movement that took place in the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s. The show discusses the complicated conflict between environmentalists and loggers that occurred during the period known as the timber wars. The show discusses the history of logging and how forests were viewed as potential tree farms. Foresters and dendrologists wanted to study and preserve old-growth forests, but were viewed negatively until the 1990s when large environmental protests began. At the same time, wildlife conservation for animals like the northern spotted owl became an issue. The show discusses a twenty-five year period of forestry and forest management. Aaron Scott is the host of the show—he grew up in Steamboat, Oregon not too far away from where the events of the show took place. == Episodes == === Introductory episode === === Season 1 === == Reception == Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times commented on the show saying that "Listeners are left with both an appreciation of the magnificence of old growth forests and the toll paid


id: titans-of-nuclear-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titans_of_Nuclear-0.md
category: reference
title: Titans of Nuclear
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titans_of_Nuclear
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:01.683228+00:00
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parent: titans-of-nuclear-20260505-0
summary:
Titans of Nuclear is an interview podcast developed by the Energy Impact Center. Each episode features interviews led by Bret Kugelmass. Other hosts include Jadwiga Najder, Olubunmi Olajide, and Naomi Senehi. Guests generally include nuclear energy experts who come from various political, scientific, and business backgrounds. The one-on-one discussions typically revolve around nuclear energy and related topics including political policy, climate change, and nuclear medicine. == History == Titans of Nuclear was conceived by Bret Kugelmass, founder of the Energy Impact Center in Washington, D.C., in 2017. That year, he began recording interviews with a variety of nuclear energy experts. The first episode of the podcast was made available online on January 8, 2018 and featured Michael Shellenberger as the guest. Other early guests in 2018 included eventual Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy and head of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Rita Baranwal, and individuals associated with both the Idaho National Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In 2019, the podcast featured interviews with national politicians, including House Representative for Massachusetts Seth Moulton and Idaho Senator Mike Crapo. Other episodes that year featured discussions with members of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Kugelmass would later begin sharing


id: trees-a-crowd-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_A_Crowd-0.md
category: reference
title: Trees A Crowd
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_A_Crowd
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:02.888062+00:00
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parent: trees-a-crowd-20260505-0
summary:
Trees A Crowd is a natural history podcast presented by actor & ecologist David Oakes. == Creation and reception of the podcast == Oakes, as an environmentalist and an ambassador for the Woodland Trust and The Wildlife Trusts, started Trees A Crowd as a series of informal conversations with artists, scientists and enthusiasts. Speaking on the Dominic King show on BBC Radio Kent on 19 July 2019, David said in regards to why he started the podcast: If we live in a world of identity politics where personality trumps any viable policy or common sense, then maybe we can use that for betterment too. So, if we can get someone who is fascinating who can take you through their life story and their idiosyncratic interests and pastimes and accidental encounters with griffins or narwhals or fantastical or factual beasts across time, then maybe we can then be seduced into fewer plastic bottles or driving your car a little less often. Each episode explores how the countryside has inspired different career trajectories. Speaking to Countryman Magazine in June 2019, Oakes said: I decided to seek out others who, like me, have a meaningful connection with the rolling hills, misty moors, babbling


id: trees-a-crowd-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_A_Crowd-1.md
category: reference
title: Trees A Crowd
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_A_Crowd
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:02.888062+00:00
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parent: trees-a-crowd-20260505-0
summary:
=== Series two === 6 January 2020 – Mark Carwardine, zoologist who achieved widespread recognition for his Last Chance to See conservation expeditions with Douglas Adams. Since then he has become a leading and outspoken conservationist, and a prolific broadcaster, columnist and photographer. 20 January 2020 – Dr Catherine Barlow of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project. 3 February 2020 – Dr Bryce Stewart, marine ecologist and fisheries biologist, currently a lecturer for the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York. 17 February 2020 – Ingrid Newkirk, president and co-founder of PETA. 2 March 2020 – Rob Rose and Natalie Stoppard of Rosewood Farm on the Yorkshire Ings. 16 March 2020 – Tim Pears, novelist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. 26 March 2020 – A short interview with Edward Davey of the World Resources Institute discussing agricultural concerns in the midst of COVID-19. Originally this interview was set to be recorded as a live event as part of the London Climate Change Festival which was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 30 March 2020 – Dr Helen Pheby, head of curatorial programming at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. 31 March 2020 –


id: trees-a-crowd-20260505-2
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_A_Crowd-2.md
category: reference
title: Trees A Crowd
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_A_Crowd
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:02.888062+00:00
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parent: trees-a-crowd-20260505-0
summary:
=== Series five === 7 November 2023 – Dr Paul Donald, Senior Scientist at Bird Life International. 5 December 2023 – Katie Holten, artist and environmental activist. 9 January 2024 – Dr Ruth Tingay, environmentalist and raptor conservationist. 13 February 2024 – Dr David Hetherington, ecologist and wild cat biologist. 12 March 2024 – Artist Andy Holden and Ornithologist Peter Holden; father and son. 9 April 2024 – A visit to the Carmarthenshire Vulture breed and release charity, The Horstmann Trust. 14 May 2024 – Rob Stoneman, Director of Landscape Recovery at the Wildlife Trusts. 11 & 18 June 2024 – Prof. Fiona Mathews & Prof. Tim Kendall, environmental biologist and nature writer respectively. 5 July 2024 – Matthew Oates, naturalist and nature writer. 9 August 2024 – Primatologist Dr Hannah Trayford and Wildlife Photographer Rachel Bigsby 10 September 2024 – M. G. Leonard, award-winning children's novelist and Vice President of Buglife. A bonus addendum episode was released on 1/7/25. === Series six === 21 October 2025 – Dr Sylvia Earle, Marine biologist, explorer and founder of Mission Blue. 18 November 2025 - Dr Bhaskar Choudhury, veterinarian and project head of the Wildlife Trust of India’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation


id: unlocking-us-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlocking_Us-0.md
category: reference
title: Unlocking Us
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlocking_Us
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:04.086464+00:00
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parent: unlocking-us-20260505-0
summary:
Unlocking Us is a psychology and self-help podcast hosted by Brené Brown. Produced by Parcast, the show consists of both monologue and interview content and focuses on human vulnerability through Brown's experiences in social work. == Background == The podcast debuted on March 20, 2020. Brown discussed her fears concerning the launch of her podcast in the first episode of the show. Brown began the podcast to have a more intimate medium of communicating her stories with her audience and she records the show in her home. The show consists of both interview and monologue episodes. One of the first interviews done on the show featured David Kessler on his understanding of grief. In an episode released on March 27, 2020 Brown discusses the importance of positivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown hosted another podcast called Dare to Lead based on her book of the same name. == Reception == According to a spokesman cited by The New York Times, the show was averaging more than a million downloads every episode in May 2020. Melissa Fyfe of The Sydney Morning Herald commented on the show saying that the "first season is a bit patchy" because it takes time to adjust


id: wow-in-the-world-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow_in_the_World-0.md
category: reference
title: Wow in the World
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow_in_the_World
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:06.553911+00:00
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parent: wow-in-the-world-20260505-0
summary:
Wow in the World is a children's podcast hosted by children's media and audio veterans Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas. which debuted on May 17, 2017 and produced by Tinkercast, LLC, a company established by Thomas and Raz to produce children's audio., and distributed by Wondery. Initially, it was distributed by NPR as part of its efforts to invest in podcasts and digital media aimed at wider audiences, including families, as well as Guy Raz's connections to the broadcaster for producing popular shows like the TED Radio Hour and the business podcast How I Built This. Distribution was handed over to Sony Music in April 2021, but the deal with Sony was very short lived. The Amazon-owned podcast network Wondery agreed to distribute the Tinkercast assets in September the same year. The show focuses on science and technology and each episodes is about 25 minutes long. However some episodes, such as the spin-off game show Two Whats?! And a Wow!!! are 15 minutes long and other bonus episodes may run for 5–10 minutes. == Background == In 2014, Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas had a Twitter exchanged that led to some collaborations. The show was financed by its hosts and


id: all-in-the-mind-australian-broadcasting-corporation-radio-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Mind_(Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation_radio)-0.md
category: reference
title: All in the Mind (Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Mind_(Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation_radio)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:08.307883+00:00
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parent: all-in-the-mind-australian-broadcasting-corporation-radio-20260505-0
summary:
All in the Mind is a weekly Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National program which explores the mind, brain and behaviour. As of 2021 it is hosted by journalist and podcaster Sana Qadar. The radio program has won a number of awards, including the Grand Medal at the 2008 New York Radio Festival for a series of shows entitled The Brain Under Siege and Best Health/Wellbeing Podcast at the 2022 Australian Podcast Awards. All in the Mind was previously hosted by Australian science journalist Natasha Mitchell (from 2002-2012) and journalist and broadcaster Lynne Malcolm (from 2012-2021). Malcolm has written a book informed by stories covered on the program. == References == == External links == Official website


id: am-i-normal-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Normal-0.md
category: reference
title: Am I Normal?
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Normal?
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:09.505217+00:00
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parent: am-i-normal-20260505-0
summary:
Am I Normal? is a BBC Radio 4 science documentary programme presented by Vivienne Parry. The programme examines what constitutes "normal" with regard to physical and psychological health, exploring where medical professionals draw boundaries between typical variation and conditions requiring treatment. The Guardian described it as "fascinating stuff". == Format == Each episode features Parry interviewing doctors, patients, and scientific experts about a specific topic, questioning assumptions about normality. Parry uses an alphabet board to communicate with guests, and a transcriber writes down what she spells out. Topics covered across the eight series included cancer, blood pressure, childbirth, dyslexia, drinking, depression, ageing, autism, sexuality, immunology, obsessive-compulsive disorder, health anxiety, and eating behaviour. == Broadcast history == The programme ran for eight series and 34 episodes between August 2006 and August 2011: Series 1: 22 August – 12 September 2006 Series 2: 14 November – 12 December 2006 Series 3: 31 July – 21 August 2007 Series 4: 4–25 March 2008 Series 5: 30 September – 21 October 2008 Series 6: 24 February – 17 March 2009 Series 7: 2–23 March 2010 Series 8: 19 July – 10 August 2011 The first episode examined psychosis. === Television adaptation === In April


id: andromeda-radio-show-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_(radio_show)-0.md
category: reference
title: Andromeda (radio show)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_(radio_show)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:10.729827+00:00
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parent: andromeda-radio-show-20260505-0
summary:
Andromeda is a Croatian radio show covering topics in astronomy, astrophysics, and astronautics. == History == The show was started by journalist Tanja Devčić and astronomer Ante Radonić, head of the planetarium at the Technical Museum in Zagreb. It has been broadcast since 1997 on the second program of Croatian Radio, every Tuesday from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Over the years, the show has hosted numerous scientists such as Charles Duke and Mike Vucelić who participated in the Apollo project, while the most frequent guest is astronomer Korado Korlević. At the end of August 2012, it was announced that the show was being canceled, or that the concept and the name itself were changing. However, the show continued to be recorded every week, at the Technical Museum in Zagreb. In June 2013, after editorial changes, the show began airing again as the second program of Croatian Radio. == References ==


id: bastelstunde-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastelstunde-0.md
category: reference
title: Bastelstunde
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastelstunde
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:12.010475+00:00
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parent: bastelstunde-20260505-0
summary:
Die Bastelstunde (meaning Bricolage Hour or Hobby Hour) was a radio hobby show that aired on Austrian radio from 1929 to 1952. Bastelstunde appears to have been, globally, the first such radio show in which the moderator was building and explaining certain technical and craft projects. The show aired first on RAVAG Vienna on 8 October 1929, before being taken over by ORF Radio and was geared towards "children and other bastlers". During the time of Anschluss, when Austria was annexed to Germany from 1938 to 1945, Bastelstunde was taken over by Nazi German radio and its content was adapted to the craft bricolage needs of soldiers. After World War II the show was continued as before the war. == Radio host Oskar Grissemann == The broadcast was devised and presented by Ing. Oskar Grissemann, who hosted the show from 1929 to his death in 1952 through four governmental systems, two parliamentary democracies and two dictatorships, one of them Nazi Germany. Oskar Grissemann was the uncle of Austrian radio legend and stage actor Ernst Grissemann and the Great Uncle of comedian and radio and TV host Christoph Grissemann. Grissemann was known endearingly as the "Bastelonkel" — the uncle who teaches


id: bit-byte-gebissen-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit,_byte,_gebissen-0.md
category: reference
title: Bit, byte, gebissen
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit,_byte,_gebissen
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:13.199881+00:00
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parent: bit-byte-gebissen-20260505-0
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Bit, byte, gebissen (German for Bit, Byte, Bitten) was a German radio program. It was the first program on computer topics on public radio in Germany, produced by the Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting). Bit, byte, gebissen was broadcast from October 1985 to September 1993. It ran weekly on Mondays and was half an hour long. The idea was of the radio program was born out of the boom of home computers and video game consoles starting to fascinate youngsters at the beginning of the 1980s. Another successful program on computer topics for adolescent radio listeners was Chippie from the Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting), starting in 1990. == External links == Die Zündfunk-Hall-of-Fame: Das erste Computermagazin (in German)


id: chippie-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippie-0.md
category: reference
title: Chippie
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippie
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:14.391727+00:00
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parent: chippie-20260505-0
summary:
Chippie (hr2-Computermagazin) was a German radio program. It was one of the first programs on computer topics, produced by the Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting). == History == Chippie started in 1990. At first it was broadcast together with the youth magazine Radio unfrisiert, who won the Civis media prize that year. Later it got its own one-hour slot. The show was hosted by Claudia Bultje and Patrick Conley. Topics on the program were, for example: "Computer in Theater, Opera and Rock Concert" (2 May 1992), "Computer and Money" (5 September 1992), "Computers and Sex" (24 October 1992) and "Data Networks" (2 July 1994). The first computer magazine in German radio was Bit, byte, gebissen (BR, 1985). Today well-known programs are the Chaosradio (RBB) and Matrix (ORF). == References == (in German) Barbara Krebs: "Chippie – das Computermagazin". In: PCpur & TEST Magazin, Vol. 5, No. 3 (March 1992): p. 154. == External links == (in German) Game Boy & Co. Interview mit Chippie-Moderator Patrick Conley (hr3, 24. November 1991)


id: critter-of-the-week-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critter_of_the_Week-0.md
category: reference
title: Critter of the Week
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critter_of_the_Week
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:15.569518+00:00
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parent: critter-of-the-week-20260505-0
summary:
Critter of the Week is a weekly RNZ National programme about endangered and neglected native plants and animals of New Zealand. The show aims to raise awareness of often overlooked native critters, while raising funds for conservation efforts via Critter Of the Week Merch alongside Joyya - an ethical merch manufacturer that empowers communities facing extreme poverty and modern slavery. Beginning in 2015, Critter of the Week is an approximately 15-minute discussion between Nicola Toki (originally the Department of Conservation Threatened Species Ambassador) and RNZ Afternoons host Jesse Mulligan on an "uncharismatic and lovable" New Zealand species. Despite its name, the show features animals, plants, and fungi, with each species receiving an "attractiveness" score from 1 to 10. The show currently airs on Friday afternoons, and has a regular listenership of 100,000. == Origin and development == The topic of spotlighting uncharismatic species was raised in an interview by Mulligan in April 2015, and the programme originated later in 2015 in a discussion between Mulligan and Toki about threatened bird conservation, in which Toki lamented a lack of attention and corporate funding for species such as the Smeagol gravel slug. The first episode of Critter of the Week aired on


id: earth-sky-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_&_Sky-0.md
category: reference
title: Earth & Sky
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_&_Sky
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Earth & Sky was a daily radio series that presented information about science and nature. It began broadcasting in 1991 and ceased operations in 2013. EarthSky is the ongoing website, serving 21 million users in 2019, according to Google Analytics. == History == Earth & Sky was the creation of producers Deborah Byrd and Joel Block, who were also the hosts. Byrd had previously created the radio program Star Date that began broadcasting in the US in 1978, and Block was Star Date's original host. Several producers researched topics, interviewed scientists and wrote radio scripts for the program through the years, including Jorge Salazar and Marc Airhart. The final episode of Earth & Sky was broadcast on June 2, 2013. President and co-founder Deborah Byrd said that although funding options existed to continue the radio program, a decision was made to stop producing the radio show in order to concentrate on the EarthSky.org website and social media. == Content == Earth & Sky presented 60- and 90-second radio spots (called "modules") on a wide variety of scientific topics, communicating through terrestrial radio as well as satellite radio and internet radio. Earth & Sky was aired one or more times daily


id: formula-five-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_Five-0.md
category: reference
title: Formula Five
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_Five
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Formula Five was a British science magazine programme on BBC Radio 5 aimed at listeners in their late teens. It ran from 1990 to 1994, when the network closed. Sue Nelson presented the programme for most of its time on air, with Jez Nelson co-presenting the final series. Quentin Cooper was a regular contributor. As well as science, the series featured a running serial of Captain Scarlet, using soundtracks from the television series of the same name. == References ==


id: in-our-time-radio-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Our_Time_(radio_series)-0.md
category: reference
title: In Our Time (radio series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Our_Time_(radio_series)
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In Our Time is a BBC Radio 4 discussion series and podcast exploring a wide variety of historical, scientific and philosophical topics. First aired in October 1998, it is one of Radio 4's most successful discussion programmes, acknowledged to have "transformed the landscape for serious ideas at peak listening time". The series passed its 1,000th episode in September 2023 and attracts a weekly audience exceeding two million listeners. The show was presented by Melvyn Bragg, from its first broadcast in 15 October 1998. On 3 September 2025, the BBC reported that Bragg had decided to retire from the programme ahead of its new series as a new presenter would be announced in due course. On 3 December 2025, the BBC announced that Misha Glenny would take over as the new presenter from 15 January 2026. == Programme == The series, devised and produced by Olivia Seligman (with others) and currently produced by Simon Tillotson with Victoria Brignell, runs weekly throughout the year on BBC Radio 4, except for a summer break of approximately eight to ten weeks between July and September. Each programme covers a specific historical, philosophical, religious, cultural or scientific topic. In a November 2009 interview, Bragg described


id: the-life-scientific-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_Scientific-0.md
category: reference
title: The Life Scientific
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_Scientific
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:22.250246+00:00
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The Life Scientific is a BBC Radio 4 science programme, presented by Jim Al-Khalili, in which each episode is dedicated to the biography and work of a living scientist. The programme consists of an interview between Al-Khalili and the featured scientist, with others contributing anecdotes. It is broadcast on Tuesday mornings in the UK, and is available online and via BBC Sounds, as is an archive of past episodes. In October 2021 the programme reached its 10-year anniversary with discussion between Ottoline Leyser, Paul Nurse, Christopher Jackson and Sue Black on the topic of 'What makes a scientist?'. == Episodes == Guests have included: == References == == External links == The Life Scientific at BBC Online


id: material-world-radio-programme-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_World_(radio_programme)-0.md
category: reference
title: Material World (radio programme)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_World_(radio_programme)
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Material World was a weekly science magazine programme broadcast on Thursday afternoons on BBC Radio 4. Its regular presenter was Quentin Cooper, with contributions from scientists who were researching areas discussed in each programme. == History == The programme began in April 1998 as The Material World, presented by Trevor Phillips. Phillips was a chemistry graduate of Imperial College, and also one of the few regular black broadcasters on Radio 4. In September 2000, Phillips was told that his close links with the Labour Party conflicted with BBC impartiality rules and meant he could no longer present BBC programmes. He was replaced with Quentin Cooper, who presented the programme until its end in 2013. From 5 April 2010 the programme was repeated on Monday evenings at 21.00, the former slot of Costing the Earth. For a short time, when programmes on 5 Live began webstreaming with video, Material World was also webcast. On 14 June 2013 it was announced that the show was to be cancelled and replaced by a new show, Inside Science. The last programme presented by Quentin Cooper was broadcast on 20 June 2013 with the final episode airing a week later on 27 June 2013, presented


id: the-naked-scientists-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Scientists-0.md
category: reference
title: The Naked Scientists
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Scientists
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The Naked Scientists is a one-hour audience-interactive science radio talk show broadcast live by the BBC nationally on BBC Radio 5 Live (until 12 January 2025), and internationally on Friday nights on ABC Radio National, Australia; it is also distributed globally as a podcast. The programme was created and is edited by Cambridge University consultant virologist Dr Chris Smith. Former Naked Scientists line-up members include producers Phil Sansom, Adam Murphy, and Katie Haylor, with Peter Cowley adding ad-hoc technology perspectives. == History == Dr Chris Smith launched The Naked Scientists in 2001, rebranding the programme from a previous incarnation created in 2000 called ScienceWorld. Initially on commercial local radio, the show moved to the BBC's eastern region local radio network in 2003 where it was aired on Sundays on all 8 stations across the region. In August 2012, BBC East in response to national changes to local radio provision announced an impending change to the Sunday schedule which would have seen the show discontinued. In response to public reaction, the head of BBC East, Mick Rawsthorne, was interviewed on national radio about the decision to end the programme. Rawsthorne explained that the Naked Scientists did not fit the station's core


id: quirks-quarks-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirks_&_Quarks-0.md
category: reference
title: Quirks & Quarks
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirks_&_Quarks
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Quirks & Quarks is a Canadian science news program, heard over CBC Radio One of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Created by CBC Producer Diana Filer and airing since October 8, 1975, Quirks & Quarks is consistently rated among the most popular CBC programs, attracting over 800,000 listeners each Saturday from 12:06 to 13:00. The show is also heard on Sirius Satellite Radio and some American public radio stations. The show consists of several segments each week, most of which involve the host interviewing a scientist about a recent discovery or publication, combined with in-depth documentaries; however, from time to time the show does a special "Question Show" episode, during which the format consists of scientists answering questions submitted by listeners. Quirks & Quarks has offered listeners Internet audio streams and MP3 downloads on its web page since 1993. The MP3 audio files have been archived on the program web site, going back to Sept. 2006. In 2005, Quirks became the first major CBC show available as a podcast. Since the program began, it has won more than 80 national and international journalism awards, including the prestigious Walter Sullivan Award (twice) and the Science Writing Award from the American Institute


id: science-friday-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Friday-0.md
category: reference
title: Science Friday
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Friday
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Science Friday (known as SciFri for short) is a weekly call-in talk show that broadcasts each Friday on public radio stations, distributed by WNYC Studios, and carried on over 500 public radio stations. SciFri is hosted by science journalist Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman and is produced by the Science Friday Initiative. The program is divided into two one-hour programs, with each hour ending with a complete sign-off. The focus of each program is news and information on science, nature, medicine, and technology. The show originated as the Friday episode of the daily call-in talk show Talk of the Nation, but was spun off as a series in its own right when Talk of the Nation was canceled in June 2013. The Science Friday radio program is produced by the Science Friday Initiative, a 501(c)(3) organization. The Science Friday Initiative is an independently run organization with a governing board of directors and executive director. In addition to the radio program and podcasts, the organization creates educational and digital content, finds underwriting for the program, and hosts public science events. Science Friday is also available as a daily podcast and is one of the most popular iTunes downloads, frequently in the


id: science-in-action-radio-programme-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_Action_(radio_programme)-0.md
category: reference
title: Science in Action (radio programme)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_Action_(radio_programme)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:33.406539+00:00
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Science in Action was a long-running weekly radio programme produced by the BBC World Service and hosted by British journalists Roland Pease, Marnie Chesterton, and scientist and broadcaster Professor Adam Hart. It was broadcast on Thursdays at 18.32 GMT and repeated twice the following day, at 01.32 and 08.32. A programme with the title Science in Action is believed to have begun life in 1964, when it replaced an earlier series, dating from the 1950s, called Science and Industry. From September 1965 a short-lived series called Science in Action ran on the Home Service; it was broadcast at 19.30 on Thursdays, later 21.30. In December 1965 it was moved to 14.30 on Fridays. The present weekly World Service series, also called Science in Action, began on Saturday 7 July 1979. The last broadcast was on 30 October 2025, as part of a cut of £6 million from the World Service and loss of 130 jobs. The programme was replaced with BBC Radio 4's programme, Inside Science, which took over the former slots of Science in Action. == See also == Inside Science, radio programme on BBC Radio Four == References == == External links == Science in Action at BBC


id: stardate-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarDate-0.md
category: reference
title: StarDate
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarDate
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StarDate is a science radio program of The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory, broadcast on over 300 radio stations. It is a daily guide to the night sky and breaking astronomical news. Typically heard without formal introduction, StarDate is a self-contained science news feature interwoven with routine radio programming. It is the longest-running science outreach program on U.S. radio. Created in 1978 by science journalist Deborah Byrd of the McDonald Observatory, the short (2-minute) format of StarDate sprang from Byrd's scripts written for a telephone hot line on astronomy, which had started a year earlier. The telephone scripts had attracted the notice of a producer at radio station KLBJ-FM in Austin, who had turned them into a radio show that was broadcast for a year under the name "Have You Seen the Stars Tonight?" — a reference to the song co-written by Paul Kantner of Jefferson Starship. With the support of Harlan James Smith, McDonald Observatory's director, and after securing funding from the National Science Foundation, Byrd changed the name to Star Date (invoking the term "stardate" used in the opening monologue of the 1960s television series Star Trek) and began the series' national distribution in 1979. The


id: startalk-podcast-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTalk_(podcast)-0.md
category: reference
title: StarTalk (podcast)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTalk_(podcast)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:35.950942+00:00
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StarTalk is a podcast on science, comedy, and popular culture hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice, with various other comic and celebrity co-hosts and frequent guests from the worlds of science and entertainment. Past co-hosts have included Colin Jost, Lynne Koplitz, Leighann Lord, Eugene Mirman, John Oliver, and Kristen Schaal. Guests have included astronaut Buzz Aldrin, actor Morgan Freeman, George Takei, comedian Joan Rivers, Arianna Huffington, YouTuber Sam Denby, Richard Dawkins and writer Mary Roach. StarTalk has a segment called Cosmic Queries, in which listeners send in questions about the universe to be answered on the show. In May 2014, Rolling Stone ranked StarTalk at number 13 on its list of "The 20 Best Comedy Podcasts Right Now". On February 29, 2016, it was announced that there would be a spinoff podcast, StarTalk All-Stars, whose rotating hosts will be former StarTalk guests. In addition, the regular StarTalk comedy co-hosts will appear. Starting on February 1, 2017, a second spinoff, Playing with Science, was launched to discuss the science of sports. It is hosted by Gary O'Reilly and frequent StarTalk co-host Chuck Nice. StarTalk is partially funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. As a


id: sur-les-paules-de-darwin-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sur_les_épaules_de_Darwin-0.md
category: reference
title: Sur les épaules de Darwin
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sur_les_épaules_de_Darwin
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:37.262556+00:00
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Sur les épaules de Darwin (in English "on the shoulders of Darwin") is a one-hour science radio program broadcast by France Inter in France since 2010. it is also distributed globally as a podcast. It is presented and written by Jean-Claude Ameisen. == Bibliography == (in French) Jean Claude Ameisen, Sur les épaules de Darwin. Les battements du temps. France Inter/Les liens qui libèrent, 2012, 444p. (in French) Jean Claude Ameisen, Sur les épaules de Darwin. Je t'offrirai des spectacles admirables. France Inter/Les liens qui libèrent, 2013, 448p. (in French) Jean Claude Ameisen, Sur les épaules de Darwin : Retrouver l'aube. France Inter/Les liens qui libèrent, 2014, 448p. (in French) Jean Claude Ameisen, Nicolas Truong, Les chants mêlés de la Terre et de l’humanité. Editions de l'aube, 2015, 112p. == References == == External links == Website


id: vanguardia-de-la-ciencia-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguardia_de_la_Ciencia-0.md
category: reference
title: Vanguardia de la Ciencia
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguardia_de_la_Ciencia
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:38.590262+00:00
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Vanguardia de la Ciencia was a Spanish science podcast and radio program which was broadcast on the shortwave band by Radio Exterior de España, one of the stations of Radio Nacional de España (RNE). The program aired weekly, without interruption, from April 1995 until June 2007. It was available for download as mp3-files from the web pages of RNE from September 2003. The program was created by Ángel Rodríguez Lozano. A total of 98 programs are still available online. In addition to Vanguardia de la Ciencia, Lozano also hosted another popular science radio program and podcast, El Sueño de Arquímedes. == History == Vanguardia de la Ciencia had a large audience worldwide. Although exact numbers of downloads and listeners are unavailable, Radio exterior de España has 80 million listeners, only surpassed by the BBC and Radio Vaticana. In addition, Vanguardia de la Ciencia was retransmitted by several radio stations in Latin America and Spain. The program was popular throughout the Spanish-speaking world. In June 2007, Vanguardia de la Ciencia and El sueño de Arquímedes were abruptly terminated. In the correspondence section of one of the last programs, Lozano explained, in response to a letter from an outraged listener, that the


id: electricity-orchestral-manoeuvres-in-the-dark-song-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_(Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark_song)-0.md
category: reference
title: Electricity (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_(Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark_song)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:41.849618+00:00
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"Electricity" is the 1979 debut single by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), featured on their eponymous debut album the following year. Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys sing the lead vocals on the track together in unison, although Humphreys is positioned higher in the mix. Recognised as one of the most influential singles of its era, "Electricity" was integral to the rise of the UK's synth-pop movement. It has garnered praise from music journalists and other recording artists. The track is a holdover from defunct Wirral group the Id (who were led by McCluskey and Humphreys), and features a melodic synthesizer break as opposed to a sung chorus. Following OMD's release of "Electricity" on Factory Records, the band were offered a recording contract with Dindisc, who twice re-issued the single. It achieved limited success on the UK singles chart, peaking at no. 99 in early 1980, but found popularity in nightclubs. A 2019 re-release, through Virgin EMI, topped the UK Vinyl Singles Chart. == Background == "Electricity" was the first song that Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys wrote together at the age of 16. It addresses society's wasteful usage of energy resources. Inspired by Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity",


id: electricity-orchestral-manoeuvres-in-the-dark-song-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_(Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark_song)-1.md
category: reference
title: Electricity (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_(Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark_song)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:41.849618+00:00
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== Legacy == Andrew Trendell of NME recognised "Electricity" as a "classic" and "one of the most influential singles of the post-punk era". The Guardian's Mary Harron wrote that the song "pioneered a new electronic pop", while Mike Mettler of Digital Trends said it "is generally acknowledged as being the pioneering inspirational synth-pop track for many early electronic artists". Author and musician Rudi Esch described "Electricity" as "a song that started a new movement"; Esch borrowed its title for his book, Electri_City: The Düsseldorf School of Electronic Music (2016). John Earls of Classic Pop called the track "groundbreaking", as did AFI and Blaqk Audio frontman, Davey Havok. Erasure bandleader Vince Clarke (formerly chief songwriter of Depeche Mode and Yazoo) told the BBC, "When I was 18 or 19 I heard a single called 'Electricity' by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. It sounded so different from anything I'd heard; that really made me want to make electronic music, 'cause it was so unique." The song was a fixture in the DJ sets of Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes; bandmate John Taylor cited it as an early influence on the group. The track has also impacted artists such as Alphaville, No Doubt, Ministry's


id: the-elements-song-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_(song)-0.md
category: reference
title: The Elements (song)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_(song)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:43.169047+00:00
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"The Elements" is a 1959 song with lyrics by musical humorist, mathematician and lecturer Tom Lehrer, which recites the names of all the chemical elements known at the time of writing, up to number 102, nobelium. Lehrer arranged the music of the song from the tune of the "Major-General's Song" from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. The song can be found on Lehrer's albums Tom Lehrer in Concert, More of Tom Lehrer and An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer. The song is also included in the musical revue Tom Foolery, along with many of Lehrer's other songs. == Description of the song == The ordering of elements in the lyrics fits the meter of the song, and includes much alliteration, and thus has little or no relation to the ordering in the periodic table. This can be seen for example in the opening and closing lines: Lehrer had been a mathematics student and lecturer at Harvard; in the closing lines of the song, he pronounced "Harvard" and "discovered" in a parody of the non-rhotic Boston accent to make the two words rhyme, even though he did not normally speak with that accent. He accompanied himself on the


id: forty-six-2-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Six_&_2-0.md
category: reference
title: Forty Six & 2
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Six_&_2
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:44.412301+00:00
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"Forty Six & 2" is a song by American rock band Tool. It was released as a promotional single from their second studio album, Ænima (1996). == Title and theme == A popular belief is that the song title refers to an idea first conceived by Drunvalo Melchizedek concerning the possibility of reaching a state of evolution at which the body would have two more than the normal 46 total chromosomes and leave a disharmonious state. The premise is humans would deviate from the current state of human DNA which contains 44 autosomes and two sex chromosomes. The next step of evolution would likely result in human DNA being reorganized into 46 autosomes and two sex chromosomes, according to Melchizedek. Additionally, it may refer to the desire to experience change through the "shadow", an idea that represents the parts of one's psyche and identity that one hates, fears and represses; this exists as a recurring theme in the work of Carl Jung. == Composition == Considered an "alt-metal anthem", the song is mostly in 44 time with some sections of 78 in between. In the intro, Danny Carey plays four measures of 78 on his ride cymbal over the rest


id: the-future-s-so-bright-i-gotta-wear-shades-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future's_So_Bright,_I_Gotta_Wear_Shades-0.md
category: reference
title: The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future's_So_Bright,_I_Gotta_Wear_Shades
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:45.673881+00:00
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"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" is a song by Timbuk 3. It is the opening track from their debut album, Greetings from Timbuk3. Released as the album's first single in 1986, it was the band's only significant mainstream hit. == Background == The inspiration for the song, and the title specifically, came when Barbara MacDonald said to her husband singer/songwriter Pat MacDonald, "The future is looking so bright, we'll have to wear sunglasses!" But, while Barbara had made the comment in earnest – it was the early '80s, the two had met and married and were starting a family, their first EP was coming, their book was filling up with gigs – Pat heard the comment as an ironic quip and wrote down instead, "The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades." From there, the lyrics to the song were born, but not the song as it ended up in the minds of popular culture. While Pat wrote a song of a young nuclear scientist and his rich future, listening audiences heard a graduation theme song. Pat revealed on VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80s that the meaning of the song was widely misinterpreted as


id: galaxy-song-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Song-0.md
category: reference
title: Galaxy Song
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Song
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:46.887043+00:00
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"Galaxy Song" is a Monty Python song written by Eric Idle and John Du Prez. The song first appeared in the 1983 film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life and was later released on the album Monty Python Sings. The song was released as a single in the UK on 27 June 1983 when it reached No. 77 in the charts and again on 2 December 1991 as a follow-up to the successful reissue of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. In 2014 the song was featured in the live stage show Monty Python Live (Mostly) which was followed by another single release on 13 April 2015, this time in collaboration with Stephen Hawking. == Premise and synopsis == The song originally debuted during the comedy sketch "Live Organ Transplants". The paramedic (John Cleese), upon failing to persuade Mrs. Brown (Terry Jones) to donate her liver, opens the refrigerator doors to reveal a man wearing a pink morning suit (Eric Idle). The man accompanies Mrs. Brown through outer space singing various statistics about the galaxy. The upshot of the song (which follows a synthesized instrumental montage that, in the movie, is accompanied by a computer-animated picture of a


id: galaxy-song-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Song-1.md
category: reference
title: Galaxy Song
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Song
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:46.887043+00:00
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parent: galaxy-song-20260505-0
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Released in 1984, Jim Post's album Crooner From Outer Space features a remake called "Galaxy/Lighten Up". "Galaxy Song" was performed by Sharon, Lois & Bram on The Elephant Show and appeared on their album Stay Tuned. (The final line was changed to "Because we need some here on Earth".) In 1999, Clint Black recorded a remake of "The Galaxy Song" on his album D'lectrified, as well as the "Outside Intro (To Galaxy Song)", which he co-wrote and sang with Idle. In late 2012, an updated version of "The Galaxy Song" aired on BBC Two in a trailer for Wonders of Life, hosted by physicist Brian Cox. It was called "The Galaxy DNA Song" by Idle. In 2014, the song was performed in the stage show Monty Python Live (Mostly). Idle emerges from a refrigerator and begins singing to an elderly woman (Carol Cleveland). At one point, they start dancing on stage as a clip shows them dancing among the stars with the galaxy in the background. After the song ends, the show cuts to a clip of Cox at Cambridge discussing the various scientific inaccuracies within the song only to be knocked over by Stephen Hawking with his motorized wheelchair.


id: genetic-engineering-song-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Engineering_(song)-0.md
category: reference
title: Genetic Engineering (song)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Engineering_(song)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:48.167701+00:00
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"Genetic Engineering" is a 1983 song by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the first single from their fourth studio album Dazzle Ships. The synthesized speech featured on the track is taken from a Speak & Spell, an educational electronic toy developed by Texas Instruments in the 1970s intended to teach children spelling. "Genetic Engineering" reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also a Top 20 hit in several European territories, and peaked at number 5 in Spain. In the US it made number 32 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. == Reception and legacy == Smash Hits wrote, "Well worth the wait. OMD's knack of coming up with exhilarating singles has not been affected by their year off... a great tune." Jim Reid in Record Mirror said, "Madly infectious hookline propels a song absolutely dripping with 'moderne' references. A cold record, whose raison d'être lies in the application of studio technology and the manipulation of hackneyed goobledegook. Should be massive – won't touch my turntable again." In a later piece, God Is in the TV's Andy Page wrote that "Genetic Engineering" is "surely one of the most inventive and unusual


id: here-comes-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Science-0.md
category: reference
title: Here Comes Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Science
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:49.336481+00:00
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Here Comes Science is the fourth children's album and fourteenth studio album by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was packaged as a CD/DVD set. The album is science-themed, and is the third in their line of educational albums, following Here Come the ABCs (2005) and Here Come the 123s (2008). It was nominated for the "Best Musical Album for Children" Grammy. "I Am a Paleontologist" was featured in a Payless ShoeSource commercial featuring kids inside a dinosaur museum. == Track listing == The CD track listing is the same as the DVD track listing, with the exception of the bonus track "Waves", which is absent from the DVD. == Personnel == They Might Be Giants John Linnell – vocals, keyboard John Flansburgh – vocals, guitar Marty Beller – drums Danny Weinkauf – bass, vocals (3) Dan Miller – guitar Additional musicians Robin Goldwasser – additional vocals (4, 5, 8, 13) Hannah & Niffer Levine – additional vocals (16) Lena & Kai Weinkauf – additional vocals (3) Dan Levine – trombone, bass trombone, arrangement, alto horn, euphonium Stan Harrison – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute Curt Ramm – trumpet, flugelhorn, trumpet solo Michael Leonhart – trumpet, flugelhorn,


id: i-g-y-what-a-beautiful-world-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.G.Y._(What_a_Beautiful_World)-0.md
category: reference
title: I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.G.Y._(What_a_Beautiful_World)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:50.536804+00:00
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"I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)" is a song written and performed by American songwriter, singer and musician Donald Fagen. It was the first track on his platinum-certified debut solo album The Nightfly, and was released in September 1982 as its first single. It charted within the top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock, R&B Singles and Adult Contemporary charts. == Background == Fagen, along with musician Walter Becker, led the rock band Steely Dan during the 1970s. Between 1972 and 1981, Steely Dan had ten Top-40 singles, including the top-ten hits "Do It Again" (1972), "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (1974) and "Hey Nineteen" (1980). In 1981 Becker and Fagen parted ways. Fagen's first album as a solo artist, The Nightfly, was released the next year. == Title and lyrics == The "I.G.Y." of the title refers to the "International Geophysical Year", an event that ran from July 1957 to December 1958. The I.G.Y. was an international scientific project promoting collaboration among the world's scientists. Fagen's lyric discusses the widespread optimistic vision of the future at that time, including futuristic concepts such as solar-powered cities, a transatlantic tunnel, permanent space stations, and spandex jackets. The song references the


id: irresistible-force-met-the-immovable-object-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irresistible_Force_(Met_the_Immovable_Object)-0.md
category: reference
title: Irresistible Force (Met the Immovable Object)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irresistible_Force_(Met_the_Immovable_Object)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:51.769360+00:00
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"Irresistible Force" is the second single from American alternative rock band Jane's Addiction's fourth studio album, The Great Escape Artist. The song was released on August 3, 2011. == Musical style and lyrics == The song features TV on the Radio member and multi-instrumentalist Dave Sitek on guitar and bass guitar. It is less rock-laden than the previous Jane's Addiction single, "End to the Lies", and focuses more on synth-aided textures and atmospheric soundscapes. The song starts with a spoken word intro and continues on verse-chorus form, which is accompanied by a guitar solo by Dave Navarro. The verses, which were built around "droning funk" and "the rubbery basslines" were also noted. Lyrically, the song contains references to the irresistible force paradox. In an interview with CNN, the lyricist Perry Farrell indicated that "the song chronicles how the universe was created", while the drummer Stephen Perkins described it as "what pulls him, Dave and Perry together". Will Hermes of Rolling Stone also commented on the song's lyrics, describing it as "Perry Farrell sounding like Carl Sagan in an episode of Cosmos, musing ominously about the stars and some sort of big bang." == Reception and release == The critical reception


id: lobachevsky-song-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobachevsky_(song)-0.md
category: reference
title: Lobachevsky (song)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobachevsky_(song)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:53.023034+00:00
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"Lobachevsky" is a humorous song by Tom Lehrer, referring to the mathematician Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky. According to Lehrer, the song is "not intended as a slur on [Lobachevsky's] character" and the name was chosen "solely for prosodic reasons". In the introduction, Lehrer describes the song as an adaptation of a routine that Danny Kaye did to honor the Russian actor Constantin Stanislavski. (The Danny Kaye routine is sung from the perspective of a famous Russian actor who learns and applies Stanislavski's secret to method acting: "Suffer.") Lehrer sings the song from the point of view of an eminent Russian mathematician who learns from Lobachevsky that plagiarism is the secret of success in mathematics ("only be sure always to call it please 'research'"). The narrator later uses this strategy to get a paper published ahead of a rival, then to write a book and earn a fortune selling the movie rights. Lehrer wrote that he did not know Russian. In the song he quotes two "book reviews" in Russian; the first is a long sentence that he then translates succinctly as "It stinks." The second, a different but equally long sentence, is also translated as "It stinks." The actual text of


id: major-general-s-song-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-General's_Song-0.md
category: reference
title: Major-General's Song
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-General's_Song
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:54.268684+00:00
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"I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" (often referred to as the "Major-General's Song" or "Modern Major-General's Song") is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. It has been called the most famous Gilbert and Sullivan patter song. Sung by Major-General Stanley at his first entrance, towards the end of Act I, the character introduces himself by presenting his résumé as a polymath but admitting to fundamental shortcomings. He claims a wide range of classical, historical and scientific knowledge but admits that he knows little of military tactics, weapons or jargon. The song thereby satirises the idea of the "modern" educated British Army officer of the latter 19th century. The song is replete with historical and cultural references, in which the Major-General describes his impressive and well-rounded education in non-military matters, but he says that his military knowledge has "only been brought down to the beginning of the century". The stage directions in the libretto state that at the end of each verse the Major-General is "bothered for a rhyme"; interpolated business occurs here, and in each case he finds a rhyme and finishes the verse with a flourish. The piece


id: major-general-s-song-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-General's_Song-1.md
category: reference
title: Major-General's Song
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-General's_Song
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=== Television references === The song, or parts of it, has been sung in numerous television programs. For example, The Muppet Show (season 3, episode 52) staged a duet of the song with guest host Gilda Radner and a 7-foot-tall (2.1 m) talking carrot. Radner had requested a seven-foot-tall talking parrot, but Kermit had difficulty reading her handwriting. In a short cutaway from the 2012 Family Guy episode "Killer Queen", Peter plays the Major-General in a community theater production and mumbles all through the opening verse of the song. The 2003 VeggieTales cartoon episode The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment! features Archibald Asparagus singing the first verse of the song. In Season 2, Episode 13 of USA Network series In Plain Sight, "Let's Get It Ahn", WITSEC workers, Mary and Eleanor, sing along to the song while listening to it being played as hold music. In a Season 3 episode of Home Improvement, "Room for Change" (1994), Al Borland, believing that he is in a sound-proof booth, belts out the first stanza but is heard by everyone. Other examples of television renditions of the song include the Babylon 5 episode "Atonement", sung by Marcus Cole to irritate fellow passenger Dr. Franklin;


id: radioactivity-song-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactivity_(song)-0.md
category: reference
title: Radioactivity (song)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactivity_(song)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:55.498205+00:00
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"Radioactivity" (German: "Radioaktivität") is a song by the German electronic music band Kraftwerk. It was released in February 1976 as the only single from their fifth studio album, Radio-Activity (1975). The song was a commercial success in France and Belgium, but failed to chart in other countries, and thus was not as successful as Kraftwerk's previous hit "Autobahn". == Composition == The original recording features a Minimoog bass line playing eighth notes. Morse code signals spelling out radioactivity are also present, near the beginning of the track and again near the end. The second time the message continues with is in the air for you and me. The song was re-recorded as a radically different version for The Mix album in 1991 and was issued as a single in an edited form with remixes by François Kevorkian and William Orbit. The 1991 version drops all references to radio and incorporates additional lyrics with a pointed anti-nuclear theme, remaking the central lyrical hook as “stop radioactivity” and also referring to “contaminated population” and mentioning by name Chernobyl, Harrisburg, Sellafield and Hiroshima. == Live performances == "Radioactivity" has remained a regular part of Kraftwerk's live sets over the years. On its original


id: the-scientist-song-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scientist_(song)-0.md
category: reference
title: The Scientist (song)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scientist_(song)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:56.774836+00:00
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"The Scientist" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. The song is credited to all the band members on their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. It is built around a piano ballad, with lyrics telling the story about a man's desire to love and an apology. The song was released in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2002 as the second single from A Rush of Blood to the Head and reached number 10 in the UK Charts. It was released in the United States on 15 April 2003 as the third single and reached number 18 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 34 on the Adult Top 40 chart. Critics were highly positive toward "The Scientist" and praised the song's piano riff and Chris Martin's falsetto. Several remixes of the track exist, and its riff has been widely sampled. The single's music video won three MTV Video Music Awards, for the video's use of reverse narrative. The song was also featured on the band's 2003 live album Live 2003 and has been a permanent fixture in the band's live set lists since 2002. == Background == Lead singer Chris Martin


id: the-scientist-song-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scientist_(song)-1.md
category: reference
title: The Scientist (song)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scientist_(song)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:56.774836+00:00
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"The Scientist" has been featured on two of Coldplay's live albums, Live 2003 (2003) and Live in Buenos Aires (2018). The song was covered live by Aimee Mann and released on a special edition of her album Lost in Space. Natasha Bedingfield and Avril Lavigne covered the song on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge radio show. Also, Belinda Carlisle did a live rendition on the ITV1 reality show Hit Me Baby One More Time. The British female quartet All Angels did a choral arrangement of the song on their second album Into Paradise, which was released in 2007. In addition, the American television show MADtv did a parody of the video, called "The Narcissist." Coldplay's original version plus a cover of the track performed by Johnette Napolitano and Danny Lohner were featured in the 2004 film Wicker Park. Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen performed an acoustic duet of the song at Oprah Winfrey's "No Phone Zone" rally in Los Angeles. In 2011, Willie Nelson covered the song for a Chipotle Mexican Grill short film titled Back to the Start, highlighting the problems of concentrated animal feeding operations. It also appears as the final track on his 2012 album Heroes. Nelson's version


id: she-blinded-me-with-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Blinded_Me_with_Science-0.md
category: reference
title: She Blinded Me with Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Blinded_Me_with_Science
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:58.013278+00:00
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"She Blinded Me with Science" is a song by the English musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1982. It was first released as a single in the United Kingdom on 25 October 1982. It was subsequently included on the EP Blinded by Science and the 1983 re-release of Dolby's debut album The Golden Age of Wireless. Although viewed as a success in both the United States and Canada, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 weeks at No. 1 in Canada's RPM magazine, the song barely managed to score among the Top 50 in Dolby's native United Kingdom, peaking at No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982. Dolby is often considered a one-hit wonder in the United States on the basis of the song's chart success there. In 2002, US cable television network VH1 named "She Blinded Me with Science" No. 20 on its list of the "100 Greatest One-hit Wonders". While the song is Dolby's only Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100, he has had other songs that scored on the music charts. In 2006, VH1 placed it at No. 76 on their list of "Greatest Songs of the '80s". Then, in


id: tesla-girls-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Girls-0.md
category: reference
title: Tesla Girls
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Girls
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:42:59.218886+00:00
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"Tesla Girls" is a song by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the third single from their fifth studio album, Junk Culture (1984). It peaked at No. 21 in the UK and Ireland, and No. 33 on the Dutch Top 40. Although only moderately successful on the charts, it became one of the group's biggest club hits. "Tesla Girls" appeared in the John Hughes film Weird Science (1985). == Background == The song title refers to the Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor Nikola Tesla, and was suggested by the Canadian academic, designer and musician Martha Ladly, who had also suggested the title of their third studio album Architecture & Morality (1981). Tesla is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. "The references to electric chairs and dynamos is actually a reference to dynamos which was essential for the use of the alternating current and anything electrical basically," said Andy McCluskey in an online Q&A session in 1998. == Critical reception and legacy == "Tesla Girls" met with a few detractors on release. Singer Kim Wilde – whose work had been influenced by OMD – called


id: visan-om-solen-m-nen-och-planeterna-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visan_om_solen,_månen_och_planeterna-0.md
category: reference
title: Visan om solen, månen och planeterna
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visan_om_solen,_månen_och_planeterna
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:00.501996+00:00
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parent: visan-om-solen-m-nen-och-planeterna-20260505-0
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Visan om solen, månen och planeterna is a poem written by Betty Ehrenborg-Posse, published in 1868 in Folkskolans läsebok. As a song it is, just like the Anthem of Europe, sung to the same tune as Beethoven's 9th symphony. The lyrics teach geography, astronomy and the four Northern Hemisphere temperate seasons. Nowadays, often just the closing verse is sung, named Månaderna, Januari börjar året, Månadsvisa or Visan om året. In the 1977 children's song book Smått å gott, the lyrics rika härliga framgå have been replaced by Härlig sommar är det då. == Publication == Nu ska vi sjunga, 1943, under the lines "Årstiderna", credited as "old rhyme". Smått å Gott, 1977 (as "Månaderna", credited as an "old rhyme", with "music out of Beethoven's 9th symphony") Barnvisor och sånglekar till enkelt komp, 1984, credited as music out of Beethovens 9th symphony) as well as using "Oh My Darling, Clementine" as an alternate tune, splitting the first verse up into two verses, opening the second with "Juli.." Barnens svenska sångbok, 1999, under the lines "Sånger för småfolk". == References == Barnens svenska sångbok, (1999)


id: why-does-the-sun-shine-the-sun-is-a-mass-of-incandescent-gas-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Does_the_Sun_Shine-0.md
category: reference
title: Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Does_the_Sun_Shine?_(The_Sun_Is_a_Mass_of_Incandescent_Gas)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:01.672897+00:00
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Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) is an EP by the American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 1993. It is the band's first release with a full-band line-up, rather than only the two original members (John Flansburgh and John Linnell) performing. It was also released as a single on 7-inch vinyl. == Songs == The title song is a cover version of a song by Hy Zaret from Tom Glazer's 1959 album Space Songs. The lyrics for the refrain appear verbatim in the 1951 Golden Nature Guide Stars. They Might Be Giants re-arranged the song in an uptempo version for the 1998 live album, Severe Tire Damage, and the 2009 children's album, Here Comes Science, on which was added the self-written "Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma)", which corrects several factual inaccuracies in the original song. It was also included on the soundtrack to the children's game show Carmen Sandiego: Out of This World (1994) and was briefly heard in the Malcolm in the Middle episode "Malcolm Babysits". The second track, "Jessica", was originally recorded by the Allman Brothers Band for


id: amphibian-species-of-the-world-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibian_Species_of_the_World-0.md
category: reference
title: Amphibian Species of the World
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibian_Species_of_the_World
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:03.283288+00:00
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parent: amphibian-species-of-the-world-20260505-0
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Amphibian Species of the World 6.2: An Online Reference (ASW) is a herpetology database. It lists the names of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians, which scientists first described each species and what year, and the animal's known range. The American Museum of Natural History hosts Amphibian Species of the World, which is updated by herpetologist Darrel Frost. As of 2024, it contained more than 8700 species. == History == The Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) started this project in 1978 because the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) needed a database for animals. (The ASC later changed its name to Natural Science Collections Alliance.) The ASC's Stephen R. Edwards wrote Mammal Species of the World first and started Amphibian Species of the World second. Edwards decided to write about living amphibians because Richard G. Zweifel had just composed a large list of amphibian names and because experts from the University of Kansas were available to assist him. Darrel Frost joined the project to help Edwards. Frost planned to write Turtle and Crocodilian Species of the World next, but he left to complete his Ph.D. instead. The first version of the catalogue was published as a


id: amphibiaweb-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmphibiaWeb-0.md
category: reference
title: AmphibiaWeb
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmphibiaWeb
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:14.502374+00:00
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parent: amphibiaweb-20260505-0
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AmphibiaWeb is an American non-profit website that provides information about amphibians. It is run by a group of universities working with the California Academy of Sciences: San Francisco State University, the University of California at Berkeley, University of Florida at Gainesville, and University of Texas at Austin. AmphibiaWeb's goal is to provide a single page for every species of amphibian in the world so research scientists, citizen scientists and conservationists can collaborate. It added its 7000th animal in 2012, a glass frog from Peru. As of 2022, it hosted more than 8,400 species located worldwide. == Origins == Scientist David Wake founded AmphibiaWeb in 2000. Wake had been inspired by the decline of amphibian populations across the world. He founded it at the Digital Library Project at the University of California at Berkeley in 2000. Wake came to consider AmphibiaWeb part of his legacy. == Uses == AmphibiaWeb provides information to the IUCN, CalPhotos, Encyclopedia of Life and iNaturalist, and the database is cited in scientific publications. == References ==


id: anecdata-org-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdata.org-0.md
category: reference
title: Anecdata.org
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdata.org
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:15.761355+00:00
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Anecdata.org (often shortened to Anecdata) is a citizen science web portal developed by the Community Environmental Health Lab at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. Anecdata.org supports projects in the collection of observational data, primarily in environmental science, biology, and public health. Anecdata was founded in 2014 to provide a data management system for the citizen science projects run by the Community Environmental Health Lab and has since expanded to include more than 200 projects, where more than 8,000 registered users have contributed over 30,000 images and more than 50,000 observations. In addition to the desktop site, there is a corresponding mobile app that can be used to submit observations to existing projects. Anecdata.org also acts as a data repository where data can be stored, discovered, and shared to other users. == Notable projects == === Litter-Free Digital Journal === The Litter-Free Digital Journal is a project from the South Carolina Aquarium hosted on Anecdata.org with a custom app, that encourages participants to track and remove plastics and other litter from both land and water. Users Since the start of the project in 2016, data from more than 7,000 litter cleanups have been entered into the project by


id: blitzortung-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzortung-0.md
category: reference
title: Blitzortung
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzortung
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:17.052106+00:00
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parent: blitzortung-20260505-0
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Blitzortung (German for "lightning direction-finding", German pronunciation: [ˈblɪtsˌɔʁtʊŋ]) is an informal, non-commercial group of citizen scientists supported by professional scientists. Active since 2005, station operators manage a worldwide network of ~1800 active VLF radio wave receiver stations in 83 countries. When lightning strikes, it generates electromagnetic waves called whistlers, which the receiver/detector stations use to determine the location of lightning strikes based on time-of-flight detector measurements. The only compensation that station operators receive is free access to the raw data of all stations. The data is processed by various websites using geoinformatics methods and made available on the Internet as a map display. == Targets == The goal of Blitzortung.org is worldwide lightning detection with many inexpensive receiving stations. According to the website, such a station costs a maximum of $355 to build yourself. According to its own presentation, the interest group is "primarily aimed at private individuals with an interest in meteorology and expertise in the field of electrical and computer technology." There is no formal organisation behind it, there are no contracts and no fees or contributions are charged. The work is for personal edification only and is purely a hobby. == Structure of the measuring stations ==


id: community-research-and-development-information-service-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Research_and_Development_Information_Service-0.md
category: reference
title: Community Research and Development Information Service
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Research_and_Development_Information_Service
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:18.327790+00:00
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parent: community-research-and-development-information-service-20260505-0
summary:
The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) is the European Commission's primary source for the results of projects funded by the EU's framework programmes for research and innovation, from FP1 to Horizon Europe. The CORDIS website include all public information held by the commission (project fact-sheets, publishable reports, links to publications and deliverables), editorial content (including videos and a podcast) to support dissemination and exploitation, and comprehensive links to external sources such as open access publications and websites. It is organised in 6 sections: Thematic Packs (Different multilingual collections of up-to-date articles about specific research themes. Projects Info Packs are about projects in their early stages, Results Packs are about finished or nearly finished projects, and focus mainly on the specific fields of application of the research results, Synergy Packs bundle projects focusing on the synergies between Horizon Europe and other EU funding programmes) Project & Results Videos & Podcasts News Datalab (Different resources to access CORDIS data: Querying CORDIS Linked Open Data through SPARQL and API, interactive maps, visualisation widgets, ...) Search interface It is also possible to browse all CORDIS content by domain of application: these domains regroup articles and projects focusing on how they can be


id: community-research-and-development-information-service-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Research_and_Development_Information_Service-1.md
category: reference
title: Community Research and Development Information Service
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Research_and_Development_Information_Service
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:18.327790+00:00
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parent: community-research-and-development-information-service-20260505-0
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=== 1994-1996 === 1994 was an important year for CORDIS. The launch of the 4th R&D Framework Programme (1994-1998), and within it the Innovation Programme, gave a further explicit mandate to CORDIS. Strong interest prompted the addition of German and French to the R&D News database, marking the first language addition to an English language environment. Migration onto a new open systems architecture (UNIX-like system, FULCRUM databases, Web and FTP servers) facilitated the introduction of a number of new features - a WWW service, and a user-friendly Windows interface, WatchCORDIS. These measures boosted the system's attractiveness to users. By the end of the year, CORDIS offered some 130 000 database records which encouraged 11 000 registered users to perform nearly 15 000 user sessions per month. 1995-96 was a period of further consolidation and development. The CORDIS databases and web services were fully integrated as the migration into the new Information Dissemination environment (IDS) was completed. On-line host access was integrated into Watch-CORDIS and added to the CD-ROM service, allowing users to work both on-line and off-line coherently. The R&D News service was enriched by adding Italian and Spanish, bringing the offer to five languages. The CORDIS-Focus publication was launched,


id: eagle-i-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle-i-0.md
category: reference
title: Eagle-i
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle-i
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:19.677273+00:00
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parent: eagle-i-20260505-0
summary:
The eagle-i network (or just eagle-i) was a tool developed by a set of institutions from the United States that enables users to locate scientific resources around their country. It was retired November 4, 2021 after more than a decade in service. It used an ontology to map the resources (such as scientific equipment) to their location, facilitating reuse and collaboration. The eagle-i team has produced ontologies that take care of different kinds of resources, such as the Reagent Application Ontology. == External links == [https://open.catalyst.harvard.edu/products/eagle-i/ eagle-i info page https://www.eagle-i.net/ - former web site == References ==


id: f1000-publisher-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F1000_(publisher)-0.md
category: reference
title: F1000 (publisher)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F1000_(publisher)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:22.933277+00:00
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parent: f1000-publisher-20260505-0
summary:
F1000 (formerly "Faculty of 1000") is an open research publisher for scientists, scholars, and clinical researchers. F1000 offers a different research evaluation service from standard academic journals by offering peer-review after, rather than before, publishing a research article. Initially, F1000 was named after the 1,000 faculty members who performed peer-reviews, but over time F1000 expanded to more than 8,000 members. When F1000 was acquired by Taylor & Francis Group in January 2020, it kept the publishing services. F1000Prime (AKA Faculty Opinions) and F1000 Workspace (AKA Sciwheel) were acquired by different brands. == History == Faculty of 1000 was founded in 2000 by publishing entrepreneur Vitek Tracz in London. Initially, it was named after the 1,000 experts it had reviewing academic works, but over time F1000 expanded to more than 8,000 members. In 2002, it introduced F1000Prime (later known as Faculty Opinions), which recommended scientific articles selected by its experts. At first, F1000 was focused on biology, but later expanded to additional scientific fields over time, including a focus on medicine beginning in 2006. The company was part of the Science Navigation Group until its acquisition by Taylor & Francis in January 2020. As part of the deal, founder Vitek Tracz


id: the-future-of-things-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future_of_Things-0.md
category: reference
title: The Future of Things
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future_of_Things
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:24.695580+00:00
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parent: the-future-of-things-20260505-0
summary:
The Future of Things (TFOT) is an online magazine covering diverse topics related to science and technology. The magazine was launched in 2006. == History == TFOT was founded by Iddo Genuth and co-founder Barak Raz in early 2006 and its beta version was first launched on the 27 of September 2006. During beta the site included two sections – Picture of the Day (PODs) and Articles. In mid-2007 TFOT launched its full version with several new sections and a new design. Its team has more than 20 writers, from various countries worldwide. As of 2013 TFOT has been running under a different management. == Sections == As of September 2008, TFOT had several sections including: headlines, news, PODs, personal columns, book reviews and forums. TFOT also includes full articles which typically contain a Q&A section which, according to TFOT, is a more accurate way of doing an interview. In January 2009 TFOT added a video section featuring science and technology related videos from the web as well as original video clips produced by the TFOT team. Another change in 2009 was the expansion of the daily RSS service, providing headlines from similar websites among the original research published in


id: i-believe-in-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Believe_in_Science-0.md
category: reference
title: I Believe in Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Believe_in_Science
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:25.985792+00:00
instance: kb-cron
parent: i-believe-in-science-20260505-0
summary:
I Believe in Science (Arabic: أنا أصدق العلم, romanized: ʾana ʾuṣaddiqu l-ʿilm) is an Arabic-language website dedicated to publishing translations of science articles and research, with the aim of keeping the Arabic speaking world up-to-date with the latest scientific discoveries and accomplishments. The project has amassed more than 2000 volunteers who managed to produce around 15000 scientific articles. Issam Fawaz is the CEO. == History == The project started in 2011 by Ahmed Al-Rayes, an Iraqi geologist living in Lebanon, across social media platforms, the website was established in 2013. They paid tribute to a few of the women who volunteer translating research in March 2015 for International Women's Day. In 2016, the idea became an official NGO registered in both Lebanon and the European Union. In 2012, the project adopted the slogan: I Believe in Science because it’s the only methodology that actually works The project goals are: Removing and breaking the linguistic barriers that once prevented the Arabic speaking world from reaching true scientific knowledge, by creating a free uninfluenced platform to exchange knowledge and expertise Creating and encouraging an environment for the Arab speaking population, that belongs to a hostile culture towards scientific truth, to read and


id: iflscience-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFLScience-0.md
category: reference
title: IFLScience
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFLScience
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:27.849797+00:00
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parent: iflscience-20260505-0
summary:
IFLScience (formerly I Fucking Love Science) is a popular-science media website and brand that publishes news and educational content on topics including physics, biology, astronomy, health, and the environment. Originally a Facebook page started by Elise Andrew in 2012, it subsequently developed into a professional news website with full time salaried staff. == History == IFLScience began as a Facebook page called "I Fucking Love Science", created by Elise Andrew in March 2012. Though she had not intended it to grow beyond "posting to a few dozen of [her] friends", the page rapidly gained attention for its informal tone and shareable science facts. After the first day, the page had over 1,000 likes and passed 1 million likes in September 2012. Andrew stated that this work ultimately led LabX Media Group, a Canadian science-media publisher, to hire her as a social media content manager that same year. The next year, the website iflscience.com was launched to expand beyond social-media posts into longer-form articles and digital editorial content. By January 2015, the page's Facebook had risen to 19.5 million likes. In May 2020, Andrew renamed the company from "I Fucking Love Science" to "IFLScience", citing the swear word's incompatibility with Facebook's


id: lab-tests-online-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_Tests_Online-0.md
category: reference
title: Lab Tests Online
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_Tests_Online
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:29.160025+00:00
instance: kb-cron
parent: lab-tests-online-20260505-0
summary:
Lab Tests Online is a family of peer-reviewed non-profit web resources about clinical laboratory testing. The site provides information on clinical laboratory tests as well as conditions that are managed or diagnosed by lab tests. Lab Tests Online also provides summaries of recommendations by age, feature articles on lab-related topics, and news items of patient interest. All contents are reviewed and approved by an Editorial Review Board composed of laboratory professionals before being posted to the site. == History and development == The first site was launched in 2001 by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, the scientific society for clinical laboratory science. This led to a collaboration with professional societies in 17 other countries representing the laboratory medicine community. Each site is separately managed to allow both appropriate languages and information that matches local needs. === USA === In January 2021, AACC’s Lab Tests Online (labtestsonline.org) was acquired by OneCare Media. In November 2021, LabTestsOnline.org was rebranded to Testing.com. === UK === The UK site is provided by the Association for Laboratory Medicine. It provides contextual hyperlinks from individual reports to the appropriate support information on the site. This is in routine use from one of the major suppliers


id: lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindau_Nobel_Laureate_Meetings-0.md
category: reference
title: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindau_Nobel_Laureate_Meetings
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:30.324789+00:00
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parent: lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-20260505-0
summary:
The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are annual scientific conferences held in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany, since 1951. Their aim is to bring together Nobel laureates and the world's most talented young scientists to foster scientific exchange between different generations, cultures and disciplines. The meetings assume a unique position amongst international scientific conferences, as from 30 to more than 75 Nobel laureates attending each edition they are the largest regular congregation of Nobel laureates in the world, apart from the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm. == Purpose == Every Lindau Meeting consists of a multitude of scientific sessions like lectures and panel discussions as well as a variety of networking and social events. The meetings are not centered on the presentation of research results, but instead, their main goals are the exchange of ideas and the discussion of topics globally relevant to all scientists. The Nobel laureates do not receive any kind of payment for their participation and are free to choose the topics of their presentations. Approximately 375 are members of the meetings’ Founders Assembly. Billed by the organising Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings as their ‘Mission Education’, the aim of the meetings is to facilitate the transfer


id: lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindau_Nobel_Laureate_Meetings-1.md
category: reference
title: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindau_Nobel_Laureate_Meetings
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:30.324789+00:00
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parent: lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-20260505-0
summary:
== Meetings == Ever since their inception, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings have taken place in the small Bavarian town of Lindau on the shores of Lake Constance. The city's center is located on an island in the lake that is connected to the mainland via bridges. === Meeting cycle === The meetings focus alternately on physiology and medicine, physics, and chemistry – the three natural science Nobel Prize disciplines. Since 2000, an interdisciplinary meeting revolving around all three natural sciences is held every five years (last in 2021). In addition, since 2004 the Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences is held every three years with recipients of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ("Economic Nobel Prize"). === Scientific programme === The following session types are currently part of the scientific programme of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings: Lectures: Traditional presentations held by the Nobel laureates who are free to choose their topics. Agora Talks: The Agora Talks feature one or two Nobel laureates and a moderator, discussing a topic of the laureate’s choosing. Participants are given the opportunity to ask questions in an open forum setting. This format is especially suitable for controversial and


id: lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-20260505-2
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindau_Nobel_Laureate_Meetings-2.md
category: reference
title: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindau_Nobel_Laureate_Meetings
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:30.324789+00:00
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parent: lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-20260505-0
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In 1955 at the 5th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, German physics Nobel laureates Max Born and Otto Hahn initiated the ‘Mainau Declaration against the Use of Nuclear Weapons’ that was meant to urge world leaders to abstain from using nuclear weapons. It was initially signed by 18 Nobel laureates attending the meeting, but the number of signatories grew to 52 within a year. Sixty years later, at the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in the summer of 2015, a second Mainau Declaration was issued, this time making a statement on the need to combat climate change. The declaration was initially signed by 36 attending Nobel laureates who were later joined by 40 additional colleagues. The first "Mainau Declaration 2024 Against Nuclear Weapons" was taken up in the context of the "Mainau Declaration 2024" in 2024. At the conclusion of the 73rd At the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 30 Nobel laureates signed a declaration, read out by David J. Gross, warning of the dangers of nuclear war. === Lindau Guidelines === Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn initiated the “Lindau Guidelines” in her opening speech during the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. The initiative formulates guidelines for global, sustainable and cooperative open science


id: molecule-of-the-month-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecule_of_the_Month-0.md
category: reference
title: Molecule of the Month
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecule_of_the_Month
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:32.681712+00:00
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parent: molecule-of-the-month-20260505-0
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The Molecule of the Month (MOTM) is a website launched in 1996 by Henry Rzepa of the Imperial College London, Karl Harrison of the University of Oxford, and Paul May of the University of Bristol. Each month since January 1996, a new molecule has been added to the list on the page, making it one of the longest-running chemistry websites on the internet. == References == == External links == The Molecule of the Month Molecule of the week


id: netprimer-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netprimer-0.md
category: reference
title: Netprimer
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netprimer
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:33.885355+00:00
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parent: netprimer-20260505-0
summary:
NetPrimer is a gratis web-based tool used for analysing primers used in PCR to amplify a DNA sequence. The software predicts the melting temperature of the primers using the nearest neighbor thermodynamic algorithm. The accurate prediction of the melting temperature (Tm) is one of the most important factors that governs the success of a PCR reaction. NetPrimer also analyzes the thermodynamically important secondary structures such as hairpins, self and cross dimers, runs and repeats. These structures significantly affect the primer efficiency and therefore the success of a PCR reaction. NetPrimer can be used to determine the best primer pairs for a given set of experimental conditions. The program assigns a rating to each primer analyzed. The rating is based on the proximity of the thermodynamic parameters to their ideal scores. In addition to the primer quality, its molecular weight and optical activity (both in nmol/A260 and μg/A260) are also presented for quantitation. Primers are analyzed for their GC% (Guanine-Cytosine content). This important parameter determines their annealing strength. == Business model == Although Netprimer is provided without charge, it is not free software. Users must register for access and thereby receive advertising of Premier Biosoft's other products. == References == ==


id: nucleonica-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleonica-0.md
category: reference
title: Nucleonica
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleonica
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:35.109265+00:00
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parent: nucleonica-20260505-0
summary:
Nucleonica is a nuclear science web portal created by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. which was later spun off to the company Nucleonica GmbH in March 2011. == History == The company Nucleonica GmbH was founded by Dr. Joseph Magill in 2011 as a spin-off from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements. In addition to providing user friendly access to nuclear data, the main focus of Nucleonica is to provide professionals in the nuclear industry with a suite of validated scientific applications for everyday calculations. The portal is also suitable for education and training in the nuclear field, both for technicians and degree-level and programmes in Nuclear engineering technology. Nucleonica GmbH also took responsibility for the management and development of the Karlsruhe Nuclide Chart print and online versions. == User access == Users can register for free access to Nucleonica. This free access gives the user access to most applications but is restricted to a limited number of nuclides. For full access to all nuclides and applications, the user can upgrade to Premium for which there is an annual user charge. == References == == Notes == == Sources == Cern (2017). "Nucleonica | CERN


id: open-rev-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Rev.-0.md
category: reference
title: Open Rev.
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Rev.
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:36.283221+00:00
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parent: open-rev-20260505-0
summary:
Open Rev. is a web-based platform for open discussion and annotation of research publications and related material. Researchers can comment directly on text, formulas, and images in research papers, post related questions and answer questions posed by each other. Open Rev's web-based PDF viewer allows public discussion and open peer review of scientific publications. User contributions are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. Open Rev. was a participant of the Harvard i-Lab Venture Incubation Program 2014 and has won awards from the Harvard Institute for Learning and Teaching and Education Innovation Pitch Competition. == History == Open Rev. was created by Erik Bauch and Georg Kucsko, PhD candidates in the Harvard Physics program. It officially launched in 2014. As of 2015, the user base had risen to over 1000 participants and included institutions such as Harvard, MIT, Northeastern University, Royal Holloway University of London, and Uppsala Universitet. == Media == Open Rev. has been featured in Harvard Physics, the Harvard Gazette and the Harvard alumni magazine, Colloquy. In an interview in Colloquy, co- Bauch explained, “Up until now scientific discussions usually occurred at conferences, in journal club, or in hallways on the way to lunch. With Open Rev. we


id: r-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/science-0.md
category: reference
title: R/science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/science
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:37.569679+00:00
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parent: r-science-20260505-0
summary:
r/science is an Internet forum on Reddit where the community of participants discuss science topics. A popular feature of the forum is "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) public discussions. As of 2014, r/science attracted 30,000–100,000 visitors per day, making it the largest community-managed science forum and an attractive place to host discussions. It has over 33 million members as of 2024. == History == === Nathan Allen === Nathan Allen is an American chemist. While working as a chemist at Dow Chemical Company, Allen began to imagine that scientists could use Reddit's "ask me anything" (AMA) interview format to create discussions between scientists and the public. Allen became a forum moderator there and has since been prominent in guiding the culture of the community there and as a spokesperson for the forum. Allen has advocated that chemists should be more active in communicating with the public in online forums such as reddit. === AMA series === As of 2014, r/science attracted 30,000–100,000 visitors per day, making it the largest community-managed science forum and an attractive place to host discussions. In January 2014 Allen began the r/science AMA series with the goal of raising the visibility of scientists who are producing groundbreaking


id: researchgate-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ResearchGate-0.md
category: reference
title: ResearchGate
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ResearchGate
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:38.899728+00:00
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parent: researchgate-20260505-0
summary:
ResearchGate is a commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators. According to a 2014 study by Nature and a 2016 article in Times Higher Education, it is the largest academic social network in terms of active users, although other services have more registered users, and a 2015–2016 survey suggests that almost as many academics have Google Scholar profiles. While reading articles does not require registration, people who wish to become site members need to have an email address at a recognized institution or to be manually confirmed as a published researcher in order to sign up for an account. Articles are free to read by visitors, however additional features (such as job postings or advertisements) are accessible only as a paid subscription. Members of the site each have a user profile and can upload research output including papers, data, chapters, negative results, patents, research proposals, methods, presentations, and software source code. Users may also follow the activities of other users and engage in discussions with them. Users are also able to block interactions with other users. The site has been criticized for sending unsolicited email invitations to coauthors of


id: researchgate-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ResearchGate-1.md
category: reference
title: ResearchGate
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ResearchGate
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:38.899728+00:00
instance: kb-cron
parent: researchgate-20260505-0
summary:
== Reception == A 2009 article in BusinessWeek reported that ResearchGate was a "potentially powerful link" in promoting innovation in developing countries by connecting scientists from those nations with their peers in industrialized nations. It said the website had become popular largely due to its ease of use. It also said that ResearchGate had been involved in several notable cross-country collaborations between scientists that led to substantive developments. Academic reception of ResearchGate remains generally positive, as recent reviews of extant literature show an accepting audience with broad coverage of concepts. A 2012 paper published in The International Information & Library Review conducted a survey with 160 respondents and reported that out of those respondents using social networking "for academic purposes", Facebook and ResearchGate were the most popular at the University of Delhi, but also "a majority of respondents said using SNSs [Social Networking Sites] may be a waste of time". Although ResearchGate is used internationally, its uptake—as of 2014—is uneven, with Brazil having particularly many users and China having few when compared to the number of publishing researchers. In a 2014 study by Nature, 88 percent of the responding scientists and engineers said that they were aware of ResearchGate and


id: researchgate-20260505-2
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ResearchGate-2.md
category: reference
title: ResearchGate
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ResearchGate
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:38.899728+00:00
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parent: researchgate-20260505-0
summary:
== Criticism == ResearchGate's decision to not remove convicted sex offenders from its social networking site has been criticized by Canadian authorities. Many researchers world-wide deleted their account in protest as they refused to remove convicted child pornographer and registered sex offender in Canada, Ben Levin as a user. Identified on ResearchGate as "Research Ben", he had been a frequent user of ResearchGate, publishing over 80 papers of interest with the vast majority dealing with studies around child pornography and pedophiles. ResearchGate has been criticized for emailing unsolicited invitations to the coauthors of its users. These emails were written as if they were personally sent by the user, but were instead sent automatically unless the user opted out, which caused some researchers to boycott the service and contributes to the negative view of ResearchGate in the scientific community. As of November 2016, the site appears to have discontinued this practice. The TechCrunch moderator Mike Butcher accused ResearchGate of having scraped competitors' websites for email addresses to spam, which the ResearchGate CEO denied. A study published by the Association for Information Systems in 2014 found that a dormant account on ResearchGate, using default settings, generated 297 invitations to 38 people over


id: sci-hub-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub-0.md
category: reference
title: Sci-Hub
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:40.250052+00:00
instance: kb-cron
parent: sci-hub-20260505-0
summary:
Sci-Hub is a shadow library that provides free access to millions of research papers, regardless of copyright, by bypassing publishers' paywalls in various ways. Unlike Library Genesis, it does not provide access to books. Sci-Hub was founded in Kazakhstan by Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011, in response to the rising costs of research papers behind paywalls. The site is extensively used worldwide. In September 2019, the site's operator(s) said that it served approximately 400,000 requests per day. In addition to its intensive use, Sci-Hub stands out among other shadow libraries because of its easy use and reliability, as well as the enormous size of its collection. A 2018 study estimated that Sci-Hub provided access to almost all scholarly publications. On 15 July 2022, Sci-Hub reported that its collection comprised 88,343,822 files. In December 2020, the site paused uploads due to legal troubles. Since then, the site has archived a much lower fraction of new articles. Sci-Hub and Elbakyan were sued twice for copyright infringement in the United States, in 2015 and 2017, and lost both cases by default, leading to loss of some of its Internet domain names. The site has cycled through different domain names since then. Sci-Hub has been


id: sci-hub-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub-1.md
category: reference
title: Sci-Hub
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:40.250052+00:00
instance: kb-cron
parent: sci-hub-20260505-0
summary:
=== United States === In 2015, Elsevier filed a lawsuit against Sci-Hub, in Elsevier et al. v. Sci-Hub et al., at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Library Genesis (LibGen) was also a defendant in the case, which may be based in either the Netherlands or in Russia. It was the largest copyright infringement case that had been filed in the U.S., or in the world, at the time. Elsevier alleged that Sci-Hub violated copyright law and induced others to do so, and it alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act as well as inducements to violate that law. Elsevier asked for monetary damages and an injunction to stop the sharing of the papers. Elsevier has used accusations over the alleged security threat that Sci-Hub poses to institutions to encourage educational institutions to block its use. Elbakyan responded to the case in an interview by accusing Elsevier of violating the right to science and culture under Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She later wrote a letter to the court about the case describing her reasons for creating Sci-Hub, in which she stated, "Payment of 32 dollars [for each


id: sci-hub-20260505-2
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub-2.md
category: reference
title: Sci-Hub
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:40.250052+00:00
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=== India === In December 2020, Elsevier, Wiley and the American Chemical Society filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sci-Hub and Library Genesis in the Delhi High Court. The plaintiffs seek a dynamic injunction which means that any future domain name, IP address, or name-change by the respondents will not require the plaintiffs to return to court for an additional injunction. The court restricted the sites from uploading, publishing, or making any article available until 6 January 2021. In response to the lawsuit, as well as to Elbakyan's claim that the FBI had requested data from her Apple account, Reddit users on the subreddit r/DataHoarder organized to download and seed backups of the articles on Sci-Hub, with the intention of creating a decentralized and uncensorable version of the site. In order to have a better chance of winning a lawsuit presented against her and Sci-Hub by Elsevier in India, Elbakyan complied with a preliminary injunction issued by an Indian court, and suspended in 2021 upload of new publications, except for some batch releases of content. In India, Sci-hub is being represented by Advocate Nilesh Jain. He was interviewed by Hannes Grassegger for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung along with Alexandra


id: sci-hub-20260505-3
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub-3.md
category: reference
title: Sci-Hub
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:40.250052+00:00
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=== Delivery to users === The Sci-Hub website provides access to articles from almost all academic publishers, including Elsevier, Springer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Chemical Society, Wiley Blackwell, and the Royal Society of Chemistry, as well as open-access works, and distributes them without regard to publishers' copyrights. It requires neither payments, nor subscriptions, nor registrations. Users can access works from all sources with a unified interface by entering the DOI in the search bar on the main page or in the Sci-Hub URL (like some academic link resolvers), or by appending the Sci-Hub domain to the domain of a publisher's URL (like some academic proxies). Sci-Hub redirects requests for some gold open access works, identified as such beyond the metadata available in CrossRef and Unpaywall. Some requests require the user to enter a CAPTCHA. Papers can also be accessed using a bot in the instant messaging service Telegram. If the paper is in the repository already, the request is served immediately. If the paper is not already in the repository, a wait screen appears while the site presents someone else's credentials on behalf of the user to a series of proxies until it finds one that has


id: sci-hub-20260505-4
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub-4.md
category: reference
title: Sci-Hub
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
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less than 1% of all journals contribute to over 50% of all downloads while 50% of the least popular journals contribute to c. 1% of all downloads. Similar statistics are obtained when the downloads are normalized per article rather than per journal. Such data allowed academic libraries to negotiate reduced subscription costs or cut altogether less popular journals from big deal contracts. only 11% of all journal publishers are highly requested, while 45% of all publishers are significantly less accessed. Despite this, the oligopoly of publishers is even more remarkable on the level of content consumption, with 80% of all downloads being published through only 9 publishers. 1/3 of all articles downloaded were published by Elsevier, which published c. 24% of all journal articles. In 2017, Sci-Hub provided a more reliable access to legal open access articles, that the journal publishers, which have been prone to "unresolvable DOI's due to issues on publishers’ sides" and to "Open Access publications that disappear behind accidental paywalls". Of 27.8 million download requests via Sci-Hub, 23.2 million of these were for journal articles, 4.7 million (22%) of which were articles from medical journals. The requests for medical literature came mostly from middle- and low-income


id: sci-hub-20260505-5
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub-5.md
category: reference
title: Sci-Hub
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:40.250052+00:00
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A 2016 analysis of 28 million requests to Sci-Hub published in Science with the title Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone shows a map of Sci-Hub users with dots all over the world. A 2020 study by researchers from 4 countries on 3 continents found that articles downloaded from Sci-Hub were cited 1.72 times more than papers not downloaded from Sci-Hub; the study's methods and conclusions were disputed by Phil Davis in a Scholarly Kitchen article. In a 2021 study conducted by the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, and Banaras Hindu University on the use of Sci-Hub in India, 13,144,241 out of 150,575,861 download requests in 2017 were found to have come from Indian IP addresses. Of the research papers downloaded in India, 1,050,62, or 18.46%, of these are already available in some form of open access. Indian users requested an average of 39,952 downloads per day from Sci-Hub in 2017. A 2018 study found a relatively low use of Sci-Hub in China. This was attributed to blocking of many Sci-Hub hosting sites by Cyberspace Administration of China and the existence of a Chinese twin of Sci-Hub, which is not accessible outside of China and is unknown to


id: sci-hub-20260505-6
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub-6.md
category: reference
title: Sci-Hub
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:40.250052+00:00
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== Reception == Sci-Hub's interface is perceived by users as providing a superior user experience and convenience compared to the typical interfaces available to users who have access to a paid subscription. In December 2022, in the journal Information Development, a survey of academic researchers found that, when confronted by a paywall, most respondents will first try to find an open-access version, then ask colleagues with other credentials, then use shadow libraries. 57% of respondents have used shadow libraries while 36% of respondents were unaware that shadow libraries exist. Sci-Hub has been lauded as having "changed how we access knowledge". It raised awareness about the scientific publishing business models and its ethics of making researchers' institutions pay for their articles to be published, while providing and reviewing them without payment. A study published in Journal Scientometrics in 2021 showed that articles downloaded from Sci-Hub were cited 1.72 times more often than articles not downloaded from Sci-Hub. Support for open-access science publishing extends beyond Sci-Hub; Plan S is an initiative launched by Science Europe on 4 September 2018. It is an initiative of "cOAlition S", a consortium launched by major national research agencies and funders from twelve European countries. The plan


id: sci-hub-20260505-7
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub-7.md
category: reference
title: Sci-Hub
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
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== Further reading == Alexandra Elbakyan. Why Science is Better with Communism? The Case of Sci-Hub (transcript and translation), Open Access Symposium 2016, University of North Texas (Archived from the original, 2016-07-24) McLaughlin, Stephen Reid (19 March 2016). "Sci-Hub/LibGen in Blogs and the Media". Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. (PDF) McNutt, Marcia (29 April 2016). "My love-hate of Sci-Hub". Science. 352 (6285). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 497. Bibcode:2016Sci...352..497M. doi:10.1126/science.aaf9419. PMID 27126012. S2CID 206650367. (Archived from the original) Houle, Louis (2017) Sci-Hub and LibGen: what if… why not? Paper presented at: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions WLIC 2017 – Wrocław, Poland – Libraries. Solidarity. Society. in Session S12 - Satellite Meeting: Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section and Acquisition and Collection Development. In: Open Access: Action Required, 16 – 17 August 2017, Gdańsk (Poland). Karaganis, Joe, ed. (4 May 2018). Shadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education. MIT Press. doi:10.7551/mitpress/11339.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-262-53501-4. Garcia-Puente, Maria; Pastor-Ramon, E.; Agirre, Oskia; Moran, Jose M.; Herrera-Peco, Ivan (October 2019). "The use of Sci-Hub in systematic reviews of the scholarly literature". Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research. 21 (5): 816. doi:10.1111/cid.12815. hdl:10810/35471. PMID 31328359. S2CID 198134428.


id: sci-mate-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Mate-0.md
category: reference
title: Sci-Mate
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Mate
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:41.493137+00:00
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Sci-Mate was a proposal for an open collaboration of scientists using Web 2.0 software to address well known challenges in academic publishing and technology transfer. The site provided free access to a collection of Web 2.0 software applications intended to make it easier for researchers and developers to bring together the necessary knowledge, tools and people for productive research and/or development. A demo version of the site was launched in April 2009, which included software supporting Articles, Discussion, Embedding and Item Exchange. Prior to launch the site was reviewed by The Australian and on ABC's Future Tense program. More recently the site was described in the December 2009 issue of the European Journal of Immunology in the lead up to the 1st Virtual Immunology Conference (VIC 2010). The site's terms and conditions state that it is research, not profit, oriented, and is intended to be owned, controlled and run by its community of research scientist members. == Articles == Articles on sci-mate used Web 2.0 solutions for scientists to put their knowledge initially into open access articles, which can be ultimately published in 'traditional' formats. Sci-Mate articles recorded authorship and an automatic claim of copyright on behalf of contributors instantly


id: science-and-development-network-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_Development_Network-0.md
category: reference
title: Science and Development Network
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_Development_Network
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:42.796810+00:00
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SciDev.Net, short for Science and Development Network, is an online source of news and analysis about science and technology in the context of global development. It aims to help individuals and organisations apply science to decision-making in order to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction. == History == SciDev.Net was founded in 2001 by David Dickson as a science news service for developing countries. It originated from a project set up by news staff at the journal Nature (with financial assistance from the Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom) to report on the World Conference on Science, in Budapest, in 1999. It was established in response to the significant gap in scientific knowledge between rich and poor countries and with the understanding that “those who stand to benefit the most from modern science and technology are also those with the least access to information about it." SciDev.Net seeks to redress this imbalance via its free-to-access website, regional networks, and science communications training. == Ownership == Since 2017, SciDev.Net has been owned by CABI (CAB International), a not-for-profit organisation focusing primarily on agricultural and environmental issues in low- and middle-income countries, and the creation, curation, and dissemination of scientific knowledge. SciDev.Net operates editorially


id: science-information-on-wikipedia-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_information_on_Wikipedia-0.md
category: reference
title: Science information on Wikipedia
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_information_on_Wikipedia
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:44.022822+00:00
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Science information on Wikipedia includes the information that Wikipedia presents about science. There have been critiques of and discussions about the impact and quality of that information, and of the interactions of Wikipedia editors, scientists, and public engagement with the information. == Impact == A 2016 study found evidence that Wikipedia increases the distribution and impact of open access science publications. A 2017 study found evidence that Wikipedia's popularity as the most popular general information source has influenced how everyone talks and writes about science. UNESCO reported in 2017 that Wikipedia is a popular source of science information because of its high ranking in search engines. A 2018 study examined the way that Wikipedia integrates new scientific information. == Editors == In 2016 the Wiki Education Foundation and the Simons Foundation presented an outreach program called the "Year of Science". In this program, Wikipedia educators visited academic conferences and invited scientists to contribute information from their field of expertise to Wikipedia. Some universities have programs to encourage students to edit Wikipedia's science articles as part of the learning experience. The Wikipedia community invites academics to edit Wikipedia articles. Various academic societies have encouraged their membership to edit Wikipedia. == Quantity


id: science-tv-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science.tv-0.md
category: reference
title: Science.tv
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science.tv
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:45.139455+00:00
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Science.tv is a virtual community for people interested in science. It enables users to upload videos and categorize them according to subject matter and intended audience. == History == science.tv was founded by Matt Thurling, a digital media pioneer and film-maker based in Bristol, England. Research and development work began in 2005 and the site was launched in December 2007. Thurling writes the science.tv blog, where he sets out the vision for the site and invites feedback and suggestions for improvements. == Domain name == The .tv ("dot-tv") extension is a Top-level domain name, originally associated with the Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu. The entire domain was purchased from the islands' residents in 2000 and the suffix is now increasingly being used for sites featuring, or relating to, video content. == Technology == A look at the source code of science.tv reveals a front-end built with Cascading Style Sheets and JavaScript. Video is delivered using the Adobe Flash codec. The back-end relies on a PHP interface to a mySQL content management system. == Content == The focus of science.tv is user-generated content, and much of the content on the site is actually embedded from other video sites, including YouTube. The


id: technosphere-virtual-environment-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechnoSphere_(virtual_environment)-0.md
category: reference
title: TechnoSphere (virtual environment)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechnoSphere_(virtual_environment)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:47.565710+00:00
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TechnoSphere was an online digital environment launched on September 1, 1995 and hosted on a computer at a UK university. Created by Jane Prophet and Dr. Gordon Selley, TechnoSphere was a place where users from around the globe could create creatures and release them into the 3D environment, described by the creators as a "digital ecology." Earlier incarnations of TechnoSphere did not have the advantage of web-accessible 3D graphics, but was still governed by chaos theory and similar algorithms that determined each creature's unique behavior based on their components and interactions with each other and their environment. The online program was one of many digital artificial life simulations that evolved as the World Wide Web began to grow. Many museums and classrooms found the tool to be a valuable complement to learning material on natural selection and ecosystems. The experiment operated online until 2002. It was relaunched on January 15, 2007, but became offline again as of November 2012. == Description == TechnoSphere was a real-time, 3D simulation of an environment that was populated by virtual creatures. Users across the globe had the capability to create their own creatures through a website. TechnoSphere III, one of many incarnations of the


id: web-experimental-psychology-lab-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Experimental_Psychology_Lab-0.md
category: reference
title: Web Experimental Psychology Lab
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Experimental_Psychology_Lab
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:48.793596+00:00
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summary:
The Web Experimental Psychology Lab is a website for participating in Web-based experiments, a method used in experimental psychology. The Web Experimental Psychology Lab was founded in 1994-1995, by Ulf-Dietrich Reips at the University of Tübingen, then moved to the University of Zürich and on to the Universidad de Deusto, and is now at the University of Konstanz. For the first time, participants were able to take part in studies via a web browser in a virtual psychology laboratory. In January 2017, the Society for Computation in Psychology named Reips' 2001 article on the Web Experimental Psychology Lab in the journal Behavior Research Methods one of eight "groundbreaking and influential" articles in the history of the society and the field. == References == == External links == Web Experimental Psychology Lab


id: zooniverse-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooniverse-0.md
category: reference
title: Zooniverse
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooniverse
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:50.049698+00:00
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Zooniverse is a global platform for people-powered research, also known as participatory science or citizen science. It is a collaboration between Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, the University of Oxford, and the University of Minnesota. It is home to some of the Internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects. == Background == The organization grew from the original Galaxy Zoo project and now hosts dozens of projects which allow volunteers to participate in crowdsourced scientific research. It has headquarters at Oxford University and the Adler Planetarium. Unlike many early internet-based citizen science projects (such as SETI@home) which used spare computer processing power to analyse data, known as volunteer computing, Zooniverse projects require the active participation of human volunteers to complete research tasks. Projects have been drawn from disciplines including astronomy, ecology, cell biology, humanities, and climate science. As of 14 February 2014, the Zooniverse community consisted of more than 1 million registered volunteers. By March 2025, the number had risen to over 2.7 million. The volunteers are often collectively referred to as "Zooites". The data collected from the various projects has led to the publication of more than 450 peer-reviewed research publications. A daily news website called 'The Daily


id: fermat-kitchen-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat_Kitchen-0.md
category: reference
title: Fermat Kitchen
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat_Kitchen
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:53.173405+00:00
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Fermat Kitchen (Japanese: フェルマーの料理, Hepburn: Ferumā no Ryōri; 'Fermat's Cuisine') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Kobayashi. It has been serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine since September 2018. A television drama adaptation aired from October to December 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Domerica aired from July to September 2025. == Characters == Gaku Kitada (北田 岳, Kitada Gaku) Voiced by: Ryōsuke Tomita Portrayed by: Fumiya Takahashi A math genius who was recruited by Kai to work as a chef at Restaurant K. Gaku applies his mathematical talents into molecular gastronomy to learn more about cooking and develop his own recipes. Kai Asakura (朝倉 海, Asakura Kai) Voiced by: Taito Ban Portrayed by: Jun Shison A culinary prodigy serving as the charismatic, enigmatic owner of Restaurant K. Kai becomes Gaku's mentor after witnessing his unique potential in cooking. Ranna Akamatsu (赤松 蘭菜, Akamatsu Ranna) Voiced by: Natsu Yorita Portrayed by: Fuka Koshiba The only female chef at Restaurant K who has a straightforward and cool personality. Magoroku Inui (乾 孫六, Inui Magoroku) Voiced by: Tatsumaru Tachibana Portrayed by: Rihito Itagaki A chef at Restaurant K who becomes close friends with


id: list-of-films-about-mathematicians-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_mathematicians-0.md
category: reference
title: List of films about mathematicians
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_mathematicians
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:54.322977+00:00
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This is a list of feature films and documentaries that include mathematicians, scientists who use math or references to mathematicians. == About mathematics == Films where mathematics is central to the plot: 21 (2008) – A group of current and former MIT students, mostly mathematicians, and an algebra professor devise a card counting scheme for success at Las Vegas Strip blackjack tables. The Bank (2001) – A mathematician discovers a formula to predict fluctuations in the stock market. Cube (1997) – Six people, including math student Leaven, awake in a deathtrap based on mathematical principles. Fermat's Room (2007) – Three mathematicians and one inventor are invited to a house under the premise of solving a great enigma and told to use pseudonyms based on famous historical mathematicians. At the house, they are trapped in a room. They must solve puzzles given by the host, who calls himself "Fermat", in order to escape the slowly closing walls of the room. Gifted (2017) – Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy—his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace)—in a coastal town in Florida after the death of her mother Diane, a mathematician. Mary's grandmother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) and


id: list-of-films-about-mathematicians-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_mathematicians-1.md
category: reference
title: List of films about mathematicians
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_mathematicians
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Agora (2009) – The life of the mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Hypatia (Rachel Weisz), directed by Alejandro Amenábar. A Beautiful Mind (2001) – A fictional account based loosely on the life of mathematician John Nash (Russell Crowe), who made a breakthrough that wins him the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Breaking the Code (1996) – A biographical film based on the life of Alan Turing adapted from the 1986 play of the same name. A Brief History of Time (1991) – A biographical documentary film about the physicist Stephen Hawking, directed by Errol Morris. Cartesius (1973) – A miniseries on the life of René Descartes, directed by Roberto Rossellini. Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture (2015) – A documentary film by George Paul Csicsery about Yitang Zhang, a lecturer at the University of New Hampshire, working in complete isolation and making an important breakthrough towards solving the twin prime conjecture. Enigma (2001) – A story of romantic and psychological intrigue set in Bletchley Park during the World War II effort to crack the German Enigma machine. Fermat's Last Theorem (1997) – A documentary on the mathematician Andrew Wiles proving the eponymous theorem, directed by Simon


id: science-fell-in-love-so-i-tried-to-prove-it-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fell_in_Love,_So_I_Tried_to_Prove_It-0.md
category: reference
title: Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fell_in_Love,_So_I_Tried_to_Prove_It
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:56.785178+00:00
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Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It (理系が恋に落ちたので証明してみた。, Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shōmei Shite Mita.) is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series by Alifred Yamamoto. It has been serialized online via Flex Comix's Comic Meteor website since 2016 and has been collected in twenty tankōbon volumes. A four-episode live-action drama adaptation aired from September 1 to September 22, 2018, and a live-action film adaptation premiered on February 1, 2019. An anime television series adaptation by Zero-G aired from January to March 2020. A second season aired from April to June 2022. == Premise == Saitama University researchers Shinya Yukimura and Ayame Himuro use data science to analyze the world's systems. But when Ayame confesses to Shinya that she might be in love with him, they both agree that they need to approach the issue with scientific experiments including measuring their heart rates under various situations. Their quirky coworkers in their research group also join in on the fun. == Characters == Shinya Yukimura (雪村心夜, Yukimura Shinya) Portrayed by: Shun Nishime (live-action TV series and film) Voiced by: Yuma Uchida (Japanese); Billy Kametz (English) (season 1), Alejandro Saab (season 2) (anime) Yukimura is a first-year


id: science-fell-in-love-so-i-tried-to-prove-it-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fell_in_Love,_So_I_Tried_to_Prove_It-1.md
category: reference
title: Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fell_in_Love,_So_I_Tried_to_Prove_It
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:56.785178+00:00
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=== Anime === An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 8, 2019. The series was animated by Zero-G and directed by Tōru Kitahata, with Rintarō Ikeda credited for series composition. Ikeda and Michiko Yokote wrote the scripts, and Yūsuke Isouchi designed the characters. Hisakuni, Shouichiro Hirata, Kaoru Ōtsuka, Shūhei Takahashi, Takuma Sogi, and Yūko Takahashi composed the music. It aired from January 11, 2020, to March 28, 2020, on Tokyo MX, BS11, AT-X and UHB. Sora Amamiya (who voices Ayame Himuro) performed the series' opening theme song "PARADOX", while Akari Nanawo performed the series' ending theme song "Turing Love" with utaite Sou as guest vocals. Amazon Prime Video Japan released all 12 episodes of the series on January 11, 2020 JST. Crunchyroll simulcast the series with subtitles as well and has also released an English dub. On October 17, 2020, a second season was announced during a special event held in Japan. Titled Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It r=1-sinθ (Heart) , it aired from April 2 to June 18, 2022, with the cast and staff reprising their roles. Sora Amamiya performed the opening theme song "Love-Evidence", while CHiCO with HoneyWorks and Mafumafu performed


id: s-gaku-golden-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sūgaku_Golden-0.md
category: reference
title: Sūgaku Golden
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sūgaku_Golden
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:57.929372+00:00
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summary:
Sūgaku Golden (数学ゴールデン, Sūgaku Gōruden; lit. ''Mathematics Golden'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuhiko Kuramaru. It began serialization in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal Zero in September 2019. == Plot == Haruichi Onoda has one goal in his life, representing Japan at the International Mathematical Olympiad. He has become so focused on his goal that he isolated himself from the outside world to avoid distractions. After entering high school, he gets approached by Nanase, a student who also likes mathematics. The two become friends over their shared desire to compete at the olympiad. == Publication == Written and illustrated by Tatsuhiko Kuramaru, Sūgaku Golden began serialization in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal Zero on September 9, 2019. Its chapters have been compiled into eight tankōbon volumes as of December 2025. == Reception == The series was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Awards in 2021 in the print category. The series was ranked second in the "I Want to Deliver It to the World" category at the first Rakuten Kobo E-book Awards in 2023. == References == == External links == Sūgaku Golden (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia


id: s-ji-de-asobo-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sūji_de_Asobo-0.md
category: reference
title: Sūji de Asobo
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sūji_de_Asobo
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:43:59.069664+00:00
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Sūji de Asobo (数字であそぼ。; lit. 'Playing with Numbers') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Murako Kinuta. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's josei manga magazine Flowers since June 2018, with its chapters collected in 15 tankōbon volumes as of January 2026. The series won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024. == Plot == == Publication == Written and illustrated by Murako Kinuta, Sūji de Asobo started in Shogakukan's josei manga magazine Flowers on June 28, 2018. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on December 10, 2018. As of January 9, 2026, 15 volumes have been released. === Volumes === == Reception == Along with The Elusive Samurai, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and Trillion Game, Sūji de Asobo won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024. == Notes == == References == == Further reading == Taniguchi, Riuichi (November 30, 2021). 『数字であそぼ。』と『数学ゴールデン』が導く奥深き数学の世界 それぞれの魅力を徹底考察. Real Sound (in Japanese). Blueprint Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. 女子よ理学部へ 少女漫画でPR (in Japanese). The Asahi Gakusei Shimbun Company. June 21, 2023. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. == External links == Official website at Flowers (in Japanese) Sūji


id: list-of-works-by-petr-van-ek-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Petr_Vaníček-0.md
category: reference
title: List of works by Petr Vaníček
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Petr_Vaníček
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This is the list of works by Petr Vaníček. == Remarks == B Book TB Textbook LN Lecture Notes PR Paper in a Refereed Journal R Research Paper C Critique, Reference Paper IP Invited Paper to a Meeting NP Paper Read at a Meeting TH Thesis RT Report (non-technical) RW Review Paper (technical) == List of works == == Sources == Santos, Marcelo, ed. (January 2003). Honoring The Academic Life of Petr Vanicek. Fredericton: Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick. pp. 184–219.


id: 365-days-of-astronomy-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/365_Days_of_Astronomy-0.md
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title: 365 Days of Astronomy
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/365_Days_of_Astronomy
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365 Days of Astronomy is an educational podcast, inspired by the International Year of Astronomy, published daily beginning in 2009. It is produced as a collaboration between Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Astrosphere New Media Association. The individual episodes are written, recorded, and produced by people all around the world. The podcast had 3,000–10,000 listeners each day. == History == In 2008, astronomer Pamela Gay initiated brainstorming via e-mail on possible "new media" programs for 2009, the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). The discussion included Michael Koppelman from Slacker Astronomy, Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy, and others involved in the IYA. Their ideas were distilled down into the 365 Days Of Astronomy podcast. The podcast was to publish one episode per day over the entire year of 2009 and was originally planned to only run for that year. In 2009, 365 Days of Astronomy released an episode with Ray Bradbury as a guest. During the podcast he spoke about one of his books, The Martian Chronicles, and said "We didn't think we could do it, and we did it! It was quite amazing" referring to the crewed moon launches. In 2013, the show evolved to add video. In 2015, it


id: an-astronomer-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Astronomer-0.md
category: reference
title: An Astronomer
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Astronomer
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An Astronomer is an oil-on-canvas painting created in 1652 by Dutch artist Ferdinand Bol. He served as an apprentice to Rembrandt and earlier to Jacob Cuyp. The painting is held in the National Gallery, in London, to which it was donated by E.A. Bennett in 1862. == Description == The painting shows an astronomer at a table, on which are terrestrial and celestial globes. The work also draws on the themes of Melencolia I, an engraving by Albrecht Dürer. The depicted man, who is peering into an open book with a frowning expression, can easily be identified as an astronomer due to the presence of a world map and a celestial sphere on the table. The painting perhaps belongs to the trend dating back to Dürer, in which scientists were depicted in the melancholy generated by the awareness of the futility of their research in face of the prospect of death. == References ==


id: astronomy-cast-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_Cast-0.md
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title: Astronomy Cast
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_Cast
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Astronomy Cast is an educational nonprofit podcast discussing various topics in the field of astronomy. The specific subject matter of each episode shifts from week to week, ranging from planets and stars to cosmology and mythbusting. Premiering on September 10, 2006, the weekly show is co-hosted by Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay. Fraser Cain is the publisher of the space and astronomy news site Universe Today and has a YouTube channel with over 200,000 subscribers. The other host, Dr. Pamela L. Gay, is a Senior Education and Communication Specialist and Senior Scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and the director of CosmoQuest. Each show usually has a length of approximately 30 minutes, and all shows, past and present, are accessible for download through the Astronomy Cast archive, as well as in podcast format. The Astronomy Cast official website also hosts the blog Astronomy Cast LIVE, which covers select astronomy meetings using various bloggers, including Cain, Gay, and Phil Plait, as well as recent astronomy-related news and events. A public forum, the Astronomy Cast Forum, where registered members and site visitors may share and exchange valuable information can also be found on the website and is created under Bad


id: celestial-cartography-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_cartography-0.md
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title: Celestial cartography
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_cartography
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Celestial cartography, uranography, astrography or star cartography is the aspect of astronomy and branch of cartography concerned with mapping stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects on the celestial sphere. Measuring the position and light of charted objects requires a variety of instruments and techniques. These techniques have developed from angle measurements with quadrants and the unaided eye, through sextants combined with lenses for light magnification, up to current methods which include computer-automated space telescopes. Uranographers have historically produced planetary position tables, star tables, and star maps for use by both amateur and professional astronomers. More recently, computerized star maps have been compiled, and automated positioning of telescopes uses databases of stars and of other astronomical objects. == Etymology == The word "uranography" derived from the Greek "ουρανογραφια" (Koine Greek ουρανος "sky, heaven" + γραφειν "to write") through the Latin "uranographia". In Renaissance times, Uranographia was used as the book title of various celestial atlases. During the 19th century, "uranography" was defined as the "description of the heavens". Elijah H. Burritt re-defined it as the "geography of the heavens". The German word for uranography is "Uranographie", the French is "uranographie" and the Italian is "uranografia". == Astrometry == Astrometry, the science


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title: Celestial cartography
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=== Modern === Bright Star Atlas – Wil Tirion (stars to magnitude 6.5) Cambridge Star Atlas – Wil Tirion (Stars to magnitude 6.5) Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook – Ed. Ian Ridpath (stars to magnitude 6.5) Stars & Planets Guide – Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (stars to magnitude 6.0) Cambridge Double Star Atlas – James Mullaney and Wil Tirion (stars to magnitude 7.5) Cambridge Atlas of Herschel Objects – James Mullaney and Wil Tirion (stars to magnitude 7.5) Pocket Sky Atlas – Roger Sinnott (stars to magnitude 7.5) Deep Sky Reiseatlas – Michael Feiler, Philip Noack (Telrad Finder Charts – stars to magnitude 7.5) Atlas Coeli Skalnate Pleso (Atlas of the Heavens) 1950.0 – Antonín Bečvář (stars to magnitude 7.75 and about 12,000 clusters, galaxies and nebulae) SkyAtlas 2000.0, second edition – Wil Tirion & Roger Sinnott (stars to magnitude 8.5) 1987, Uranometria 2000.0 Deep Sky Atlas – Wil Tirion, Barry Rappaport, Will Remaklus (stars to magnitude 9.7; 11.5 in selected close-ups) Herald-Bobroff AstroAtlas – David Herald & Peter Bobroff (stars to magnitude 9 in main charts, 14 in selected sections) Millennium Star Atlas – Roger Sinnott, Michael Perryman (stars to magnitude 11) Field Guide to the Stars


id: chu-silk-manuscript-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Silk_Manuscript-0.md
category: reference
title: Chu Silk Manuscript
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Silk_Manuscript
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The Chu Silk Manuscript (traditional Chinese: 楚帛書; simplified Chinese: 楚帛书; pinyin: Chǔ Bóshū; Wade–Giles: Ch'u Po-shu), also known as the Chu Silk Manuscript from Zidanku in Changsha (traditional Chinese: 長沙子彈庫楚帛書; simplified Chinese: 长沙子弹库楚帛书; pinyin: Chángshā Zǐdànkù Chǔ Bóshū; Wade–Giles: Ch'ang-sha Tzu-tan-k'u Ch'u Po-shu), is a Chinese astrological and astronomical text. It was discovered in a (c. 300 BCE) Warring States period tomb from the southern Chinese state of Chu. == History == The provenance of the Chu Silk Manuscript is uncertain, like many illicit antiquities. Sometime between 1934 and 1942, grave robbers discovered it in a tomb near Zidanku (literally "bullet storehouse"), east of Changsha, Hunan. Archaeologists later found the original tomb and dated it to around 300 BCE. In 1946, the art collector Cai Jixiang (蔡季襄) owned the manuscript. John Hadley Cox then transported it to the United States. How John Hadley Cox acquired the manuscript from Cai Jixiang remains a controversy: Cai claimed that Cox had been asked to help scan the manuscript only; Cai's efforts to have the manuscript returned had persisted till the late 1970s but failed. The philanthropist Arthur M. Sackler purchased the ancient manuscript in 1965, and it is preserved in the Arthur M.


id: chu-silk-manuscript-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Silk_Manuscript-1.md
category: reference
title: Chu Silk Manuscript
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Silk_Manuscript
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If [...] and the length of the lunar months becomes too long or too short, then they will not fit the proper degree and spring, summer, autumn, and winter will [not] be [...] regular; the sun, moon, and planets will erratically overstep their paths. When (the months) are too long, too short, contrary, or chaotic, (the growth of) the grasses and trees have no regularity. This is [called] yao, "demonic" (influences or omens). When heaven and earth create calamities, the Heaven's Cudgel (Tianpou) star creates (sweeping) destruction, sending (the destruction) down through all four regions (of the earth). Mountains collapse, springs gush forth geysers. This is called "contravention." If you contravene the years (and) the months, then upon entering the seventh or eighth day of the month there will be fog, frost, and clouds of dust, and you will not be able to function according (to heaven's plan). "Seasons (Inner Short Text)" also has three subsections; describing how the gods separated heaven and earth and determined the four seasons, Yandi and Zhu Rong supported the heavens with five pillars of different colors, and Gong Gong divided time into periods, days, months, and years. Long, long ago, Bao Xi of [...]


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file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Silk_Manuscript-2.md
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title: Chu Silk Manuscript
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Silk_Manuscript
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=== Sources === Andersen, Poul (1989). "The Practice of Bugang". Cahiers d'Extrême- Asie. 5 (5): 15–53. doi:10.3406/asie.1989.942. Barnard, Noel (1958). "A Preliminary Study of the Ch'u Silk Manuscript – A New Reconstruction of the Text". Monumenta Serica. 17: 1–11. doi:10.1080/02549948.1958.11730971. Barnard, Noel (1972). Studies on the Ch'u Silk Manuscript. Monographs on Far Eastern History. Vol. 4. Australian National University. Barnard, Noel (1973). The Ch'u Silk Manuscript. Translation and Commentary. Australian National University Press. Barnard, Noel (1981). "The nature of the Ch'in "Reform of the Script" as reflected in archaeological documents excavated under conditions of control". In Needham, Joseph (ed.). Science in Traditional China: a Comparative Perspective. The Chinese University Press. pp. 181–214. ISBN 978-0-674-79439-9. Cook, Constance A.; Major, John S., eds. (1999). Defining Chu: Image and Reality in Ancient China. Hawaii University Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2905-6. Jao Tsung-I (1985). Chu boshu 楚帛書 (in Chinese). Zhonghua shuju. Jao Tsung-I (1987). "The Calligraphic Art of the Chu Silk Manuscript". Orientations. 18 (9): 79–84. Lawton, Thomas, ed. (1991). New Perspectives on Chu Culture during the Eastern Zhou Period. Princeton University Press. Li Ling (1985). Changsha Zidanku Zhanguo Chu boshu yanjiu 長沙子彈庫戰國楚帛書研究 (in Chinese). Zhonghua shuju. Li, Ling; Cook, Constance A. (1999). "Translation of the


id: eso-st-ecf-science-archive-facility-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESO/ST-ECF_Science_Archive_Facility-0.md
category: reference
title: ESO/ST-ECF Science Archive Facility
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESO/ST-ECF_Science_Archive_Facility
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The ESO/ST-ECF Science Archive Facility is an electronic archive for astronomical data. It currently contains more than 40.0 Terabytes of scientific data obtained with the ESA/NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) and Very Large Telescope (VLT) and with the Wide Field Imager on the ESO/MPI 2.2m Telescope. == External links == The ESO/ST-ECF Science Archive Facility The European Southern Observatory The Space Telescope-European Coordinating Facility


id: integrated-software-for-imagers-and-spectrometers-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Software_for_Imagers_and_Spectrometers-0.md
category: reference
title: Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Software_for_Imagers_and_Spectrometers
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Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (Isis) is a specialized software package developed by the USGS to process images and spectra collected by current and past NASA planetary missions sent to Earth's Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and other solar system bodies. == History == The history of ISIS began in 1971 at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Flagstaff, Arizona. Isis was developed in 1989, primarily to support the Galileo NIMS instrument. It contains standard image processing capabilities (such as image algebra, filters, statistics) for both 2D images and 3D data cubes, as well as mission-specific data processing capabilities and cartographic rendering functions. == Raster data format name == Family of related formats that are used by the USGS Planetary Cartography group to store and distribute planetary imagery data. PDS, Planetary Data System ISIS2, USGS Astrogeology Isis cube (Version 2) ISIS3, USGS Astrogeology ISIS Cube (Version 3) == See also == Ames Stereo Pipeline == References == == External links == Official website


id: the-jodcast-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jodcast-0.md
category: reference
title: The Jodcast
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jodcast
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:12.208097+00:00
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The Jodcast is a monthly podcast created by astronomers at Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), University of Manchester in Manchester, England. It debuted in January 2006, aiming to inspire and inform the public about astronomy and related sciences, to excite young people with the latest astronomy research results, to motivate students to pursue careers in science, and to dispel stereotypes of scientists as incomprehensible and unapproachable. The Jodcast provides insight into up-to-date astronomical and astrophysical research via regular interviews with researchers from institutions worldwide, as well as with its own staff at the University of Manchester. Episodes also feature interviews with JBCA PhD students during Jodbites to promote early-career researchers and to offer a unique perspective to life in academia. The Jodcast team also regularly interacts with listeners and answers questions related to astronomy and astrophysics during its monthly Ask an Astronomer segments. The ever-popular Night Sky segment has not returned in 2024, following the passing of Prof Ian Morison. The Jodcast was co-founded by previous Manchester students Stuart Lowe, Nick Rattenbury and David Ault in 2006. Current and previous episodes of the Jodcast may be downloaded via its own website and RSS feeds, and from iTunes. The Jodcast


id: astronomical-survey-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_survey-0.md
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title: Astronomical survey
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_survey
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:14.632339+00:00
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An astronomical survey is a general map or image of a region of the sky (or of the whole sky) that lacks a specific observational target. Alternatively, an astronomical survey may comprise a set of images, spectra, or other observations of objects that share a common type or feature. Surveys are often restricted to one band of the electromagnetic spectrum due to instrumental limitations, although multiwavelength surveys can be made by using multiple detectors, each sensitive to a different bandwidth. Surveys have generally been performed as part of the production of an astronomical catalog. They may also search for transient astronomical events. They often use wide-field astrographs. == Scientific value == Sky surveys, unlike targeted observation of a specific object, allow astronomers to catalog celestial objects and perform statistical analyses on them without complex corrections for selection effects. In some cases, an astronomer interested in a particular object will find that survey images are sufficient to make new telescope time entirely unnecessary. Surveys also help astronomers choose targets for closer study using larger, more powerful telescopes. If previous observations support a hypothesis, a telescope scheduling committee is more likely to approve new, more detailed observations to test it. The wide


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title: Astronomical survey
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_survey
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Optical Hipparchus - created the first known star catalogue with more than 850 stars. The data was incorporated into the Almagest along with the first list of stellar magnitudes and was the primary astronomical reference until modern times, 190-120 BC. Bonner Durchmusterung - whole-sky astrometric star catalog, 1859–1903 Astrographic Catalogue - international astronomical survey of the entire sky. The survey was performed by 18 observatories using over 22,000 photographic plates. The results have been the basis of comparison for all subsequent surveys, 1887–1975. Henry Draper Catalogue - spectral classifications based on photographic plates, 1918–1924, extension 1925–1936 Catalina Sky Survey - an astronomical survey to discover comets and asteroids. Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS–POSS) – survey of the northern sky on photographic plates, 1948–1958 CfA Redshift Survey – A program from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. It began in 1977 to 1982 then from 1985 to 1995. Digitized Sky Survey – optical all-sky survey created from digitized photographic plates, 1994 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dfGRS) – redshift survey conducted by the Anglo-Australian Observatory between 1997 and 2002 Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) – an optical and spectroscopic survey, 2000–2006 (first pass) Photopic Sky Survey –


id: astronomical-survey-20260505-2
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_survey-2.md
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title: Astronomical survey
tags: science, encyclopedia
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=== Surveys of the Magellanic Clouds === Catalogues of H-α emission stars and nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds - published 1956 (Astrophys. J. Suppl., 2, 315) MCELS (Magellanic Cloud Emission-line Survey) The Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey – UBVI (optical) Deep Near Infrared Survey (DENIS) – near-IR == See also == See astronomical catalogue for a more detailed description of astronomical surveys and the production of astronomical catalogues Redshift surveys are astronomical surveys devoted to mapping the cosmos in three dimensions Category:astronomical catalogues—List of astronomical catalogues on Wikipedia Astrograph for a type of instrument used in Astronomical surveys. Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys == References ==


id: timeline-of-astronomical-maps-catalogs-and-surveys-20260505-0
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title: Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_astronomical_maps,_catalogs,_and_surveys
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This timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs and surveys spans over four millennia of observations. == Second millennium BCE == c. 1800 BCE — Babylonian star catalog (see Babylonian star catalogues) c. 1370 BCE — Observations for the Babylonia MUL.APIN (an astro catalog). == First millennium BCE == c. 350 BCE — Shi Shen's star catalog has almost 800 entries c. 300 BCE — star catalog of Timocharis of Alexandria c. 134 BCE — Hipparchus makes a detailed star map == First millennium CE == c. 150 — Ptolemy completes his Almagest, which contains a catalog of stars, observations of planetary motions, and treatises on geometry and cosmology c. 705 — Dunhuang Star Chart, a manuscript star chart from the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang c. 750 — The first Zij treatise, Az-Zij ‛alā Sinī al-‛Arab, written by Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī and Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī c. 777 — Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq's Az-Zij al-Mahlul min as-Sindhind li-Darajat Daraja c. 830 — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi's Zij al-Sindhind c. 840 — Al-Farghani's Compendium of the Science of the Stars c. 900 — Al-Battani's Az-Zij as-Sabi 964 — Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi)'s star catalog Book of the Fixed Stars == Second millennium CE == 1031


id: wuxingzhan-20260505-0
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title: Wuxingzhan
tags: science, encyclopedia
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The Wuxingzhan (五星占), translated to English as the Prognostications of the Five Planets, is a 170 BCE text on astronomy and astrology found in Mawangdui tomb, near Changsha, Hunan. The text was compiled around the Han Dynasty period in China. Thought to be lost, the text was rediscovered during the 1970s. == Contents == The text is about nine chapters covering different planets: Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Mercury. The Wuxingzhan provides numerical data on the visibility and movement of the five classical planets in a non-classical order. It also includes original excerpts from ancient Chinese astronomical works by Gan De and Shi Shen. === Saturn === The Wuxingzhan states that Saturn's orbital period is 30 years, in comparison, the Grand Inception Calendar says 29.79 years. Much like the calendar, the Wuxingzhan is more concerned with calendrical accuracy than relying on mere astrology. === Venus === In terms of Venus, the Wuxingzhan states that the planet is visible for 224 days, correcting the 240 days noted in other sources, likely due to a copying error. Venus's true orbital period is about 224.70 days, but early Chinese astronomers struggled to define it clearly due to its position relative to the sun.


id: biology-in-fiction-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_in_fiction-0.md
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title: Biology in fiction
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_in_fiction
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Biology appears in fiction, especially but not only in science fiction, both in the shape of real aspects of the science, used as themes or plot devices, and in the form of fictional elements, whether fictional extensions or applications of biological theory, or through the invention of fictional organisms. Major aspects of biology found in fiction include evolution, disease, genetics, physiology, parasitism and symbiosis (mutualism), ethology, and ecology. Speculative evolution enables authors with sufficient skill to create what the critic Helen N. Parker calls biological parables, illuminating the human condition from an alien viewpoint. Fictional alien animals and plants, especially humanoids, have frequently been created simply to provide entertaining monsters. Zoologists such as Sam Levin have argued that, driven by natural selection on other planets, aliens might indeed tend to resemble humans to some extent. Major themes of science fiction include messages of optimism or pessimism; Helen N. Parker has noted that in biological fiction, pessimism is by far the dominant outlook. Early works such as H. G. Wells's novels explored the grim consequences of Darwinian evolution, ruthless competition, and the dark side of human nature; Aldous Huxley's Brave New World was similarly gloomy about the effects of genetic engineering.


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file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_in_fiction-1.md
category: reference
title: Biology in fiction
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_in_fiction
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=== Physiology === The creation scene in James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein makes use of electricity to bring the monster to life. Shelley's idea of reanimation through electric shock was based on the physiology experiments of Luigi Galvani, who noted that a shock made the leg of a dead frog twitch. Electric shock is now routinely used in pacemakers, maintaining heart rhythm, and defibrillators, restoring heart rhythm. The ability to produce electricity is central to Naomi Alderman's 2016 science fiction novel The Power. In the book, women develop the ability to release electrical jolts from their fingers, powerful enough to stun or kill. Fish such as the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, create powerful electric fields with modified muscles, stacked end-to-end as cells in a battery in their electric organs, and the novel indeed references such fish and the electricity generated in striated muscle. === Parasitism === Parasites appear frequently in fiction, from ancient times onwards as seen in mythical figures like the blood-drinking Lilith, with a flowering in the nineteenth century. These include intentionally disgusting alien monsters in science fiction films, though these are sometimes less "horrible" than real examples in nature. Authors and scriptwriters have to some extent exploited


id: biology-in-fiction-20260505-2
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_in_fiction-2.md
category: reference
title: Biology in fiction
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_in_fiction
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A common use of fictional biology in science fiction is to provide plausible alien species, sometimes simply as terrifying subjects, but sometimes for more reflective purposes. Alien species include H. G. Wells's Martians in his 1898 novel The War of the Worlds, the bug-eyed monsters of early 20th century science fiction, fearsome parasitoids, and a variety of giant insects, especially in early 20th century big bug movies. Humanoid (roughly human-shaped) aliens are common in science fiction. One reason is that authors use the only example of intelligent life that they know: humans. The zoologist Sam Levin points out that aliens might indeed tend to resemble humans, driven by natural selection. Luis Villazon points out that animals that move necessarily have a front and a back; as with bilaterian animals on Earth, sense organs tend to gather at the front as they encounter stimuli there, forming a head. Legs reduce friction, and with legs, bilateral symmetry makes coordination easier. Sentient organisms will, Villazon argues, likely use tools, in which case they need hands and at least two other limbs to stand on. In short, a generally humanoid shape is likely, though octopus- or starfish-like bodies are also possible. Many fictional plants


id: flesh-and-spirit-painting-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesh_and_Spirit_(painting)-0.md
category: reference
title: Flesh and Spirit (painting)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesh_and_Spirit_(painting)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:19.723409+00:00
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Flesh and Spirit is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat c. 1982–83. The multi-panel painting, which is one of the largest ever made by Basquiat, sold for $30.7 million at Sotheby's in May 2018. == History == Flesh and Spirit is made up of two horizontal panels hinged to create four quadrants, measuring a combined 12 by 12 feet. The title is a reference to Robert Farris Thompson’s 1983 book Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Philosophy, which Basquiat said was "probably the best book I ever read on African art. It's one of the best." The artwork features elements of a skeleton, a brain and a disembodied hand, along with texts like "SPIRIT," "POTATO," and "FLESH." Basquiat had a fascination with the human anatomy since he was a child. A major reference source used throughout his career was the book Gray's Anatomy. After he was hit by a car, his mother had given him the book while he was in the hospital recovering from a broken arm and various internal injuries. Flesh and Spirit was acquired by art collector and patron of the arts Dolores Neumann, who was also an art dealer for graffiti artists. She


id: the-inner-life-of-the-cell-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inner_Life_of_the_Cell-0.md
category: reference
title: The Inner Life of the Cell
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inner_Life_of_the_Cell
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:21.019991+00:00
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The Inner Life of the Cell is an 8.5-minute 3D computer graphics animation demonstrating the molecular mechanisms that occur when a white blood cell in the blood vessels of the human body is activated by inflammation (Leukocyte extravasation). It shows how a white blood cell rolls along the inner surface of the capillary, flattens out, and squeezes through the cells of the capillary wall to the site of inflammation where it contributes to the immune reaction. == Production == David Bolinsky, former lead medical illustrator at Yale, lead animator John Liebler, and Mike Astrachan are some of the creators at XVIVO who made the movie. The audio track was composed, recorded, and produced by Matt Berky. They created the animation for Harvard's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Most of the processes animated were the result of Alain Viel and Robert Lue's work describing the processes to the team. Alain Viel is an associate director of undergraduate research at Harvard University. The film took 14 months to create for 8.5 minutes of animation. It was first seen by a wide audience at the 2006 SIGGRAPH conference in Boston. == References == == External links == "The Inner Life of the


id: phozon-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phozon-0.md
category: reference
title: Phozon
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phozon
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:22.576846+00:00
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Phozon is a 1983 puzzle video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was only released in Japan in November 1983. It is notable for its chemistry-based gameplay. == Gameplay == The player takes control of the Chemic, a small black atom with red spikes that must adhere itself to passing Moleks (which come in four different colors: cyan, green, pink and yellow) in order to duplicate the patterns shown in the center of the screen; if a Molek adheres itself to the Chemic incorrectly, the player can press the button to disconnect the most recently connected Molek. A stage is completed by correctly replicating the Molek formation shown in the center of the screen. The yellow counter at the bottom shows how many Moleks are remaining, which decreases as more Moleks appear. If the bar empties and the player has not replicated the Molek formation, the round restarts from the beginning. The sole enemy in the game is the Atomic, a clump of balls that moves randomly around the screen and kills the Chemic on contact. From the second world on, the Chemic can counter-attack by adhering itself to a Power Molek. Once the Chemic has adhered


id: code-of-a-killer-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_a_Killer-0.md
category: reference
title: Code of a Killer
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_a_Killer
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:24.153872+00:00
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Code of a Killer is a three-part British police drama television series which tells the true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its introductory use by Detective David Baker in catching the double murderer Colin Pitchfork. Filming commenced in late September 2014, and the program aired on the ITV network, on 6 and 13 April 2015. Endemol Shine handled international distribution of the series. == Plot == Set over a nearly four-year period from 1983 to 1987, DCS David Baker leads an investigation into the vicious murders of the two Leicestershire teenage schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. Meanwhile, Alec Jeffreys is an ambitious scientist who has recently discovered a remarkable method to read a person's DNA and, from it, generate a unique DNA fingerprint. Convinced one local person committed both crimes, Baker approaches Jeffreys to utilise his scientific technique to solve the murders. The first-ever DNA manhunt follows, involving the blood testing of many men — all in the aid of catching the killer. == Cast == == Production == === Development === Code of a Killer was commissioned by ITV's Director of Drama Steve November and Controller of Drama Victoria Fea on 16 May 2014.


id: cold-case-files-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Case_Files-0.md
category: reference
title: Cold Case Files
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Case_Files
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:25.436038+00:00
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Cold Case Files is a reality legal show/documentary on the cable channel A&E Network and a rebooted series. It is hosted by Bill Kurtis and the original series produced by Tom Golden. The show documents the investigation of many long-unsolved murders (referred to as "cold cases" in detectives' parlance) through the use of modern forensic science (especially recent advances in DNA techniques), and criminal psychology, in addition to recent breakthroughs in the case(s) involving previously silent witnesses. On January 19, 2017, Blumhouse Television, AMPLE Entertainment and A&E revived the series for a ten-episode run. The well received reboot features highly cinematic recreations and music. The new episodes first began airing on February 27, 2017. Actor Danny Glover took over for Kurtis as narrator for this new 10-episode series. Kurtis later returned. On August 20, 2021, after a four-year hiatus, the series returned with a new season on A&E, again with Kurtis as the host. == Overview == According to A&E, the show has been widely praised by law enforcement agencies, and its investigative reports are commonly used in the training of detectives. Cold Case Files first aired as a sub-series of another A&E crime documentary program, Investigative Reports, also hosted


id: exhibit-a-tv-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibit_A_(TV_series)-0.md
category: reference
title: Exhibit A (TV series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibit_A_(TV_series)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:26.651271+00:00
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Exhibit A is a four-part English-language documentary TV-series that premiered on Netflix on June 28, 2019 created and directed by Kelly Loudenberg. It explores how forensic techniques, tools and evidence such as blood spatter, touch DNA, cadaver dogs and CCTV footage can be misinterpreted and manipulated to have potentially innocent people convicted. == Release == It was released on August 2, 2019 on Netflix streaming. == References == == External links == Exhibit A on Netflix Exhibit A at IMDb Exhibit A at Rotten Tomatoes


id: exhibit-a-secrets-of-forensic-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibit_A:_Secrets_of_Forensic_Science-0.md
category: reference
title: Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibit_A:_Secrets_of_Forensic_Science
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:27.870243+00:00
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parent: exhibit-a-secrets-of-forensic-science-20260505-0
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Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science was a Canadian television series highlighting the role of forensic science in solving crimes. == References == == External links == Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science at IMDb


id: forensic-factor-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_Factor-0.md
category: reference
title: Forensic Factor
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_Factor
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:29.870580+00:00
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Forensic Factor is a Canadian true crime docuseries, which airs on Discovery Channel Canada, Sun TV, and the True Crime Network The series, which uses an anthology format, features forensic techniques and their application in crime-solving by examining notable cases. == Episodes == === Season 1 (2003) === === Season 2 (2004) === === Season 3 (2005) === === Season 4 (2007) === === Season 5 (2008–09) === === Season 6 (2010) === == Forensic Factor: A New Era == In 2023, Discovery Channel rebooted the series. The first season aired with 6 episodes. === Season 1 (2023) === === Season 2 (2025) === == References ==


id: the-new-detectives-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Detectives-0.md
category: reference
title: The New Detectives
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Detectives
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:31.183137+00:00
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The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (or simply The New Detectives, formally "Forensic Detectives") is a documentary true crime television show that aired two to three different cases in forensic science per episode from 1996 to 2004. Episode reruns currently air on the Discovery Channel, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Pluto TV, and True Crime Network. Before the series was canceled, the show also aired on The History Channel and Court TV in the United States and Canal D in Canada, as well as Botswana TV. The show was also carried by international markets where the series was shown on the Discovery Channel UK, Discovery Europe, the Crime & Investigation Network in Australia, Prime TV in New Zealand, TV Norge, TV Danmark, Kanal 5 in Sweden, and RTL in the Netherlands. In Brazil, the TV series was narrated by the Italian-Brazilian announcer and journalist Wilson Versolato. == Synopsis == The New Detectives centers on murders that are committed in North America and the forensics used to convict the murderers of their crimes. The New Detectives shows reenactments and dramatizations of events surrounding a murder. Real-file footage is shown on occasion. Unlike The FBI Files, a sister show, also produced by


id: nutshell-studies-of-unexplained-death-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutshell_Studies_of_Unexplained_Death-0.md
category: reference
title: Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutshell_Studies_of_Unexplained_Death
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:32.503624+00:00
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parent: nutshell-studies-of-unexplained-death-20260505-0
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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death are a series of twenty intricately designed dollhouse-style dioramas created by Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962), a pioneer in forensic science. Glessner Lee used her inheritance to establish a department of legal medicine at Harvard Medical School in 1936, and donated the first of the Nutshell Studies in 1946 for use in lectures on the subject of crime scene investigation. In 1966, the department was dissolved, and the dioramas went to the Maryland Medical Examiner's Office in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. where they are on permanent loan and still used for forensic seminars. The dioramas are detailed representations of death scenes that are composites of actual court cases, created by Glessner Lee on a 1-inch to 1 foot (1:12) scale. Originally twenty in number, each model cost about US$3,000–4,500 to create. She attended autopsies to ensure accuracy, and her attention to detail extended to having a wall calendar include the pages after the month of the incident, constructing openable windows, and wearing out-of-date clothing to obtain realistically worn fabric. The dioramas show tawdry and, in many cases, disheveled living spaces very different from Glessner Lee's own background. The dead include sex workers and victims of domestic


id: language-and-language-disturbances-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_and_Language_Disturbances-0.md
category: reference
title: Language and Language Disturbances
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_and_Language_Disturbances
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:34.893855+00:00
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Language and Language Disturbances: Aphasic Symptom Complexes and Their Significance for Medicine and Theory of Language is a book on aphasia by Dr. Kurt Goldstein, published in 1948. In Language and Language Disturbances, Goldstein theorized that a loss of abstract processing was the core deficit in aphasia. In his work, Goldstein studied transcortical sensory aphasia (TSA), characterizing it as impaired auditory comprehension, with intact repetition and fluent speech. Goldstein studied word comprehension in patients with aphasia, theorizing that naming shows relatively little specificity to the site of lesion within the left hemisphere. Goldstein compared patients with damage restricted to the anterior portion of the left hemisphere (whose difficulties are primarily a matter of production) with those with exclusively posterior damage (whose difficulties lie chiefly in comprehension. Goldstein cited cases where patients experienced semantic confusion and could not verbalize certain words as a result of the brain damage. In one instance, a German patient of Goldstein's who could not name a handkerchief, said instead "nas'putzen" ("to blow one's nose"). == See also == On Aphasia, a book by Sigmund Freud == References ==


id: the-organism-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Organism-0.md
category: reference
title: The Organism
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Organism
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:36.097446+00:00
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The Organism: A Holistic Approach to Biology Derived from Pathological Data in Man is a book on psychology and neurology by Dr. Kurt Goldstein, first published under the title Der Aufbau des Organismus: Einführung in die Biologie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Erfahrungen am kranken Menschen, in 1934. A new edition of the English translation was published in 1995: The Organism: A Holistic Approach to Biology Derived from Pathological Data in Man, with a foreword by Oliver Sacks, New York, Zone Books. After the rise of Hitler, Goldstein escaped to Amsterdam, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, where he dictated his work, which would become his magnum opus, in just six weeks. Goldstein described the work being written while in a "time of enforced leisure" in the Netherlands during his flight from Nazi Germany, it was published with only minor revisions in English translation in 1939. Goldstein's work helped institute the field of phenomenological psychiatry. In The Organism, Goldstein declared that human life cannot be compared to a system which simply returns to a state of balance after stimulation from outside. Goldstein, after critiquing different attempts to classify the instincts, writes that all instinctual manifestations emerge from "the drive to self-actualization." At


id: a-nightmare-on-elm-street-the-dream-dealers-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street:_The_Dream_Dealers-0.md
category: reference
title: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Dealers
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street:_The_Dream_Dealers
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:37.768333+00:00
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A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Dealers is a 2006 British science fiction horror novel written by Jeffrey Thomas and published by Black Flame. A tie-in to the Nightmare on Elm Street series of American horror films, it is the fifth and final installment in a series of five Nightmare on Elm Street novels published by Black Flame and is set in a future where technological advancement has allowed for the recording and reliving of dreams, attracting the attention of supernatural killer Freddy Krueger. == Plot == In the near future, where dreams and memories can be recorded and relived with Saxon Systems' TranceBoxes, the government has contracted the Springwood, Ohio, branch of Macrocosm Research to study the digitized brains of local murder victims, all of whom had strange tumors in the parts of their brains associated with dreaming; unbeknownst to the Macrocosm researchers, the victims were killed by Freddy Krueger, a serial child rapist and killer who, after being burned to death by angry parents, now haunts the Dream World. Freddy, long dormant due to a lack of fear from Springwood's populace to feed on, is revitalized by his old victims' nightmares being studied and begins terrorizing the


id: final-theory-novel-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Theory_(novel)-0.md
category: reference
title: Final Theory (novel)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Theory_(novel)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:39.682368+00:00
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Final Theory is a 2008 techno-thriller novel written by Scientific American contributing editor Mark Alpert and published by Touchstone Books. The novel fictitiously posits that Albert Einstein actually achieved his life's ambition of discovering a unified field theory. If he had been successful in developing this theory, it would have large consequences for the world, including the development of a weapon of mass destruction. Final Theory is Alpert's debut novel. == Plot == The narrative begins with a brutal attack on the aged theoretical physicist Hans Walther Kleinman. Kleinman is rushed to the hospital and summons his former student David Swift, now a professor at Columbia University. Just before dying, Kleinman pulls Swift close and wheezes two words in German: "Einheitliche Feldtheorie" and a sequence of numbers. It is revealed that the German phrase refers to the unified field theory developed by Einstein during his later years. Swift is intimidated by Lucille Parker, a sixtyish FBI Agent who is also after the theory. Swift meets with his old friend Monique Reynolds, a string theorist at Princeton University. Swift learns of the deaths of two close students of Einstein. The sequence of numbers points to The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon


id: minutephysics-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinutePhysics-0.md
category: reference
title: MinutePhysics
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinutePhysics
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:40.862253+00:00
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parent: minutephysics-20260505-0
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MinutePhysics is an educational YouTube channel created by Henry Reich in 2011. The channel's videos use whiteboard animation to explain physics-related topics. Early videos on the channel were approximately one minute long. As of January 2026, the channel has over 5.94 million subscribers. == Background and video content == MinutePhysics was created by Henry Reich in 2011. Reich attended Grinnell College, where he studied mathematics and physics. He then attended the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, where he earned his master's degree in theoretical physics from the institute's Perimeter Scholars International program. The video content on MinutePhysics deals with concepts in physics. Examples of videos Reich has uploaded onto the channel include one dealing with the concept of "touch" in regards to electromagnetism. Another deals with the concept of dark matter. The most viewed MinutePhysics video, with more than 20 million views, discusses whether it is more suitable to walk or to run when trying to avoid rain. Reich also has uploaded a series of three videos explaining the Higgs Boson. In March 2020, Reich produced a video that explained exponential projection of statistics as data is being collected, using the evolving record related to COVID-19 data. === Collaborations ===


id: 3-2-1-contact-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-2-1_Contact-0.md
category: reference
title: 3-2-1 Contact
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-2-1_Contact
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:43.926113+00:00
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3-2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW, now known as Sesame Workshop). It aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988 and later ran on Noggin (a joint venture between the CTW and Nickelodeon) from 1999 to 2003. The show teaches scientific principles and their applications. Edward G. Atkins, who was responsible for much of the scientific content of the show, felt that the TV program would not replace a classroom but would encourage viewers to ask questions about the scientific purpose of things. == History == === Initial conception === 3-2-1 Contact was the brainchild of Samuel Y. Gibbon Jr., who had been the executive producer of the original The Electric Company for the CTW from 1971 to 1977. (Gibbon had left the CTW before Contact's production officially began, though he was still credited as "Senior Consultant".) The show was based on the original concept of The Curiosity Show, an Australian science-based children's educational TV show that had been running since 1972. That program was hosted by Australian scientists Rob Morrison and Deane Hutton, who were consultants to The Children's Television Workshop in the early planning stages of what became 3-2-1


id: 3-2-1-contact-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-2-1_Contact-1.md
category: reference
title: 3-2-1 Contact
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-2-1_Contact
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== Magazine == Three months before the show premiered, a print magazine of the same name that also focused on science was released. In 1985, the magazine absorbed some of the content of sibling publication Enter (which went out of print that same year), including reader submissions of computer programs written in the BASIC computer language as well as reviews of popular computer programs. The Enter section also contained a new feature called "The Slipped Disk Show", in which a fictional disc jockey answered computer-related questions submitted by readers. In 1987, the magazine began featuring content from another CTW production, Square One Television. Such content frequently took the form of a two-page comic strip, often parodying a popular show or movie of the time, with a math-related question at the end. The Bloodhound Gang mysteries also made the leap to the magazine, but they were subsequently replaced with a series entitled The Time Team in September 1990. These stories found teenage characters Sean Nolan and Jenny Lopez traveling to different time periods in the past and future. Their surroundings and personal encounters were described with great detail, educating readers as to the customs of various cultures throughout history, and –


id: adventure-tv-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(TV_series)-0.md
category: reference
title: Adventure (TV series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(TV_series)
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:45.181709+00:00
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Adventure is a documentary television series that aired on CBS beginning in 1953. The series was produced in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History and hosted by Charles Collingwood. The program consisted of interviews with scientists and academicians and films of anthropological expeditions. Individuals appearing in interviews included historian Bernard DeVoto, biologist Alexander Fleming, and adventurer Sasha Siemel. Marcel LaFollette has written, "Production approaches that are now standard practice on NOVA and the Discovery Channel derive, in fact, from experimentation by television pioneers like Lynn Poole and Don Herbert and such programs as Adventure, Zoo Parade, Science in Action, and the Bell Telephone System's science specials. These early efforts were also influenced by television's love of the dramatic, refined during its first decade and continuing to shape news and public affairs programming, as well as fiction and fantasy, today." LaFollette included the program in her 2008 overview of early broadcasting devoted to science popularization. == Broadcast history == The show began its run on May 10, 1953 and was broadcast on late Sunday afternoon. It switched to early Sunday evening (6:00 pm to 7:00 pm) on June 28, 1953. In October 1953, it returned to Sunday afternoon and


id: astronarium-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronarium-0.md
category: reference
title: Astronarium
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronarium
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:46.450090+00:00
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parent: astronarium-20260505-0
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Astronarium is a Polish documentary and popular science television series about astronomy and space research. The program is produced by the Polish Television and Polish Astronomical Society, with support from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The series premiered on March 2, 2015 on the TVP Regionalna channel (now the name of this channel is TVP 3). It has been broadcast on various channels in Poland and abroad, including TVP 1, TVP 3, TVP Polonia. The episodes are also available on the internet as a VOD, some of them with English subtitles. The cumulative audience in Poland during the first week of emission of an episode is on the level of 500,000 viewers (RCH parameter). The first season of 8 episodes was first broadcast from March to April 2015, the second season of 13 episodes from September 2015 to March 2016, the third season of 13 episodes started in April 2016. Format of the series is about visiting science institutes and astronomical observatories, where scientists involved in research are explaining various topics about astronomy and space research. The series uses also CGI renderings, video footage, photographs. Each episode is about a particular topic. Astronarium is also available at


id: backyard-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_Science-0.md
category: reference
title: Backyard Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_Science
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:44:47.685060+00:00
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parent: backyard-science-20260505-0
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Backyard Science is an Australian educational children's television show based on the Dorling Kindersley book of the same name that aired from 28 August 2003 until 2007. The series was originally commissioned by Super RTL and TVOntario, and had 78 episodes produced in three seasons. Some airings split this into 156 15-minute episodes. In this series, children experiment with everyday items in order to make something fun and practical and also provide scientific insights in a child's world. == International distribution == The show is broadcast in overseas markets including: Serbia (Nauka iz dvorišta) Ultra Canada (TVOKids) Croatia (Mali znanstvenici) RTL Kockica Czech Republic (Věda je zábava) Germany (WOW – Die Entdeckerzone) Hungary (Da Vinci Learning) Indonesia (Spacetoon) India (Disney India, Hungama TV and National Geographic Channel) Israel (LOGI Channel, Titled as "Mitahat La'af" – מתחת לאף) Italy (K2) Latin America (Boomerang) Malaysia (Astro TVIQ) Pakistan (PTV) Poland (Da Vinci Learning) Romania (Da Vinci Learning) Russia (Da Vinci Learning) Turkey (Da Vinci Learning and Yumurcak TV) UAE (e-Junior) UK (Toonami and POP!) have carried the English-language episodes; a Scots Gàidhlig version, Saidheans Sporsail, hosted by Allen MacDonald and Kerry Anne MacLeod, airs on BBC Alba. USA (Discovery Kids, under the


id: bang-goes-the-theory-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Goes_the_Theory-0.md
category: reference
title: Bang Goes the Theory
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Goes_the_Theory
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Bang Goes the Theory or Bang is a British television science magazine series, co-produced by the BBC and the Open University, that began on 27 July 2009 and ended on 5 May 2014 on BBC One. Originally presented by Liz Bonnin, Jem Stansfield, Dallas Campbell and Yan Wong, the show employed a hands-on approach to test scientific theory and demonstrate how science shapes our world. From series seven, Maggie Philbin replaced Dallas Campbell as a main presenter and Yan Wong no longer appeared and the programme was subsequently cancelled after just two more seasons. == Production == === Creation === The co-production between the BBC and the Open University was announced in June 2009 and was commissioned by Jay Hunt, controller of BBC One, for ten 30 minute episodes. It promises to "put scientific theory to the test" and examine "how science shapes the world around us". During the announcement, Hunt stated that the series "brings popular science back to the very heart of BBC One", referring to the long-running BBC series Tomorrow's World, which ran from 1965 to 2003 and was cancelled following falling ratings. Comparing Bang Goes the Theory to Tomorrow's World, series editor Dermot Caulfield said, Rather


id: bang-goes-the-theory-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Goes_the_Theory-1.md
category: reference
title: Bang Goes the Theory
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_Goes_the_Theory
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=== Series 3 === The third series consisted of six episodes, starting on 8 September 2010. It was also broadcast on BBC HD. === Series 4 === The fourth series commenced with an hour-long special, starting on 10 March 2011. It was also broadcast on BBC HD, and also with the slogan "Revealing your world with a bang" until Series 5. The slogan "Revealing your world through science" was used on Japan Earthquake special episode. === Series 5 === The fifth series began airing on 15 August 2011 on BBC One and in HD on BBC One HD. === Series 6 === The sixth series began airing on 12 March 2012 on BBC One and in HD on BBC One HD, in England and Scotland. It is shown a day later, on BBC Two in Northern Ireland and Wales. === Series 7 === The seventh series began airing on 4 March 2013 on BBC One and in HD on BBC One HD, in England, at the same time but on BBC Two in Scotland, and a day later on BBC Two in Northern Ireland and Wales. === Series 8 === The eighth and final series began airing on 10 March


id: beakman-s-world-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beakman's_World-0.md
category: reference
title: Beakman's World
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beakman's_World
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Beakman's World is an American educational children's television program. The program is based on the Universal Press Syndicate syndicated comic strip You Can with Beakman and Jax created by Jok Church. The series premiered on Wednesday, September 16, 1992, on TLC, and three days later on September 19, began a concurrent run in weekly syndication on 220 television stations across the United States through an agreement with Columbia Pictures Television Distribution (whose indirect successor, Sony Pictures Television, currently maintains domestic and international distribution rights to the series). On September 18, 1993, it moved from national syndication to CBS's Saturday morning children's lineup. At the peak of its popularity, it was seen in nearly ninety countries around the world. The series was canceled in 1997. Reruns returned to national syndication in September 2006, after which it was transferred to local stations such as KICU. The program's host, Paul Zaloom, still performs as Beakman in live appearances around the globe. == Summary == The program starred Paul Zaloom as Beakman, an eccentric scientist who performed comical experiments and demonstrations in response to viewer mail to illustrate various scientific concepts from density to electricity to flatulence. When his experiments were successful, he would


id: beakman-s-world-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beakman's_World-1.md
category: reference
title: Beakman's World
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beakman's_World
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== Home media == On September 7, 2004, a DVD entitled The Best of Beakman's World was released. This DVD is a direct transfer of the VHS tape of the same name, and features only experiments and segments taken from The Beakman Challenge. There have yet to be any full-episode releases on DVD. All 4 seasons were available on Netflix with the exception of the following five episodes: 9 (1-9), 24 (1-24), 31 (2-5), 51 (2-25) and 66 (4-1), as noted in the chart above. Their streaming license ended on September 30, 2014, and the content was removed from their site. Beakman's World returned to television on MeTV beginning on October 2, 2016, showing two episodes every Sunday. == Awards == Beakman's World was nominated for and won numerous awards: Excellence in Media's Silver Angel Award (1993) International Monitor Award for Outstanding Audio Post Production (1993) Television Critics Association nomination for Outstanding Children's Program (1993) Ollie Award - American Center for Children's Television (1993) Parent's Choice Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Children's Programming (1993) Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Live and Tape Sound Mixing and Sound Effects (1993–1994) CableACE Award for Best Children's Programming 7+ older (1994) International


id: beyond-tomorrow-tv-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Tomorrow_(TV_series)-0.md
category: reference
title: Beyond Tomorrow (TV series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Tomorrow_(TV_series)
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Beyond Tomorrow is an Australian science and technology television series produced by Beyond Television Productions. It began airing in 1981 as Towards 2000, then in 1985 was renamed Beyond 2000, a name the show kept until its cancellation in 1999. It then started airing again in 2005 with the name Beyond Tomorrow. == Towards 2000 and Beyond 2000 == Towards 2000 debuted on the ABC in 1981 as a half-hour show dedicated to showcasing developments and inventions in science and technology. Original presenters were Jeffrey Watson, Sonia Humphrey and David Flatman. There were four series of the program (1981, 82, 83 and 84) and it was a popular and high rating success on the national broadcaster. After production finished on the 4th series, the ABC decided not to continue with Towards 2000, and instead started up a new science program, named Quantum, under the newly appointed Dick Gilling from BBCTV. The Towards 2000 reporters then spoke with Ted Thomas, General Manager of ATN 7, who agreed that his network could start a new hour long production and name it Beyond 2000, airing until 1993 when it was picked up by Network Ten, airing until 1999. Beyond 2000 was also broadcast


id: beyond-tomorrow-tv-series-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Tomorrow_(TV_series)-1.md
category: reference
title: Beyond Tomorrow (TV series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Tomorrow_(TV_series)
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== International == In the United States, episodes of the series aired on the Fox network, under the Beyond Tomorrow name, from 1988 until 1990. The show was produced by Beyond International Group. From 1992 until its cancellation, the Discovery Channel aired Beyond 2000 with all of the episodes and segment introductions (along with new material) hosted by KRON-TV news anchor Henry Tenenbaum. In Sweden, a version called Bortom 2000 was hosted by nature photographer Bo Landin on TV4 in the early 1990s. (The series was short lived, however.) In Finland, a version called 2000 Nyt! was presented in 1994 on the MTV3 channel. In Italy, Beyond 2000 aired from 1988 to the early '90s on syndication network Odeon TV. In Malaysia, Beyond 2000 previously aired in the late 1980s through the early 1990s on RTM 1 (Later RTM TV1). Beyond Tomorrow would not be aired on the channel, but was eventually aired on the Discovery Channel (Southeast Asia) in the mid-2000s. In Indonesia, Beyond 2000 was aired on RCTI every Saturday morning in the early 1990s. In South Africa, Beyond 2000 was screened on SABC, M-Net and Bop TV. In Ireland, Beyond 2000 aired on RTÉ being shown on


id: the-big-bang-tv-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_(TV_series)-0.md
category: reference
title: The Big Bang (TV series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_(TV_series)
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The Big Bang is a CITV science show broadcast from 15 April 1996 – 8 September 2004 and produced by Yorkshire Television. It is notable for being one of CITV's longest-running science programmes. The aim of the programme was to make science fun and interesting for children. == History == Starting in 1996, The Big Bang was originally presented by Gareth Jones and Kate Bellingham. Kate Bellingham left after the second series to care for her new child. Gareth Jones's long-time friend and then partner Violet Berlin was her replacement for the third series in 1998. The show essentially stayed the same before a new logo and set design was introduced for the fifth and sixth series in 2000 and 2001. Both Gareth and Violet left the show after the sixth series as they were, as said by ITV at the time, "concentrating on running their own company [WhizzBang] and looking after baby Indigo". However, Gareth Jones later revealed on his website that they left because "when we were asked to do the 2002 series it looked like many of the people who usually make the programme with us wouldn't be doing it any more. There were lots of changes


id: bill-nye-saves-the-world-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_Saves_the_World-0.md
category: reference
title: Bill Nye Saves the World
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_Saves_the_World
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Bill Nye Saves the World is an American television show streaming on Netflix hosted and created by Bill Nye. It is both a sequel and a revival of sorts of Bill Nye the Science Guy, which is also created by Nye. The show's byline was, "Emmy-winning host Bill Nye brings experts and famous guests to his lab for a talk show exploring scientific issues that touch our lives", with the series' focus placed on science and its relationship with politics, pop culture, and society. Unlike Nye's previous show Bill Nye the Science Guy (which is revived in this show) which was intended for children, Bill Nye Saves the World is intended for adults (especially those adults who watched Bill Nye the Science Guy when they were children during its original run in the 1990s). As such, some episodes have Nye discuss topics that would be considered inappropriate to mention to minors. Though the show was hosted by Nye, five correspondents assist in the presentation of the show. These include fashion model Karlie Kloss, science YouTuber and educator Derek Muller, comedian Nazeem Hussain, comedian and writer Joanna Hausmann, and the TV host and producer Emily Calandrelli. The show's theme song was


id: bill-nye-the-science-guy-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy-0.md
category: reference
title: Bill Nye the Science Guy
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy
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Bill Nye the Science Guy is an American science education television program created by Bill Nye, James McKenna, and Erren Gottlieb, with Nye starring as a fictionalized version of himself. It was produced by Seattle public television station KCTS and McKenna/Gottlieb Producers, and distributed by Buena Vista Television with substantial financing from the National Science Foundation. The show aired in syndication from September 10, 1993, to February 5, 1999, producing a total of six seasons and 100 episodes; beginning with its second season, a concurrent run of the series began airing on PBS from October 10, 1994, and ran until September 3, 1999, as it continued to be distributed in commercial first-run syndication. After the show's first run was completed, Nye continued to portray the Science Guy character for a number of short interstitial segments for the Noggin cable channel that aired during reruns of the show. A video game based on the series was released in 1996, and a subsequent television show aimed at adults, Bill Nye Saves the World, ran from 2017 to 2018 on Netflix. Known for its quirky humor and rapid-fire MTV-style pacing, the show was critically acclaimed and was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, winning


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file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy-1.md
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title: Bill Nye the Science Guy
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy
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Bill Nye was originally an engineer for the 747 airliner at Boeing, having moved to Seattle in 1977 after he was accepted for the position. Nye began to perform stand-up comedy in his spare time after he entered and won a Steve Martin lookalike contest at a comedy club, which led to him meeting fellow comedians Ross Shafer and John Keister. Nye eventually left Boeing in 1985 to join Shafer and Keister in writing and performing for Almost Live!, a then-fledgling sketch comedy television show produced by local NBC affiliate KING-TV. During his tenure on the show, Nye began cultivating a science-explaining TV persona; the first instance of the persona occurred in 1985 when Nye called Shafer on-air to correct his pronunciation of the word "gigawatt", to which Shafer retorted, "Who do you think you are – Bill Nye the Science Guy?" As a result, Nye was subsequently asked to give scientific answers to the show's call-in questions. His persona's first on-air appearance, as it is contemporarily known, occurred on January 8, 1987, by circumstance when the primary guest for that night's performance of Almost Live! called in to cancel their appearance; with no backup guest planned to fill the


id: bill-nye-the-science-guy-20260505-2
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy-2.md
category: reference
title: Bill Nye the Science Guy
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy
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=== Production === The show was created in 1992 by Bill Nye, James McKenna and Erren Gottlieb, produced by McKenna/Gottlieb Producers, Inc, in partnership with KCTS in Seattle. The following year, the production companies entered a distribution agreement with Buena Vista Television, a subsidiary of Disney. As part of the agreement, the profits of the show were split between Disney and the production team, with Disney owning full distribution rights across linear television, home video, and digital streaming. McKenna and Gottlieb all met while McKenna was a producer on Almost Live!, a Seattle-based comedy show. The announcer for the program was Pat Cashman, whom Nye knew from his time on Almost Live!. Before his show launched, Nye had previously worked alongside Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future: The Animated Series, where he played Doc Brown's assistant and demonstrated several experiments. The show has been likened to the next-generation version of Watch Mr. Wizard. The show ran about the same time as and covered similar topics to Beakman's World, in fact sharing one crew member, editor/writer/director Michael Gross. The show was primarily funded by the National Science Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the annual financial support from the


id: boffins-tv-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boffins_(TV_series)-0.md
category: reference
title: Boffins (TV series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boffins_(TV_series)
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Boffins (also referred to as The Boffins) is an Australian children's television programme produced by Film Australia in 1993. It was created by John Patterson and Ian Munro, who also co-created Johnson and Friends. The series was never broadcast or picked up by a network within Australia. The ABC initially wanted to show it as part of their schools programming, but this never happened for unknown reasons. The series did air internationally and was translated into several languages, and within Australia, it was later released on home video by the ABC in 1995. == Plot == Boffins follows the adventures of four tiny furry alien-like creatures known as Boffins, who spend their days in kitchen cupboards and surrounding areas, trying to discover the science behind how the world works, Madame Curie and Aristotle are very close to some of the answers, but Newton and Echo, the young boffins from the house next door are only interested in having fun! The series was designed to introduce primary school children to some of the basic laws of science. Each episode explores a different concept; the transmission of sound, levers, pulleys, magnetism, gravity, siphons, evaporation, reflection and dispersion of light, friction, and requirements


id: brain-games-2011-tv-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Games_(2011_TV_series)-0.md
category: reference
title: Brain Games (2011 TV series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Games_(2011_TV_series)
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Brain Games is an American popular science television series that explores cognitive science by focusing on illusions, psychological experiments, and counterintuitive thinking. The series debuted on National Geographic in 2011 as a special. Its return as an original series in 2013 set a record for the highest premiere rating for any National Geographic original series with 1.5 million viewers. Neil Patrick Harris was the unseen narrator in the first season, replaced by Jason Silva for the remainder of the series as its host and presenter; in addition, sleight-of-hand artist Apollo Robbins has been a frequent consultant and illusionist guest on the show. As time passed, Magician Eric Leclerc took over this role in seasons 4 and 5. The show is interactive, encouraging television viewers, often along with a handful of live volunteers, to engage in visual, auditory, and other cognitive experiments, or "brain games", that emphasize the main points presented in each episode. Experts like Sri Sarma also explain why humans react in a certain way because of the brain. The series is deemed acceptable for use toward E/I credits, and Litton Entertainment added repurposed reruns of the show to its syndicated Go Time block in fall 2016, and The


id: the-brain-with-david-eagleman-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_with_David_Eagleman-0.md
category: reference
title: The Brain with David Eagleman
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_with_David_Eagleman
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The Brain with David Eagleman is a PBS documentary series created and presented by neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman. Eagleman explores the wonders of the human brain with the goal of revealing why we feel and think the things we do. The series debuted on PBS in 2015, followed by airings on the BBC in the United Kingdom and the SBS in Australia. == Episode list == The series consists of six 1-hour episodes: == Book == Eagleman's book to accompany the series, The Brain: The Story of You, was co-published by Pantheon Books (US) and Canongate Books (UK). == Reception == The series and accompanying book garnered wide critical acclaim. The New York Times listed it as one of the best television shows of 2015. Forbes magazine wrote that "in the fine tradition of Carl Sagan, Eagleman shows that science is captivating without hyped embellishment, and, if you pay attention, you'll find yourself immersed in it". The scientific journal Nature described the series as "an ideal introduction to how biology generates the mind... structured around crucial and wide-ranging questions, saturated with personal and social relevance. And Eagleman's answers are consistently clear, engaging and thought-provoking." Actor Hugh Laurie described the series


id: brainiac-science-abuse-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac:_Science_Abuse-0.md
category: reference
title: Brainiac: Science Abuse
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac:_Science_Abuse
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Brainiac: Science Abuse (often shortened to simply Brainiac) is a British entertainment documentary show that aired on Sky One from 13 November 2003 to 30 March 2008. It was created by Executive Producer Stewart Morris and Andy Milligan. During each episode of the show, numerous experiments are carried out to verify whether common conceptions are true (such as whether it is possible to run across a pool of custard) or simply to create impressive explosions. The experimenters on the show are referred to as "Brainiacs", and each episode usually finishes with the destruction of a caravan. The original presenters were Richard Hammond and Jon Tickle, who were joined in the second series by Charlotte Hudson. Hammond, alongside the original production team, left after the fourth season and was replaced by Vic Reeves, and Hudson left after the fifth and was replaced by Thaila Zucchi. On 28 July 2008 Sky cancelled the show saying it had been taken as far as it could go. == History == === Series 1 (2003) === Series 1 featured a wide variety of experiments including testing to see whether a mobile phone would ignite petrol vapours, walking on custard and testing the effects of electric


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file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac:_Science_Abuse-1.md
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title: Brainiac: Science Abuse
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac:_Science_Abuse
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=== Series 6 (2008) === Series 6 saw the return of Vic Reeves as host and Jon Tickle as co-host. Thaila Zucchi replaced Hudson as the third co-host and made her debut on the series in two items: "How Hard is Your Thing?" in which she tests the hardness of different objects using thermite and a ton of bricks dropped from a crane, and "Shocking Acts" in which she finds out whether variety acts can still perform while receiving electric shocks. Other new segments included "Gas Bang Wallop" featuring a character called Barry Bernard who destroys things with gas, "Chemistry Deathmatch" in which regular characters Dr Bunhead and Professor John Kilcoyne go head-to-head to produce the best experiments, "Custard Dreams" which follows the adventures of a Brainiac who discovers he can walk on custard, and "Stars in Their Caravans" which sees a variety of UK celebrities trapped in caravans, in a mock game show which results in large explosions. Competitors Gail Porter Frank Bruno Paul Daniels Debbie McGee Jayne Middlemiss Wozza Thompson (Antony Worrall Thompson) Tony Blackburn WAGs Danielle Lloyd Abi Titmuss Keeley Hazell == Forged results == At least one faked result has surfaced: the alkali metal experiments. The


id: building-giants-tv-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Giants_(TV_series)-0.md
category: reference
title: Building Giants (TV series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Giants_(TV_series)
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Building Giants is a British documentary television series covering the design and construction of large structures, including stadiums, tunnels, bridges, cruise ships, and other giant engineering feats that premiered in early 2018. == Broadcast History == The show first aired on the Science Channel in the U.S. on January 4, 2018 with the "World's Greatest Stadium" episode that shows the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Discovery Networks reported that along with Mega Machines, the series pushed Thursday ratings up 32% over January 2017. The series premiered on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom (the show's production country), starting on April 16, 2018 beginning with the "World's Strongest Wall" episode that features the MOSE in Venice, Italy. On August 5, 2019, it was announced that the second season will premiere on August 7, 2019. On May 4, 2020, it was announced that the third season will premiere on May 6, 2020. The first season of the series is currently available for streaming online on ITV Studios' YouTube channel Blueprint, as well as Amazon Prime Video, FilmRise (who holds the AVOD streaming rights to ITV Studios shows that Shout! Studios does not distribute in North America), The Roku Channel and Tubi, while the


id: c-est-pas-sorcier-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C'est_pas_sorcier-0.md
category: reference
title: C'est pas sorcier
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C'est_pas_sorcier
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C'est pas sorcier (literally It's Not Sorcery, French for "it's not rocket science") is a popular French live-action, science education television program that originally aired from September 19, 1993, to February 1, 2014. In total, 559 episodes were produced. This program was popular culture, with an audience share of over 30% in France. The episodes continued to be rebroadcast, until at least 2021. Dubbed or subtitled, the program is or has been broadcast in many countries, in Europe (Italy, Finland, Greece via Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi, Poland via Da Vinci Learning, and Portugal), in Asia (Cambodia, China, South Korea, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Mongolia, Turkey, and Vietnam), in Africa (Morocco on the channel 2M, Tunisia via Tunisian television 2, Algeria via Canal Algérie and Berbère Télévision, and Mauritius by the national broadcaster), and in the United States on the streaming service France Channel (under the name The Whizz Report). In 2015, a new show, l'Esprit Sorcier hosted by Frédéric Courant began airing online, presenting itself as a successor to C'est pas sorcier. == The presenters == In the show, "Sabine" (Sabine Quindou) and "Fred" (Frédéric Courant) work together in the field. They travel around the world, interviewing specialists, and asking questions to


id: cells-at-work-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cells_at_Work!-0.md
category: reference
title: Cells at Work!
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cells_at_Work!
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:45:03.855473+00:00
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Cells at Work! (Japanese: はたらく細胞, Hepburn: Hataraku Saibō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akane Shimizu. It features the anthropomorphized cells of a human body, with the two main protagonists being a red blood cell and a white blood cell she frequently encounters. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius from January 2015 to January 2021. It is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. The series has been adapted into an anime television series by David Production, with two seasons broadcast from July 2018 to February 2021, totaling 21 episodes. A theatrical anime titled "Hataraku Saibō!!" Saikyō no Teki, Futatabi. Karada no Naka wa "Chō" Ōsawagi! premiered in September 2020. The series has also spawned several spin-off manga series, including Cells at Work! Code Black, published from 2018 to 2021 and adapted into an anime television series. == Plot == The story takes place inside the body of an adult human, where trillions of anthropomorphic cells each do their job to keep the body healthy. The series largely focuses on two such cells; a rookie red blood cell, AE3803, who often gets lost during deliveries, and a relentless white blood cell, U-1146,


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title: Cells at Work!
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== Characters == Erythrocyte / Red Blood Cell (AE3803) (赤血球, Sekkekkyū) Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Cherami Leigh (English) Portrayed by: Mei Nagano A red blood cell who has just started her job, delivering oxygen, carbon dioxide and different nutrients all over the body. She meets Neutrophil when he saves her from an attacking pneumococcus bacterium. She is clumsy and gets lost often, but is determined to perform to the best of her ability. It is later revealed that she had encountered Neutrophil when they were younger, after he saved her from a bacterium. Neutrophil (好中球, Kōchūkyū) / White Blood Cell (U-1146) (白血球, Hakkekkyū) Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (Japanese); Billy Kametz (English) Portrayed by: Takeru Satoh A type of white blood cell, whose job is to kill pathogens infecting the body. Despite his violent and ruthless occupation, he is quite soft-spoken and gentle. When he was still in school as a young cell, he saved AE3803 from a bacterium after she got lost in a training exercise. Killer T Cell (キラーT細胞, Kirā Tī Saibō) Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese); Robbie Daymond (English) Portrayed by: Koji Yamamoto A type of white blood cell that recognizes and kills various foreign matter and


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file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cells_at_Work!-2.md
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title: Cells at Work!
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She has a smug demeanor, is somewhat condescending towards other cells and her relationship with Killer T Cell is akin to that of an intense sibling rivalry. Cancer Cell (がん細胞, Gan Saibō) Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Khoi Dao (English) Portrayed by: Fukase An antagonistic cell bent on creating a world where cells no longer have to kill each other, even if it means risking the life of the body. Normal Cell / Cell Boy (正常細胞, Seijō Saibō) Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English) Normal Cell is a minor character who plays a major role in season 2. Normal Cell is a soft-hearted troublemaker. He finds his job of copying himself boring hence he began to venture outside of his apartment to explore or mess around. Despite not being able to do anything, he has a strong will to protect someone that is precious to him (Lactic Acid Bacteria). According to AE3803, he lives by the pharynx, which happens to be an area that contains lymph nodes.


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title: Cells at Work!
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== Media == === Manga === Written and illustrated by Akane Shimizu, Cells at Work! was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius from January 26, 2015, to January 26, 2021. Kodansha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from July 9, 2015, to February 9, 2021. Kodansha USA announced that it had licensed Cells at Work! in North America on March 21, 2016. ==== Spin-offs ==== The series has spawned several spin-offs published across various Kodansha's manga magazines and digital platforms: Cells at Work!: Bacteria! (はたらく細菌) by Haruyuki Yoshida. The series follows the lives of good and bad bacteria in the intestines. It was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi from April 3, 2017, to July 3, 2020. It was followed by Cells at Work! Neo Bacteria (はたらく細菌Neo), serialized in Nakayoshi and on the Palcy manga app from December 28, 2020, to February 22, 2021, with a single volume released on the latter date. Cells NOT at Work! (はたらかない細胞) by Moe Sugimoto. It follows immature red blood cells (erythroblasts) that do not want to work. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sirius from July 26, 2017, to November 26, 2021. Cells at Work! Code Black


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file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cells_at_Work!-4.md
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title: Cells at Work!
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An anime television series adaptation was announced in January 2018. It is directed by Kenichi Suzuki and animated by David Production, with scripts written by Suzuki and Yūko Kakihara, and character designs by Takahiko Yoshida. The series' music is composed by Kenichiro Suehiro and Mayuko. The anime series premiered on July 8, 2018, on Tokyo MX and other channels. The series ran for 13 episodes. Aniplex of America licensed the series in North America and simulcast it on Crunchyroll. Madman Entertainment simulcasted Australia and New Zealand on AnimeLab, while Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and simulcasted it on Animax Asia. MVM Entertainment acquired the series for distribution in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The opening theme is "Mission! Health Comes First" (ミッション！ 健・康・第・イチ, Mission! Ken - Kō - Dai - Ichi) by Red Blood Cell (Kana Hanazawa / Cherami Leigh), White Blood Cell (Tomoaki Maeno / Billy Kametz), Killer T Cell (Daisuke Ono / Robbie Daymond), and Macrophage (Kikuko Inoue / Laura Post), while the ending theme is "CheerS" by ClariS. A special episode premiered on December 27, 2018. Aniplex of America released the English dub on August 27, 2019. On March 23, 2019,


id: cells-at-work-code-black-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cells_at_Work!_Code_Black-0.md
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title: Cells at Work! Code Black
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cells_at_Work!_Code_Black
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Cells at Work! Code Black (Japanese: はたらく細胞BLACK, Hepburn: Hataraku Saibō Burakku) is a Japanese manga series spin-off to Cells at Work! by Akane Shimizu. The manga was written by Shigemitsu Harada and illustrated by Issei Hatsuyoshiya. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning from June 2018 to January 2021, and was licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by Liden Films aired from January 10 to March 21, 2021. == Plot == In contrast to the main series, which is set in a generally healthy human body, Cells at Work! Code Black is set in a "black" environment of an adult man suffering an unhealthy lifestyle. The story follows the anthropomorphic cells struggling to maintain the body against threats such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and sexually transmitted infections. == Characters == Erythrocyte / Red Blood Cell (AA2153) (赤血球, Sekkekkyū) Voiced by: Junya Enoki (Japanese); Kyle McCarley (English) Portrayed by: Rihito Itagaki AA2153 is one of the two protagonists. He is a rookie erythrocyte that had started working inside a poorly maintained body, and thus an abusive work environment. As a rookie, AA2153 was initially excited for his task of going to


id: checkpoint-tv-program-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkpoint_(TV_program)-0.md
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title: Checkpoint (TV program)
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkpoint_(TV_program)
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Checkpoint was a Dutch children's TV show broadcast by the Evangelische Omroep on Zapp. It can be described as a jumble between Brainiac, Jackass and Fear Factor for youth. The show is presented by Klaas van Kruistum. In this show tests are carried out which can be sent in by the viewers. However, most tests are not based upon scientific methods. It is rather a show in which stunts are performed. The ninth season of Checkpoint aired in September 2014. == Structure and development == Since 2009, when the show aired for the first time, its structure has chanced a couple of times. During the first two seasons of Checkpoint, every episode consisted of three tests. The second one always was Boys vs Girls. In these tests the differences between boys and girls are scrutinized and it focussed on whether men or women are better in performing a certain task or function. The other two tests changed every episode and these focused on products being pinpointed. Since the third season, which was broadcast in Spring 2010, the structure changed, the number of items went up from three to about four. Also: recurring items were introduced, of which one featured a


id: crash-test-danny-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Test_Danny-0.md
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title: Crash Test Danny
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Test_Danny
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Crash Test Danny was a series of 13 educational science sketch television shows for the Discovery Kids channel in the UK. Danny, played by Ben Langley, is a crash test dummy who goes the extra mile to put the fizz into physics. He is both motivated and hindered by the Professor, played by Gary Carpenter (who also co-wrote the program). The shows were directed by Justin Rhodes, narrated by Jon Holmes, and series produced by Mark Robson at Initial Television. == References ==


id: cro-tv-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cro_(TV_series)-0.md
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title: Cro (TV series)
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Cro is an American animated television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop (now known as Sesame Workshop) and Film Roman. It was partially funded by the National Science Foundation. Every episode has an educational theme, introducing basic concepts of physics, mechanical engineering, and technology. The show's narrator is an orange woolly mammoth named Phil who was found frozen in ice by a scientist named Dr. C and her assistant Mike. After they defrost him, Phil tells both of them about life in the Ice Age, including stories about his friend Cro, a Cro-Magnon boy. The show debuted on September 18, 1993, on ABC. ABC canceled the series in 1994, which caused the Children's Television Workshop to plan its own TV channel so that it would not have to rely on other companies to air its shows. The new channel, Noggin, debuted in 1999 and aired Cro reruns from its launch date until 2004. From 2000 to 2002, Cro also aired on Nickelodeon during the "Noggin on Nick" block. The series' story editors were Sindy McKay and Mark Zaslove, who was also the developer of the show. The premise of using woolly mammoths as a teaching tool for the principles


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title: Cro (TV series)
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=== Modern-day characters === Phil (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a smart but goofy woolly mammoth with orange and reddish fur who is kind to humans and mammoths alike. During the end of the Ice Age, Phil fell into a glacier while saving Cro from Selene and was thawed out by Mike and Dr. C 45,000 years later. He narrates stories of his life in Woollyville in every episode. Dr. Cecilia (voiced by April Ortiz) is an eccentric female scientist. She and Mike thawed out Phil, so he tells them his stories. Dr. C speaks with a distinct Hispanic accent and speaks a few Spanish words in some episodes. She bears a resemblance to Cro and may in fact be his descendant. Mike (voiced by Jussie Smollett) is a young friend of Dr. C who wears big glasses. He likes to play basketball and lives with Dr. C for reasons not specified. He and Dr. C were the two people that thawed out Phil and therefore, he tells them his stories. === Villains === Big Red (voiced by Charlie Adler) is the conniving leader of a menacing pack of bumbling dire wolves. He uses threats to scare his minions into


id: the-curiosity-show-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curiosity_Show-0.md
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title: The Curiosity Show
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curiosity_Show
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The Curiosity Show is an Australian educational children's television show produced from 1972 to 1990 and hosted by Rob Morrison and Deane Hutton. The show was produced by Banksia Productions in South Australia for the Nine Network. 500 episodes were produced across 19 seasons. Clips from episodes have been archived on YouTube for preservation. == History == Banksia Productions produced the popular children's series Here's Humphrey from 1965. The company planned to add some science segments in 1971 and sought assistance from the South Australian Institute of Technology. Rob Morrison and Deane Hutton were selected as presenters and the segments were introduced as Humphrey B Bear's Curiosity Show. After positive reception from the audience, Banksia Productions and the Nine Network agreed to produce a spin-off series. Planning commenced with the working title The F Show. Until the early 1970s, children's television was aimed at younger children. The broadcasting regulations were changed to require a proportion of programs to be aimed at school-age children, broadcast after school hours. This prompted the creation of the Curiosity Show as a separate show. The Curiosity Show was screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia, and Australasia in 14 countries, and it


id: cyberchase-20260505-0
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title: Cyberchase
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Cyberchase is an animated science fantasy children's television series that airs on PBS Kids. The series centers around three children from Earth: Jackie, Matt and Inez, who are brought into Cyberspace, a digital universe, in order to protect it from the villainous Hacker (Christopher Lloyd). They are able to foil Hacker's schemes by means of problem-solving skills in conjunction with basic mathematics, environmental science and wellness. In Cyberspace, they meet Digit (Gilbert Gottfried for the first thirteen seasons, later Ron Pardo as of the fourteenth), a "cybird" who helps them on their missions. Cyberchase was created by Sandra Sheppard, developed for children ages 8 to 11, and premiered on PBS Kids on January 21, 2002. In 2010, after season 8, Cyberchase went on hiatus, but it returned in 2013 for a ninth season, focusing more on environmental science. Cyberchase is the sixth longest-running animated series in the United States, behind The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Arthur. It also is the second longest-running animated PBS Kids series, behind Arthur. == Plot == Motherboard is the "brain of the giant computer system that oversees all of Cyberspace". Her technician computer scientist, Doctor Marbles, kept her functioning properly until


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title: Cyberchase
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=== Villains === Hacker, also known as The Hacker (voiced by Christopher Lloyd), is a self-centered mad scientist bent on conquering or creating ultimate chaos for Cyberspace, but he is almost always thwarted by the CyberSquad. Hacker was originally created by Doctor Marbles to assist Motherboard, but he rebelled and was exiled to Northern Frontier. Nevertheless, he does have the potential to become good again, as shown in a pair of episodes where he became a peaceful artist and when he helped the CyberSquad protect the trees in the Northern Frontier. He has a pair of cyborg lackeys, Buzz and Delete, whose reliability is quite variable; sometimes, he gets very peeved when he has to do things himself as Buzz and Delete cannot. Buzz, nicknamed "Buzzy" (voiced by Len Carlson in seasons 1–5, Philip Williams in seasons 6–15, and Peter Cugno in season 16 onward), is one of Hacker's henchmen. Buzz is a small spherical cyborg with a large mouth and scrawny limbs. Buzz seems to think he is a big tough guy; however, he can be kind at times and loves doughnuts. In later seasons, he and Delete have been on friendlier terms with the CyberSquad, occasionally joining their


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file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberchase-2.md
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title: Cyberchase
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=== Cyberchase For Real === Each Cyberchase episode is followed by "Cyberchase For Real", a live-action educational supplement linking concepts learned in the show to real life experiences. The actors Bianca DeGroat and Matthew A. Wilson (known as Harry Wilson on the show) are in their 30s, but amusingly act in a manner similar to the age of the target audience. "For Real" is produced by WNET in and around New York City after production is completed on the animated segments. These "For Real" segments are broadcast exclusively on PBS in the United States where the program runs longer and fills the time gap where there might be breaks for "commercials". Some "For Real" segments can also be viewed online. In 2012, "Oh Noah", shorts that teach kids to speak Spanish, aired in place of the "For Real" segments on select episodes. Beginning with Season 11, DeGroat and Wilson were joined by Courtney Chu, who plays Harry's niece, and Jaden Michael, who plays Bianca's nephew. In later seasons, they assume the role of host for the live-action segments, along with other children, including Violet Tinnirello as Alex. == Development == === Conception === Cyberchase was conceived in 1999 as an


id: demonstrations-in-physics-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstrations_in_Physics-0.md
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title: Demonstrations in Physics
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source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstrations_in_Physics
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Demonstrations in Physics was an educational science series produced in Australia by ABC Television in 1969. The series was hosted by American scientist Julius Sumner Miller, who demonstrated experiments involving various disciplines in the world of physics. The series was also released in the United States under the title Science Demonstrations. This program was a series of 45 shows (approximately 15 minutes each) on various topics in physics, organized into 3 units: Mechanics; Heat and Temperature / Toys; and Waves and Sound / Electricity and Magnetism. == Episodes == Following is a listing of episode titles, as given by the index on one set of the videos (the titles as introduced by Professor Miller during the episode are often different). === Unit 1 - Mechanics === Episode 1. The Idea of the Center of Gravity Episode 2. Newton's First Law of Motion Episode 3. Newton's Second Law of Motion Episode 4. Newton's Third Law of Motion Episode 5. Energy and Momentum Episode 6. Concerning Falling Bodies and Projectiles Episode 7. The Simple Pendulum, Oscillating Things Episode 8. Adventures with Bernoulli Episode 9. Soap Bubbles and Soap Films Episode 10. Atmospheric Pressure - Properties of Gases Episode 11. Centrifugal Force and


id: discover-the-world-of-science-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discover:_The_World_of_Science-0.md
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title: Discover: The World of Science
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discover:_The_World_of_Science
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Discover: The World of Science is an American television show that ran between 1983 and 1990. Actor Peter Graves is the on-camera host and narrator of Discover: The World of Science, a monthly, one-hour magazine-style television series which provides a human perspective on new developments in robots, science, technology, medicine, the environment, behavior and natural history. The series was typically broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 8 PM on PBS. The series, with early episodes being underwritten by Atari and later episodes being underwritten by GTE, was produced by Chedd-Angier Productions in association with Discover Magazine. Peter Graves hosted 24 episodes of the series. Chedd-Angier succeeded this show with Scientific American Frontiers. The series was periodically spoofed on Saturday Night Live with comedian Phil Hartman portraying Peter Graves. == List of known episodes == == References == == Further reading == "Advertising: Gulf Oil Will Sponsor Discover TV Special". The New York Times. November 20, 1981. Unger, Arthur (August 27, 1982). "Of interest". Christian Science Monitor. on Sept. 13 through 17, a new syndicated science show will be appearing mostly on independent stations in the 57 top US markets. It is Discover: The World of Science, a one-hour special, the first


id: discoveries-tv-series-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoveries_(TV_series)-0.md
category: reference
title: Discoveries (TV series)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoveries_(TV_series)
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Discoveries is a Canadian youth science television series which aired on CBC Television in 1957. == Premise == This Winnipeg-produced science show was geared towards youth ages 12 to 14. Some episodes featured Manitoba Museum curator Dick Sutton presenting segments on nature and its history. In March 1957, the series featured Manitoba Telephone System executive R. P. Coats who demonstrated principles of telecommunications by presenting basic, easily constructed devices. University of Manitoba greenhouse operator Stan Westaway taught about plants, trees and vegetables during the May 1957 broadcasts. Rod Mackenzie, a Winnipeg secondary school teacher, hosted the final three episodes of Discoveries on the topic of electricity. This series is distinct from an Ann Arbor, Michigan-produced Discoveries science series which was presented by Mary Lela Grimes and broadcast on CBC Television from July to September 1959. == Scheduling == This 15-minute series was broadcast on Fridays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 8 February to 28 June 1957. == References == == External links == Allan, Blaine (1996). "Discoveries". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.


id: discovering-psychology-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovering_Psychology-0.md
category: reference
title: Discovering Psychology
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovering_Psychology
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Discovering Psychology is a PBS documentary on psychology presented by Philip Zimbardo, for which he received the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science. The series was released in 1990, with an updated edition comprising three additional episodes in 2001. == Episodes == Sensation and Perception Understanding Research Remembering and Forgetting Cognitive Processes Judgment and Decision Making Motivation and Emotion The Mind Awake and Asleep The Mind Hidden and Divided The Self Testing and Intelligence Sex and Gender Maturing and Aging The Power of the Situation Constructing Social Reality Psychopathology Psychotherapy Health, Mind, and Behavior Applying Psychology in Life Cognitive Neuroscience Cultural Psychology == References == == External links == Discovering Psychology companion website


id: doing-davinci-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doing_DaVinci-0.md
category: reference
title: Doing DaVinci
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doing_DaVinci
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Doing DaVinci is a popular science television program originally aired on the Discovery Channel in which the hosts attempted to create many of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions. The show aired on a weekly schedule with the first episode broadcast on April 13, 2009. == Team == The inventions are created by a team of six members: Valek Sykes, a special effects expert and mechanical designer, actor, owner of Tech Works Studios and Exit Biohazard and Crime Scene Cleanup Bill Duggan, a carpenter and the host of Curb Appeal Flash Hopkins, an artist, builder, and long time Burning Man personality Jurgen Heimann, a designer and puppeteer Alan Bovinett, an entrepreneur and mechanical engineer. Terry Sandin, a mechanical and animatronics engineer and a host of Prototype This! The team consults with da Vinci researcher Jonathan Pevsner to understand the inventions and decide on materials for their construction. == Construction == The team first consults with Jonathan Pevsner to decide on materials and map out the basics of the design. The invention is then reconstructed in Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk's Digital Prototyping solutions. Then the team heads to a workshop to begin construction. After the invention is completed it is tested to determine


id: don-t-ask-me-tv-programme-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Ask_Me_(TV_programme)-0.md
category: reference
title: Don't Ask Me (TV programme)
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Ask_Me_(TV_programme)
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Don't Ask Me is a popular British television science show made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and ran from 1974 to 1978. It attempted to answer science-based questions and contributors included Magnus Pyke (natural sciences), Rob Buckman (medicine), David Bellamy (biology), Miriam Stoppard (medicine), and Derek Griffiths. Those behind the scenes included Adam Hart-Davis, who later became a well-known science presenter in his own right. The theme music was "House of the King" by the contemporary Dutch progressive rock band Focus. The series was rebroadcast on TVOntario in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A follow-up called Don't Just Sit There ran for 19 episodes from 1979 to 1980. It was also produced by Yorkshire TV and featured the same panel. == References == == External links == Don't Ask Me at IMDb Carl Gardner, Robert M. Young. "Science on TV: a Critique". The Human Nature Review.


id: dragonflytv-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonflyTV-0.md
category: reference
title: DragonflyTV
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonflyTV
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parent: dragonflytv-20260505-0
summary:
DragonflyTV (subtitled GPS: Going Places in Science for seasons 5–6, and Nano for season 7) is an American science education television series produced by Twin Cities Public Television. The show aired on PBS Kids from January 19, 2002, to December 20, 2008. It was aimed at ages 9–12. Seasons 1–4 were co-hosted by Michael Brandon Battle and Mariko Nakasone. Seasons 5–7 were hosted by Eric Artell and were produced in partnership with science museums. DragonflyTV was created in collaboration with Project Dragonfly at Miami University, which founded Dragonfly magazine, the first national magazine to feature children's investigations, experiments, and discoveries. DragonflyTV pioneered a "real kids, real science" approach to children's science television and led to the development of the SciGirls television series. DragonflyTV and SciGirls were funded in part by the National Science Foundation to provide a national forum for children's scientific investigations. Reruns of DragonflyTV aired on select PBS stations until 2019, and later in off-network syndication to allow commercial stations to meet federal E/I mandates. == Episodes == === Season 1 (2002) === === Season 2 (2003) === Teams of DFTV's kid scientists demonstrate different approaches to investigations – experimental, engineering, and observational. === Season 3 (2004) ===


id: dude-what-would-happen-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude,_What_Would_Happen-0.md
category: reference
title: Dude, What Would Happen
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude,_What_Would_Happen
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:45:22.123528+00:00
instance: kb-cron
parent: dude-what-would-happen-20260505-0
summary:
Dude, What Would Happen is an American live-action reality series that aired on Cartoon Network originally as part of its CN Real block, which aired a line of live-action reality shows promoted in the summer of 2009. The show premiered on August 19, 2009, preceded by another CN Real series Bobb'e Says. The show is hosted by three male teenagers (C.J. Manigo, Jackson Rogow, and Ali Sepasyar) who wondered what would happen if some wild event, scheme or experiment were to occur. The three teens attempt to create the event themselves and consult experts ("The Lab Dudes") when needed. The series went on to have three seasons aired throughout a span of two years, in which the series eventually ended in September 2011, as the series was not announced for a renewal by Cartoon Network. Dude, What Would Happen was one of only two CN Real shows (the other being Destroy Build Destroy) to have been renewed for additional seasons, as the other CN Real shows had already been cancelled earlier due to critically negative reception. == Cast == C.J. Manigo Jackson Rogow Ali Sepasyar == Production == In the "Dudes Make It Happen" weekend special, it was revealed that


id: dynamo-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DynaMo-0.md
category: reference
title: DynaMo
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DynaMo
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:45:23.288610+00:00
instance: kb-cron
parent: dynamo-20260505-0
summary:
DynaMo was a British children's educational programme created in 1998. It was broadcast by the BBC on the BBC Learning Zone. The programme was hosted by the eponymous cartoon dog DynaMo with his friend SlowMo to teach children aged 5–9 about English, maths, science and history. The programme was broadcast on BBC television from 3 October 1998 to 24 September 2001. == Programme == The concept came about from a BBC survey of 2,800 parents, teachers and children. The survey showed that parents were unwilling to assist children with homework due to not wanting to impose on them or risk upsetting teachers. DynaMo was created as a result. The programme designed for an eight week run on the BBC Learning Zone. It was created by the BBC to be a way for children to enjoy learning by involving cartoon characters and using educational clips from other BBC Education programmes. The programme was designed to follow the British National Curriculum. Hosted by the titular cartoon dog DynaMo and his friend SloMo, the two investigate a certain educational topic each episode. It was designed so that it could be watched by children alone or with their parents. The programme whilst part of


id: earth-revealed-introductory-geology-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Revealed:_Introductory_Geology-0.md
category: reference
title: Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Revealed:_Introductory_Geology
date_saved: 2026-05-05T07:45:24.499061+00:00
instance: kb-cron
parent: earth-revealed-introductory-geology-20260505-0
summary:
Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology, originally titled Earth Revealed, is a 26-part video instructional series covering the processes and properties of the physical Earth, with particular attention given to the scientific theories underlying geological principles. The telecourse was produced by Intelecom and the Southern California Consortium, was funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project, and first aired on PBS in 1992 with the title Earth Revealed. All 26 episodes are hosted by Dr. James L. Sadd, professor of environmental science at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. Some footage used in Earth Revealed previously had been seen in the 1986 PBS series Planet Earth. == Episodes == === Module I: Introduction (February 17–24, 1992) === 1. "Down to Earth" – Beginning by comparing surface conditions on the planets Venus and Mars with the living landscapes of the Earth to highlight how unique the Earth is, the episode describes the goal of the study of geology and introduces major topics the series addresses, including the Earth's heat engines, plate tectonics, volcanism, earthquakes and seismology, erosion, and natural resources such as groundwater. 2. "The Restless Planet" – The episode discusses the development of astronomical theory, including the geocentrist views of astronomers in ancient Greece and


