Patrick MurphyHow The Elements Got Their Names (1–5)By the time Dmitri Mendeleev organised together the first periodic table of elements, 63 were known. In a less homogeneous world, these…Mar 31, 2022Mar 31, 2022
Patrick MurphyInstead of Roses, Sometimes You Need to Stop and Smell the GrassHuman beings are incredible creatures, our bodies sense and absorb huge amounts of data constantly and our brains work tirelessly to give…Jan 15, 2022Jan 15, 2022
Patrick MurphyThe Curious Case of Spanish Flies and French ErectionsIn 1869, in the south of Nigeria, a group of French soldiers reported to their physician a set of the same disturbing symptoms…Jan 11, 2022Jan 11, 2022
Patrick MurphyThe Most Influential Person In History? (And you’ve never heard of them)Who else can claim to have made every child on the planet sick for two generations and destroyed the environment (possibly beyond repair)?Jan 9, 20222Jan 9, 20222