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Dr Hahn or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Dr Hahn or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
One of the more unusual merit badges you used to be able to get as an Eagle Scout in America was the Atomic Energy badge. To get this…
The Next Big Alternative Therapy System
The Next Big Alternative Therapy System
As we all know, the greatest breakthrough in medicine in the 1790’s was made by Samuel Hahnemann when he noticed that cinchona bark, a…
I’ve Been Working in The Kremlin with a Two-Headed Dog
I’ve Been Working in The Kremlin with a Two-Headed Dog
In recent weeks, there has been some news coverage of Dr Sergio Canavero of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, who has put forward…
Ancient Nuclear Power
Ancient Nuclear Power
When extracting uranium from natural deposits, you get 3 isotopes; uranium 238, uranium 234 and uranium 235. The latter isotope is the most…